Grey bathrooms are a popular choice for a modern and contemporary space. Grey is a neutral colour and so can be easily implemented into any scheme to suit everyone’s needs and wants. Schemes with grey heavy colouring can sometimes end up appearing bland or clinical, so to ensure you keep the style and design alive, take a look at our grey bathroom ideas!
– Use Luxurious Grey Marbles with Intense Blacks
To create contrast and intrigue in your bathroom, you can try out using light grey marble across the walls and floors, and implement pieces of black throughout the space. It’s a method that results in a luxurious and elegant space which you’ll be sure to love for years. If the colour black is intimidating to you, don’t worry. Simply implement the shade through accessories like towels or bath matts. Or, like we have here, in the handles and hardware of your cupboards and drawers.
– Compliment your Greys With Warm Woods
As grey can sometimes be quite a cold and uninviting colour, it’s always advisable to complement it with shades that can help warm the space up and make the overall atmosphere cosier. Using wood and wood effect throughout the room will achieve this perfectly. Wood effect flooring tiles are always an easy and simple option for fulfilling a warmer aim. With it’s versatility, if your style changes in years to come it’s also guaranteed to work with wood flooring. Check out Tile Mountains’ huge range of wood effect tiles to find one that matches your bathroom scheme perfectly.
– Make Good use of Lighting
Lighting can make or break your bathroom design. It will either elevate it and transform it into a high-end and sophisticated space, or will bring the mood down to result in a dark and dingy one. Don’t be caught out by the lighting curse, and ensure you plan your lighting scheme with as much care and attention to detail as your design scheme. This is especially important with grey bathrooms. As we know, grey schemes can sometimes be a bit flat, but with the right style and amount of lighting, it can lift the area to become bright and airy with depth and texture.
– Use Grey Patterns Across your Walls and Floors
Patterns are incredibly important if you want to prevent your bathroom from becoming too flat and two-dimensional. Using patterns across your walls and floors will be sure to result in a space full of texture and intrigue. Accessorize with more plain features like bath towels and bath matts, and your scheme will be sure to show off your style skills and personality. Grey patterns often make use of multiple shades of grey, which is also great when looking for shades to match across the rest of the space, because the chances are any shade of grey you pick up will match.
– Colour Clashes can Create Character and Personality
The personality and character don’t have have to stop at patterned walls and floors. It can also be achieved just as easily by clashing the colours you use in combination with greys. Now, most colours will compliment grey beautifully, and this is why we love the shade, but we want you to be bold and push yourself out of your comfort zone! Use warm with cold, or dark with light to create a space that is truly special and unique. These orange walls in this bathroom space are an example of what we love and think it really shows the owner of the bathroom has a sense of style and a bold personality.
– Using Grey Woods
By using grey woods you will be preventing the opportunity for your furniture, walls or floors from becoming too boring and lifeless. Even if the wood is wood effect, it still adds texture and a natural feeling. Creating a seamless balance between ‘plain’ and flat surfaces and textured ones means your space will look well thought out and considered, highlighting your sense of style.
– Dark Greys Add Drama
Using dark greys throughout the area you’re designing is sure to make a bold and intense statement. It’s a beautiful variation of the colour and when used in the right way creates an incredibly modern and contemporary design. If you’re nervous about using darker grey across the whole of your bathroom, start small with using dark grey accessories. But, if you’re brave, go big or go home! Using dark grey across the whole area is powerful and can be paired with blacks to enhance modernity.
– Use Textured Tiles
Using textured tiles throughout the bathroom achieves the obvious, it adds texture. If you desire to have grey tiles throughout your bathroom but are worried about the space becoming lacklustre and bland, try implementing a textured tile across your walls or floors, to lift the design and create intrigue. Mosaic tiles are great for this, as the small format of the tiles adds detail. Natural stone effect tiles are also perfect for this, as their face features detailing that replicates real stone, packed with texture.
– Use Multiple Shades of Grey
Using multiple shades of our beloved grey will allow you to get creative with mixing and matching materials and textures. If you’re not trying to stick to one exact colour, there are no restraints when shopping for furniture and accessories to implement, as you know they’ll all match and complement one another when put in place. When doing this, try to stick to warm greys or cool greys. Choose one or the other, as combining them can sometimes be messy and unattractive to the eye.
– Colours to Combine
The good news is, grey is a neutral colour, and so can be used with most other shades. For a simple and elegant scheme, use other neutral colours like beiges, whites, browns etc. For a more modern and contemporary look, combine with vibrancy and exciting colours, making certain aspects of the room pop against grey schemes.
– Styling the Space
Be sure to add lots of texture and materials to prevent the space from becoming a bit too lifeless. The general rule is light greys will help create a soft and delicate scheme, whereas dark greys will create a bold and intense one.
There you have our tips and ideas for creating a characterful grey bathroom space. Make sure you tag us in your project photos on Instagram, @Bathroommountainuk
