Popular Bathroom Styles
Gone are the days of bathrooms being seen purely as a functional part of the home. Nowadays, DIY enthusiasts are making an effort to ensure their bathrooms are both practical and reflect their own personal style. Since the bathroom plays a major role in your self-care routine, you’ll want this environment to enhance your sense of wellbeing too 💆♀️ 
MAXWELL completes this colourful, contemporary bathroom ✨
Whether you have a bathroom designer on the case or are tackling your renovation yourself, it’ll make your life so much easier if you have a solid idea of what your favourite style is and what you’d like to achieve. We’ve got all bases covered in this blog, which explores key design principles and the need-to-knows of popular bathroom aesthetics. Get your notepads ready and prepare to start pinning 📍 From all things sleek and modern to outdoor-inspired bathrooms and themed coloured palettes, here are our Top 11 bathroom styles and how you can achieve them :1. Eclectic bathroom
First up, the bravest of the bunch. If you’re feeling brave and ready to rock stand-out style, then rip up the rulebook and let your personality shine through your eclectic bathroom. Think bold colours, funky patterns and quirky tiles – to name a few decor features 🌈 Don’t worry if your eclectic bathroom feels slightly disjointed or casually thrown together – that’s the point! What’s most important is that you love each and every design element and the space feels like you.Draw attention to your units and extend the creative vibe with colourful hardware like our MERCURY Lip Pull in Cobalt Blue and LOVELL Knob in Lemon Yellow. Or, opt for our trend-led BOBBIN Handles, for a playful finishing touch to your colourful bathroom.
2. Modern bathroom
Moving swiftly on to your modern bathroom where, unlike all things eclectic, you can take a ‘less is more’ approach 🙏 Modern bathroom design styles are typically sleek and streamlined to create a high-end feel. With clean and uncomplicated details, your focus can lie where it’s meant to – on the room’s striking architecture. Floating vanity units help free up floor space in modern bathrooms, while simple faucets and frameless mirrors accentuate the sense of minimalism. Colour palettes in minimalist bathrooms veer towards crisp and clean whites, subtle neutrals and powerful blacks. Of course, there’s nothing stopping you featuring subtle pops of colour in your accessories, bath towels and leafy green plants. Complete the look with modern bathroom hardware – we’d recommend chrome accents in the form of our Stainless Steel range, or our wow-worthy Matt Black knobs and handles.
This fully tiled, monochrome bathroom is elevated with KEPLER in Black 🖤
3. Contemporary bathroom
Whether you’re thinking about new bathroom styles or simply want something guaranteed to impress your house guests, look no further than contemporary bathrooms. Perfect for tech enthusiasts, this trend fully embraces the latest technology, from ambient lighting to smart mirrors and digital shower controls 📱While you’ll have flexibility when styling your contemporary bathroom, you’ll generally want to avoid heavy embellishments and traditional shapes. Instead, keep things spacious and stylish with sleek, floating vanity units, impressive tiles and slim profile mirrors. Add backlit LEDs behind mirrors and under shelving to make the space more dynamic and modern.Black and white will always remain a powerful duo in contemporary bathrooms, but you can brighten things up with any high-contrast colour combination you like. If you love all things organic and nature-inspired, draw on the outside world through earthy textures and colours that transport you to your favourite fields and forests, or skies and seas. Our SWIRLED Collection will pair perfectly to carry the movement from the outdoors in 🌊 4. Traditional bathroom
Let’s get one thing straight – traditional does not equate to old or dated styling. In fact, traditional bathrooms are some of the most comfortable and relaxing around, drawing on classic elegance, timeless shapes and just the right amount of decorative detail 🙌You can spruce up your bathroom with homely furniture-style vanity units, vintage lighting and a standalone bathtub such as a claw-foot or pedestal style. Give futuristic-looking chrome hardware a miss in your traditional bathroom and incorporate hardware in a Brass or Antique Brass finish instead. To make your traditional bathroom your own haven of relaxation, choose colours that are soft and relaxing. You’ll find subtle neutrals and pale shades of blue and green work well. Alternatively, deeper shades of blue, brown and grey will give you a richer look. For added depth and an injection of intrigue, why not add floral wallpaper or carefully sculpted, wooden panelling? 
With a vintage-inspired bathtub and checkerboard floor, LENNON completes this bathroom scheme 👌
5. Transitional bathroom
Do you feel like your style is neither classic or contemporary? A transitional style may suit you best - this will provide functionality, while giving you that warm and cosy, at-home feeling. You can expect practical shaker-style vanity units with minimal detailing, as well as flooring and wall treatments in elegant materials such as marble and quartz. Creating a spa-like ambience is a suitable trend that you can tap into without the inconvenience or expense. Add touches of luxury such as free-standing bath tubs and heated floors to help you relax and unwind after a long day 🛁 For lighting, we’d recommend classic options like drum pendants, updated chandeliers or sleek wall sconces. Colour-wise, you can either keep things soft and subtle, or go for a richer look with blue, brown, grey or wood tones.When it comes to completing your touchpoints, we recommend Brass hardware. The luxe, golden colour will elevate your space whilst not detracting from the minimal details across your bathroom. No matter what colour combos you choose, brass finishes will match perfectly and bring a calming warmth to your space.
An elegant bathroom with plenty of plants 🌿
6. Farmhouse bathroom
If you’re considering different bathroom styles but are particularly drawn to a countryside aesthetic, you’ll find great joy in building your very own farmhouse bathroom 🧑🌾 Make no mistake, a farmhouse bathroom can feel every inch as sophisticated as it is comforting. We suggest dialling up the rural atmosphere with barn lighting, wall panelling, trough-style sinks and sliding barn doors. Then pick out the most inviting, neutral-coloured tones to infuse the space with warmth.7. Rustic bathroom
Pay tribute to the natural beauty of the outdoors and give your bathroom a rustic redo 🌱 This style sees interiors filled with rugged materials such as stone and woods, alongside cosy textiles like kilim rugs. Typical features include wooden vanity units, vessel sinks made from stone or copper, natural stone counters and copper bathtubs. We’d also recommend decorative filament vanity lights to create a sense of warmth.To master this look, you’ll want to bring a weathered finish to your bathroom units, which you’ll do with ease using our organic, Aged Brass hardware. Soft and antiquated in appearance, exposure to the natural elements will cause the finish to mature overtime, naturally achieving that familiar, lived-in look. The body is manufactured from a durable, solid brass, so you can be assured your Aged Brass pieces will stand the test of time 👊
A wooden vanity unit and WATT handles add character to this space 🌟
8. Industrial bathroom
One of the most popular types of bathrooms is industrial-style, which takes cues from factories and warehouses. Rough around the edges (and in the best kind of way), the beauty in these spaces is in the way that they work. They often include exposed pipes, basin sinks, hefty sliding doors, and stainless steel or Aluminium hardware.
When it comes to your surfaces, go for hard-wearing materials like concrete, stainless steel, and brick and cinder block. Ultimately, you can use these materials as the foundation to your colour palette and use hints of saturated colour too.
Trust CAREY in Stainless Steel to help organise your bathroom 💪
9. Asian bathroom
Have you ever visited an Asian styled bathroom before? As a picture of visual harmony and tranquillity, Asian bathrooms are styled sparingly in order to maximise open space, air and natural light ☀️ Fill the space with lush green plants – not only will they provide a gentle burst of colour, but they’ll thrive in high humidity. Decorate your windowless bathroom with a Boston fern or add height to the room with a snake plant. The long leaves also help filter toxins from the air 🌿In line with the natural theme, Asian style bathrooms are characterised by their array of soft browns, beiges and cream colours. As well as this you’ll find wooden flooring and accents such as marble or tiles. Minimalist details pair best with this style, continuing the harmonious aesthetic of clean lines and muted tones. PLANE perfectly fits this description, available in Black, Stainless Steel and Brass. 
10. Beach bathroom
Recreate the easy breezy feel of life by the seaside with our beach bathroom aesthetic ideas 🏖 Whether you want to go more traditional, contemporary or somewhere in the middle, your main priority should be creating an easy-going, chilled-out atmosphere. Ensure your shower is the spacious kind and that you blend textural elements such as pebble tiles with grooved hardware and weathered wood. For an aesthetically-pleasing look, we suggest taking inspiration from colours in the sand, sea, sky and any other elements of the coast. Shades of ice-cream whites and marine blues make for a popular palette, but that’s just one option. If a tropical bathroom is more to your taste, look to tropical, vibrant shades like jungle greens and flamingo pinks 🦩
11. Craftsman bathroom
Warmth and charm are guaranteed with a craftsman-inspired bathroom 🙌 This trend celebrates the simple beauty of natural woods and expertly-sculpted artisanal furniture. Cabinets are durable and long-lasting, without sacrificing on artistic detailing.Oh-so refined yet strikingly simple, craftsman bathrooms incorporate medium to dark wood tones, as well as features like handcrafted tiles and elegant stained glass. The latter would look great alongside warm lighting in rectangular, square and other geometric shapes. When selecting colours for your craftsman bathroom, ground your selection in earth tones with vibrant greens, warm neutrals and rich wood. Finish off the space with our sleek Edge Pulls to help enhance the crisp lines throughout your bathroom 🪓
Mix expert craftsmanship with FOLD’s modern silhouette for a picturesque bathroom 📷
With so many different bathroom styles to choose from, the only question left to ask is – which is the right one for you? 🚿 We encourage you to lean into what feels the most like you, rather than the design you think you should have. Remember, you’re the one that will have to live with this environment day in and day out, so it needs to be something you really love. Read our post on small bathroom storage solutions.Last but not least, once your bathroom and other #PlankProjects are complete, be sure to tag us (@plankhardware) in your before and after shots. Deal?
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