Are you planning to give your bathroom a makeover in the new year? Check out these top bathroom design ideas for 2023:
- Walk in showers. Popular for the space and the feel, and easy to adapt: a rain head, a second head, built in seating.
- Black fittings. Black taps and shower heads are a chic addition to any bathroom. They add drama, and they make a statement against lighter tiles or walls.
- Natural stone. Stone gives a bathroom depth that a tile cannot. Use it on the shower walls, the vanity top or the floor. Marble, granite and limestone are the usual choices, and engineered quartz is the harder wearing alternative.
- Freestanding baths. A classic, and still the easiest way to give a bathroom a centre. They run from a traditional claw foot to something minimal in composite stone.
- Double vanities. Practical in a shared bathroom, with storage and worktop for two people at once. In a large room a double vanity can also divide the space.
- Underfloor heating. Warm tiles on a cold morning, and a room that heats evenly from the floor rather than from one radiator on one wall.
- Smart mirrors. They show the time and the weather, and the better ones have demisting and proper lighting built in, which matters more than the screen does.
- Hidden storage. A mirrored cabinet, or shelving recessed into the wall between the studs. A bathroom looks calm when nothing is standing on a surface.
Any of these can be drawn into a bathroom properly, which means the drainage, the waterproofing and the lighting are decided with them rather than after them. If you are planning one, tell us about the room, or call the studio on 020 7731 6841.
Published 6 January 2023. Written by the NU Projects studio, edited since for house style and accuracy.