A brown bathroom can be a decoration for your apartment, look stylish and modern. Most importantly, this color will make the bath cozy and warm. Brown, rich in shades, goes well with the traditional bathroom white, beige, as well as green, sand, gray and other natural tones..
What are the advantages of a brown bathroom?
- Brown promotes relaxation, gives a feeling of warmth and peace.
- Brown, like some other shades of natural wood, gives the interior “expensive” view.
- You cannot get tired of brown tones, they are neutral in their effect on the nervous system. A bathroom like this will never get bored.
The brown bathroom has its drawbacks:
- Too dark brown tiles make the room gloomy
- The predominance of dark brown shades (dark chocolate, mocha) visually reduces space.
Combinations with other colors in brown bathrooms.
White. Brown and white is a classic combination of milk and dark chocolate. Looks elegant, solemn. Bathroom in brown with the addition of white looks very “tasty” and exquisite. This combination will suit both classic design and eco-style..
Coffee with milk. A brown bathroom with the addition of this shade will be cozy, warm, give a relaxed, light mood.
Light beige. The combination of brown and beige in various tones will calm and relax, while the interior will turn out to be restrained and modest..
Bitter chocolate. Dark, with barely visible patterns or streaks. It goes well with beige, olive, peach, milky shades. The latter is the most preferable, a bathroom in brown tones, made in these two colors, will look very impressive.
Wood. All shades of wood are used in the interiors of almost all styles, and are especially appropriate in the eco and Scandinavian styles that are popular today.
Wenge. A very interesting color combining dark brown with lighter veins of a slightly reddish hue. Goes well with beige, light brown, milky shades.
Walls
The most popular material for wall decoration in bathrooms is ceramic tiles. For decorating a brown bathroom, you can choose both plain brown tiles and tiles “under the stone”, “under the tree”.
Tile “under the tree” looks great in eco style, in an urban loft, and even in a classic interior. The interior of a room with such a finish acquires special warmth..
Ceramic tiles imitating natural stone look very noble and create in the bathroom “cold”, a restrained atmosphere that also fits well with the eco- and ethno-style.
A bathroom in brown tones looks very stylish if a plain tile alternates with a contrasting color, decor or mosaic.
Ceiling
Stretch ceilings have proven themselves in the bathrooms. Drawing on them can be any, including imitating the texture of a tree. But in any case, it is better to choose a light shade so that the room does not seem low.
Floor
The floor can be a neutral background for design experiments, in which case it is made monochromatic. But you can turn it into an independent art object, for example, by laying it out in a checkerboard pattern with brown and white tiles, or by collecting a complex pattern from tiles of different shades of brown. The floor that imitates wood or stone also looks impressive..
Furniture
White furniture is a traditional solution for bathrooms. If at the same time you make the floor and bathroom cladding a deep brown color, the furniture will look sophisticated and elegant..
Another option is wooden furniture, and tiling the bathroom “under the tree”.
Glass or even mirrored furniture, shelves, cabinets are ideal for tiles imitating natural stone..
It goes well with stone and chrome-plated metal, which is especially appropriate in a modern loft or minimalism style.
A brown bathroom does not impose any restrictions on accessories: they can be of almost any color. Blue towel, pink robe, greenery in a white flower pot, amber lamp – it all depends on your taste and imagination.