Does your bathroom feel so small that you can barely turn around? There are many possible ways to make your bathroom feel more spacious and less cramped. The tips and ideas in this article can get you to turn a small looking bathroom into one that you’ll love.

Color, lighting and a few other tricks can change your room without the need for making it larger. Whether you want your bathroom to look cozy and inviting or elegant, it can all be accomplished with a miniscule amount of changes.

Pale Colors Open Up a Room
Does this mean that your room needs to be painted white? No, all it means is that lighter, pastel colors can visually open up a room. A dark colored floor should probably be changed to a lighter colored one. Soft shades of peach, cream or any other light colors should be used for the walls. Bold colors should be saved for artwork on the walls and smaller accents such as towel holders. A vanity’s doors, as well as the top of the vanity, should be light colored. Not much paint is necessary for achieving this with wooden cabinet doors. Towels should have light shades, and compliment the room, if they are used as décor.

Bring More Light In
How can you easily open up and brighten a room visually? Add more light to the area. Alternate sources of lighting, like wall sconces, recessed lighting in the ceiling, and even a small lamp for the vanity can all be added to the bath. If you have the means for a skylight, consider purchasing one in order to allow natural light to brighten up the room.

If It Takes Up Space, Take It Out!
Many times people will have extra shelving in order to hold vanity items like cotton balls or towels. Objects that protrude into the room often detract from an open and spacious look. A linen closet and your vanity can easily be used to store items; removing the need for shelving and other storage units. It is amazing how spacious a room looks when you remove clutter.

Expand With Mirrors
Mirrors reflect light, this has been long known. They make any room appear much larger. Consider replacing the mirror over the vanity in your bath with a larger one in order to reflect the color and design of the room. You may use several mirrors arranged artistically to reflect light and add interest, but a single over-sized mirror works great. And, if space allows you may use another mirror on a separate to expand the boundaries of the room.

Clutter looks messy and diminishes size in any room. This is also true in a bathroom! A cleaner, more streamlined look will be accomplished by eliminating clutter. Store smaller items such as toothpaste, shaving cream, lotions, and deodorant in order to eliminate any mess on the vanity. Putting these tips to work means that your bathroom with look larger than ever before!

About the Author…
Leon Tuberman has been in the furniture and interior decorating industry for four decades. He owns and operates his family owned furniture store. They have a huge inventory of handcrafted Amish built solid wood furniture for your bedroom, home office and living room. It doesn’t matter whether you’re shopping for oak dining room table sets for your kitchen and dining room or tv stands for your living room or media room then they carry everything you need.

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