Bathroom Design Mistakes That Are Ruining the Look of Your Space

When you make design mistakes in your bathroom, it’s not likely to be big mistakes you’re making. Rather, the smaller choices you made that don’t fit the look or feel you’re going for or need. These decisions will undermine the quality and functionality of your bathroom and just irk you every time you use it. But what are they? And how can you avoid them? Let’s take a look, as for the most part, they’re really easy fixes.

Choosing The Wrong Toilet Seat

A toilet seat that sits wrong on the pan is something you can’t unsee once you realise it’s happening. Think gaps at the rim, rocking when you sit down, and fittings that stress the fixing holes over time. It’s one of the most common bathroom mistakes people make, but also one of the easiest to avoid, too.

Before you order anything, you need to measure the bolt hole spacing centre to centre, the pan length from the fixing holes to the front of the rim, and the width at the widest point. Standard UK bolthole spacing is 155mm, but older pans and some continental designs differ, which is where most people fail.

If you can, identify the pan model and then buy the actual designed seat for it, not just a generic toilet seat. The Ideal Standard Purity Toilet seat and cover K704301 is a direct replacement for the Purity pan. It’s the correct fit, fitting included, no adaptation needed, and it’ll sit flush with the pan and stay put and not give you that gap other models might.

Ignoring the Mirror

A badly positioned or undersized mirror can throw off the entire room if it’s too small, the bathroom might overshadow the mirror, or a mirror that’s too big might overpower a smaller, cramped bathroom.

From here, you need to consider lighting. You don’t want a poorly lit mirror; your everyday routine will suffer for it. The mirror needs to sit at eye level and be an appropriate size for the room. You need to ensure it has its own light source so you’re not relying on the one ceiling light to give you the illumination you need.

Mismatched Accessories

Now you don’t need to buy everything from the same collection or have it all match, but it does need to be cohesive within your bathroom.

You need to have a consistent finish across all accessories, not mix and match them. They need to pull together to ensure the room reads as considered, not accumulated. You can choose accessories based on a design theme or a specific finish if you prefer to try to make them look like a curated choice, not just whatever was on sale.

Overlooking Storage

A bathroom without adequate storage becomes a cluttered place fast. You need to make sure you build enough storage in your bathroom so you can put things away and keep it looking neat and tidy. The last thing you need is to have copious amounts of bottles lining the bathtub or cleaning products accumulating on the toilet. You can try building recessed shelving to the walls, adding freestanding units or hooks to the walls and shelving to help you increase storage space.