Black and white bathroom: how to choose finishing, plumbing and furniture for the toilet.

Features of black and white interior design

This combination implies the actual absence of any color, so it is worth taking into account several nuances:

• White visually expands the space, so in a small bathroom, for example, in a Khrushchev-era building, it is used as the main one, and black elements are used for contrast.
• Streaks and dirt, which are inevitable in a room with high humidity, are clearly visible on black.
• Monochrome adds severity and graphicity to the atmosphere, and competent distribution of accessories helps to turn the bathroom into a standard of style and taste.
• Geometric elements can both hide and emphasize irregularities.

Bathroom decoration options in black and white

The most popular material for wall and floor cladding is ceramic and glass tiles: they are highly wear-resistant and not afraid of moisture. There are many options for finishing a black and white bathroom: you can combine sizes and different shapes (hog, squares, hexagons), lay out complex patterns, highlight the shower area with tiles. Marble tiles look especially expensive: by choosing this type of decoration, the owner of the apartment declares his love for luxury and splendor.

A budget option for decorating a bathroom is plastic panels. They are easy to install and easy to care for. Construction stores offer a wide range of colors for white products (solid or with a stone or wood texture). It is also economical to use paint or wallpaper, but it is necessary to buy coatings that are resistant to moisture.

The photo shows a stylish combination of white pig-shaped tiles with black panels.

When distributing black and white in space, you should consider their effect on proportions: a bathroom with a black glossy ceiling looks eccentric, but visually reduces the height of the room and can be psychologically oppressive. The effect is corrected by built-in lighting, but still the upper part of the room is traditionally reserved for white. This could be a suspended ceiling or paint.

The photo shows a black floor tiled with the same tiles as the shower cabin.

The photo shows tiles with roses in the interior of a combined bathroom in black and white tones.

Another popular option for finishing a black and white bathroom is mosaic. It always looks original and expensive. Pieces of small tiles can be combined with each other and other coatings (paint, decorative plaster), and grout can be combined.

Black and white bathroom design

By playing with the textures and shapes of finishing materials, you can achieve an incredible effect and make your bathroom exclusive.

The photo shows a stunning installation of contrasting mosaic pieces in the Art Deco style.

Even the simplest details turn an achromatic interior into an unusual and memorable one: built-in lighting, stickers, carved mirrors, a colored door.

The photo shows a black and white bathroom with lighting that gives the room a mysterious purple hue.

Black and white bathrooms decorated with panels or frescoes look luxurious and unique.

The photo shows an interior in a modern style with a plant wall panel.

How to choose furniture, plumbing and decor?

The combination of black and white gives the interior respectability and solidity. Whether to support the chic theme or, on the contrary, dilute the severity with bright accents is a matter of taste. Furnishings with golden furniture, inserts with expensive textures (for example, crocodile) and silver splashes add shine and status.

The photo shows a magnificent neoclassical style set with silver fittings and curved facades.

Black and white design is universal: both colors go with any shades of the palette, as well as tonal gray.

To add warmth to a neutral setting, it is recommended to use accessories in rich colors: orange or yellow towels, soap dishes, dispensers. A bathroom with a bright accent on the floor (for example, a rug) will distract attention from the small size of the room.

A black and white bathroom with red elements will look very fashionable. You can also add natural notes to the monochrome background: greenery will make the graphic setting softer and cozier.

Furniture or finishes with wood elements go well with a graphic background, enlivening it and adding warm natural textures.

Examples of color combinations

If the decor is dominated by dark colors, the interior may seem gloomy, so it is important to maintain a balance of black and white. An example of a successful design is creating a black accent wall. It draws attention to itself, while the rest of the bathroom remains light.

The ideal combination, which has become classic, is alternating black and white tiles on the floor in a checkerboard pattern. The technique is appropriate in both modern and retro styles.

A non-standard solution is white bottom black top. The walls can be made two-tone: the top can be decorated dark up to the ceiling, and the lower part, floor and furniture can be left white.

The photo shows a black and white bathroom with a niche tiled with contrasting tiles.

With the help of contrasting finishes, you can visually change the geometry of the room. Black hog tiles laid lengthwise visually raise the ceiling. The same effect is achieved with vertical stripes. Horizontal stripes, on the contrary, visually expand the space – this can be a contrasting border or baseboard.

Photo of a black and white toilet

If a standard white toilet looks boring, it is worth diluting it with black details: a seat that contrasts with the color of the toilet, shelves, and a paper holder. An original approach to bathroom design is black walls and white plumbing, but the finishing must be of high quality so that the room looks expensive.

The photo shows a black and white bathroom, decorated with washable wallpaper with a pattern.

By covering the toilet with graphic wallpaper or decorating it with drawings, you can transform the space beyond recognition and turn it into a stylish room.

The photo shows a bathroom, the walls of which are decorated with wallpaper with black and white patterns.

How does a black and white bathroom look in different styles?

In the following selection, you can see the style trends that suit a black and white bathroom.

Perhaps the most popular style for monochrome bathrooms is Scandinavian. It is supported by light walls and contrasting thin lines. The Scandinavian bathroom, although not large, is always light and cozy due to wooden furniture, hand-woven rugs and house plants.

Loft and Scandi are somewhat similar, but in the industrial style, coziness is far from the first place. In such a black and white bathroom, it is easy to find metal sinks, concrete textures, exposed pipes and lots of mirrors.

The classic style is the opposite of both of the previous ones. Here we will not find rudeness: only luxury, sophistication and solidity.

A modern style bathroom is harmonious beauty and thoughtfulness to the smallest detail. Bright accents, abstract patterns, combinations of glossy and matte surfaces are appropriate here – but without overload.

The minimalist style speaks for itself. There are no excesses in a laconic black and white bathroom. To support this trend, straight bathtubs and cabinets without fittings are used, and the finishing does not imply an abundance of textures.

High-tech is distinguished by its high-tech nature, which means that its recreation requires spot lighting (for example, a glowing shower), expensive equipment and furniture with rounded shapes.

The photo shows a black and white bathroom with bright yellow accents. Replacing towels with accessories of a different color will transform the entire look of the room.

Fusion in the interior is a delicious set of various textures and designer items, seasoned with glitter. Even in a black and white bathroom, it will bring a sense of celebration: you just have to experiment with textures and increase the number of mirror surfaces and gold details.

A neutral black and white bathroom can even be decorated in an ethnic style if you add wooden elements, exotic patterns and souvenirs brought from travels.