Stirling HDB Terrace - #180 WHAT TO CATER FOR IN A BATHROOM DESIGN?

1) LIGHTS
Set up good lighting. With adequate lighting, it creates an effect in people that makes them feel more secured. This feeling helps you forget about the borders of the room, especially if you have light colored walls ie WHITE is GOOD. Rem: One for the vanity and one for the shower area. If you can, go for perimeter lightings too.

2)COLOURS
Install light colored walls and tiles. Together with proper lighting, lightly colored walls will trick your eyes. It is said that by doing this, your brain will not be able to create a clear perception of the walls. To the eyes, the walls will seem like a continuation of the light. Decorating bathroom walls with similar shades is preferable. If you have started with white and then you want to add a different color, choose the lightest shade of yellow or gray. And it's always a nice effect + good fengshui to have a plant in the bathroom!

3) REDUCE CLUTTER
Increase your floor space. Bathrooms tend to appear small when one can’t freely move around the room. This feeling happens when you bump your foot, leg or arm on some furniture that you have in the bathroom. By removing your towel cabinet out of the room, you will gain more free space. Instead of placing your dirty laundry basket inside the bathroom, put it in your bedroom or washer area. Try to keep your buckets.mops. little perfume bottles, skincare into cabinets. This way, your vanity counter will look more spacious than what it really is.

4)MIRRORS that reflect
Mirrors are not only a good tool for looking at oneself but also for making rooms appear bigger. But to make it work, you must have a big enough mirror. The mirror must be at least 4 feet by 5 feet to make it look like a separate door or window to another room. You can put this on one side of the room. Another way to do it is to cut the mirror in half and place them on opposing sides. This will create an illusion that the room has more adjacent rooms than it really has.

5)CHOOSE WISELY
Have the right bathtub. Although a bathtub can occupy a big chunk of your floor space, it does not have to be removed from the room. Instead of having it removed, you can replace it with a smaller one. Maybe you do not need a lie down tub, a sit one will do like just mine! Also instead of having a long and wide sink, choose a medium/small one that allows you to have a 'longer' vanity counter.


The bathroom is one of the rooms in the house where a person can relieve stress like my hubs! He loves to poo, think and read, watch his ipod in there. Sounds gross but well...he likes it. so keep to the tips mentioned above, and you can enhance the relaxing effect of your small bathroom to soothe your body and mind.