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Every millimetre matters

When designing a small powder room or ensuite, every millimetre matters. Check our tips to deal with compact bathrooms and other tiny spaces!

For example, you may use cavity sliding doors instead of hinged ones, being able to have a wide doorway to access the room. Regarding sanitaryware, toilets with in-wall flush systems are great space-savers, for example, as the cistern is concealed inside the wall frame.

You may use the standard flush buttons or ones with touchless technology, as you may see here. Besides compact toilets, there are many models of slim wall-hung vanities in the market, providing clever storage solutions. In saying that, while some may prefer a standard mirror, others may opt for a shaving mirror cabinet. Some shaving cabinets can be semi-recessed in the wall, providing extra storage space.

Aiming to bring some coziness, we suggest using light tones of grey and accents in timber. In this mood board, we have a mirror with a frame in light oak, the same colour chosen for the towel hook and the pendant light. For the tapware, brushed nickel with a contemporary design and straight lines, matching the wallpaper and the floor tiles.

Vanity: Petite 400 Wall Hung (ADP)
Toilet: Roca Inspira (Reece)
Flush button: Geberit Sigma 01 (Reece)
Tapware and accessory: Tono (Fienza)
Hook: Classic Kink Wall Hook (Scandiluxe)
Mirror: Tina Round (Temple & Webster)
Pending light: Juno 1 (Beacon Lighting)
Floor tile: Caparazon Medio (Perini Tiles)
Wallpaper: Maui Leaf Monochrome (World of Wallpaper)

Are you struggling with a small powder room or any other room where every millimetre matters? We are glad to help you optimise your space!

Corten steel for a minimalist bathroom

The warm tones of corten steel in this minimalist bathroom are a perfect scenario for the wash plane and bathtub with straight lines. And we are so glad that we could find in Australia the same steel corten tiles from Portobello that we used in one of our past projects. You may check more info on this project here, where the corten steel look-like tile was used as a feature on the external facade.

Going back to our minimalist bathroom, the rust-like appearance of the steel after being exposed to the elements is one of our favourite patterns. Especially when combined with light grey cement and mosaic tiles in off-white, it’s a very nice combination. And talking about mosaic tiles, we love them as much as corten steel! You may see other mood boards where we used mosaic tiles here and here.

The minimalist look is complete with a vertical ceiling shower and a wall basin spout with a progressive mixer, all in chrome. In addition, you may have a frameless mirror with an irregular shape or a simple round one. One or two robe hooks as accessories and that is it. After all, less is more!

Washplane: Geo (Omvivo)
Bath tub: Latis 1600 (Omvivo)
Corten steel tile: Steel corten 60×120 (Portobello, available in Australia at Tile Mega Mart)
Vertical shower: Circa (Sussex Tapware)
Wall basin mixer: Mili Pure Progressive (Reece)
Robe hook: Empire (Temple & Webster)
Mirror: Erwyn Organic Wall Mirror (Temple & Webster)

Did you like this look? At Instant Design we can assist you in selecting the right finishes and materials for your new house or renovation.