Conscious choice of shapes will determine the atmosphere of your bathroom and immediately convey a certain sense of space when you enter. When you plan your bathroom, the question arises: Which shapes match your personality? Are they:
Let’s take a closer look at the different shapes!
Corners and straight lines convey a solid sense of clarity and structure. We automatically associate straight lines and edges with qualities like trustworthiness, practicality, and reliability.
We associate curves, circles, and organic shapes with soft qualities like harmony and security. They bring out feelings like openness, coziness, and flow into us.
Contrasts can also liven up the bathroom. If you don’t have a strong preference for edges or curves, a combination of different shapes can be a good idea when planning your bathroom.
Colors, like shapes, can have a direct effect on our consciousness. Visual perception triggers different emotions. After a long day at work, a hot shower relaxes us and helps us let go of stress. Matching color shades can support this process.
Color psychologists divide the different wavelengths of light into cool and warm colors. These have different effects:
Cold colors cool us off
Warm colors have a stimulating effect
Natural shades calm us down
Blue, green, and turquoise are some of the classic colors with a calming, cooling effect – ideal for people who are sensitive to stress.
Yellow, orange, red, and pink cheer us up when we look at them – perfect for people who struggle to get going early in the morning.
Sand, sage, sienna: these natural colors make the bathroom a relaxing oasis. They're the perfect emphasis for the element of water, as they evoke the beach or the mountain, the original source of the flowing element.
Natural tones on walls and floors can get even more depth with accents in bold colors.
When planning your bathroom, you can create a surprise effect with unusual shades for the sink, bath tub, and faucets – through integrated LED technology, for example.
Flooring and walls
The colors on the floor and walls frame all the other elements in your bathroom. You can design the floor and walls differently to create a dramatic effect. A shared color hue can create a well-defined atmosphere – blue tones evoke the ocean, while gray and sand feel earthy.
Sink and bath tub
Neutral white is the classic color for bathroom furniture, as it goes with everything. But you can also repeat the tones you chose for walls and floor – or deliberately set a contrast. Especially dramatic: elegant black.
Faucets
Shiny chrome is a traditional finish for faucets. Brushed metal or matte black and white can create a surprise effect. A polished gold shade adds a lush touch, such as on a black background.
In modern bathroom planning, light is the element you can play with in a particularly flexible way. Thanks to smart technology, you can now immerse your bathroom in any color light you want – and create different wow effects as desired.
In addition, it's a good idea to adjust the light source to fit the time of day. In the morning we need strong light, which we can dim to a relaxing level in the evening. For daily grooming routines, however, light that corresponds to natural daylight is recommended.
For this reason, bathroom lighting concepts usually consist of basic lighting on the ceiling. The light intensity can be perfectly adjusted to the respective requirements with additional luminaires, placed on walls or integrated into mirrors.
If you’d like to learn more about lighting concepts in the bathroom, read our detailed article on bathroom lighting here.
Shapes, colors, and light can influence us directly through sensory perception. They determine atmosphere and design. When planning your bathroom, take these factors into account at an early stage.
The fundamental decision for these elements is: ‘Do I choose a specific direction, or do I combine different effects to create an overall design?’
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