Ensuites are a popular addition to both modern and traditional homes, adding both practicality and style.
If you are in the process of redesigning your ensuite or starting from scratch, this blog aims to provide inspiration, as well as hints and tips, on how to plan your dream ensuite.
Inspiring Ensuite Bathroom Ideas
When it comes to designing an ensuite for your home, you need to consider both style and practicality, particularly in a small space.
- Layout: Thinking carefully about layout, for example the location of bathroom furniture and fixtures and fittings, will help you to maximise the space you have.
- Smart storage: Incorporating smart storage solutions into your ensuite will help to keep surfaces and the floor clear of clutter.
- Lights: Lighting helps to generate a sense of space and airiness, so if your ensuite does not have a window to let in natural light, you need to consider what lighting to install.
- Colours: The colour you choose for your ensuite will all depend on the ambience you wish to create. Dark tones can evoke a sense of relaxation and calm, whilst lighter colours will create a more uplifting and invigorating feeling.
- Accessories: Accessories such as mirrors can help to add the illusion of light and space.
By considering these factors, and creating a coherent design, you can create a spacious, stylish, yet functional ensuite.
Enhance Your Walls with Bathroom and Shower Panels
Whatever ambience you’re looking for - dark and dramatic or light and airy – bathroom and shower panels are the perfect way of achieving it. They are the perfect combination of style and substance, being 100% waterproof and easy to maintain, as well as coming in a wide variety of designs and colours.
Popular Styles for Modern Ensuites
Wall panels perfectly emulate a range of different materials, allowing you to recreate that designer look without the associated cost. Below are just a few trending styles and the wall panel that can help you mirror them in your own home.
- Timeless: Even in modern homes a timeless finish is still extremely popular. This look is one which has a clean, sleek finish which will not date and last for many years. Both marble-effect and white or cream wall panels will help you achieve this aesthetic.
- Ultra-modern: For those looking for an ultra-modern look, gloss and sparkle wall panels are the perfect partner. These wall panels offer a sleek, yet eye-catching finish, which is truly unique.
- Industrial: The industrial look is one which is gaining more momentum, with bare walls and metal supports being included in industrial style decor. Stone-effect wall panels can help you recreate this appearance but with added warmth and ease of maintenance.
- Spa: Spas usually feature simple, clean, yet luxurious interiors and recreating this aesthetic in your own ensuite is much easier than you think. Tile and slate effect wall panels offer a simple yet stylish finish which provides the perfect backdrop for adding those luxurious touches.
- Scandinavian: Scandinavian-inspired interiors, with their unassuming yet warm and welcoming aesthetics, are becoming more popular. Offering the warmth and beauty of natural wood but without the disadvantages of real timber, wood-effect wall panels are the perfect choice if you want to recreate this look.
Space-Enhancing Colours and Finishes
When it comes to choosing colours for your new ensuite, the possibilities are endless. You may wish to create the illusion of space, particularly if your ensuite is quite small. Light tones and reflective surfaces will help you to achieve this sense of airiness. However, darker colours will not necessarily make a space feel enclosed or small. Used in the right way, dark colours can create a warm yet dramatic interior. Again, adding a mirror can help to make a room appear larger than it is.
Small Ensuite? Clever Space-Saving Ideas
If your ensuite is small, using clever space-saving ideas is one way of creating more space.
- Wall mounted storage solutions: Moving storage, such as cupboards, off the floor and on to the wall keeps your floor clear, which helps to make your floor space look much larger than it is.
- Floating sink: As with wall mounted storage solutions, installing a floating sink, which has no pedestal, will help to keep your floor clear, creating a sense of space.
- Multifunctional furniture: Using furniture with multiple functions, such as a sink with a cupboard below, can help to minimise the pieces of furniture you need and maximise space.
- Slimline fixtures: When choosing furniture, fixtures, and fittings for your ensuite look for slimline versions, which will take up less space within the room.
- Inset shelves: If possible, inset shelves or alcoves within the wall of your room, maybe in the shower space, are a brilliant way of adding storage without impeding into the space.
- Mirrors: Mirrors are a fantastic way of adding the illusion of space and light.
- Large format panels: It may sound strange, but using large wall panels, rather than small tiles, can help to make a room appear larger than it is, adding to that sense of space and airiness.
Designing the Perfect Ensuite Shower Room
Before embarking on your new ensuite project, it is important to plan its layout. The location of furniture, such as showers, toilets, and sinks, is the first decision to make. They need to be placed practically and in a way which makes the most of the space. At this stage, it is a good idea to research the type of ensuite you wish to create. For example, wet rooms and walk in showers are an ideal addition to any ensuite, if possible, with both making the most of the space available to you. Once your layout has been finalised and furniture chosen, you can start to think about colours and accessories.
Finishing Touches: Accessories and Storage
As mentioned above, clever storage solutions will ensure your ensuite is clear of clutter. Keeping items, such as shampoos, shower gels, and hand washes, to a minimum will also help. Accessories, such as lighting and mirrors, will also help to enhance the sense of space.
Ready to Transform Your Ensuite?
If you're ready to transform your current ensuite, or are planning on creating a new space, call our friendly, expert team today on 0800 22 77 77 to find out how shower wall panels can help you achieve your dream ensuite.
