Bathroom Design Ideas

The lighting is perhaps one of the most important parts of a new bathroom. There are many different types of lighting that you can choose from and it is a good idea to choose a light that compliments your bathroom. If you are more concerned with making your bathroom look good using natural light, then you may wish to just buy a simple ceiling light for the evening. There are many simple ceiling lights that look attractive, such as the ones provided by the company HIB, who produce lights that contain circular frosted glass.

Using small lights for particular accessories, such as mirrors, will make your bathroom look more luxurious and also provide you with a softer light when using the mirror. HIB do a selection of lights that are ideal for both mirrors and bathroom cabinets and can be operated by a push button or a pull cord. Their Razorlite mirror light, which is priced at £76.00, is particularly ideal as it comes with a shaver socket.

If you wish to achieve a designer look, then you may wish to use mini chandeliers, which look great placed above the bathtub. You can also use dimmers, which enable you to choose the right kind of lighting for your bathroom, such as a relaxing low light when bathing and a brighter light for bathroom activities such as applying makeup. Spotlights can also give your bathroom a luxurious designer feel.

For lights that use more than one bulb, such as chandeliers or spotlights, you may wish to purchase low energy lights. There are a variety of stores that provide low energy spotlights and chandeliers.

The bathroom is a place where people often unwind and relax, or even prepare themselves in anticipation of a night of passion. It can be viewed as a room where the senses can either be soothed, calmed or even stimulated and as such it can be a very sensual place.

Traditionally the concept of sensual bathrooms has involved sweetly fragranced candles, rose petals and some soft music. This can be great for the woman, but the man may often find that sharing a bath, whilst being bombarded with sweet fragrances, is not quite so sensual for him.

Why not think about installing some mood lighting in your bathroom, so that you can both relax with the lights turned down low? Non-scented candles can then be used, along with aromatherapy oils to stimulate the sense of smell.

Next, try to have things that appeal to both men and women, such as candles, which are not overly sweet, like ylang ylang. Oil burners with aromatherapy oils, such as bergamot and cedar-wood, are often regarded as aphrodisiacs, but their scent is not too feminine, so they are pleasing to both sexes.

Wooden massagers can often be used to help each other relax, with the wood version being more masculine than a feminine or girlie massager.

Rose petals are fine in moderation, but they can dominate if they are used too liberally. So limit their use, in recognition of the bathroom being for both of you.  All that remains now is for you to simply enjoy your sensual bathroom and each other.

A careful choice of light-pull can look very stylish and help your bathroom co-ordinate perfectly. Light-pulls used to be available in only a very limited number of fairly horrendous styles, usually taking the form of a plastic plug at the end of a piece of string. However, they now come in all shapes, colours and sizes, including rectangular, oval, skittle or egg shaped and even spiral. Given that the range is now so extensive, it makes perfect sense to tie together the whole look of your bathroom by finishing it off with an eye-catching light-pull.

If you have an ultra modern bathroom, with bisque style radiators, angular wash hand basins, bath and very bold taps, then why not finish off the effect by having a really chunky light-pull? 

Light-pulls are also available in a variety of materials, including chrome or chrome effect, glass, ceramic or even wood. The ceramic and wooden light-pulls are more suited to traditional or even period bathrooms, whereas the chrome models are an excellent choice for contemporary and modern ones.

Try to pick out at least one item in the bathroom and then choose a light-pull that is designed in the same style. This will draw the eye from the pull to other items in the room, thus offering a look that is complete and shows a real artistic and co-ordinated flair. For obvious reasons, don’t fit chintzy light-pulls in modern bathrooms, or very modern ones in period bathrooms, or they will simply look incongruous.