Need to give your toilet a maritime makeover that is not too kitschy, over-the-top, or cliche? Fortunate for you, we have an ocean of concepts on the best way to expertly infuse nautical vibes into your powder room or water closet to create a cool and serene sanctuary. From showcasing the ocean’s good colours (blue and white palette, we’re taking a look at you!) with tiling to highlighting its sinuous form with mirrors and different ornamental accents, preserve scrolling for tactics to carry the spirit of the ocean into your toilet—with out going overboard.
Blue arabesque tiles paired with a coral-inspired mirror create a classy tribute to the ocean on this Kim Armstrong-designed visitor tub. “I used a lightweight grey grout as a result of I wished the form of the tile to face out,” she shares.
This light-filled toilet by Alexandra Angle made for the proper place to showcase the house owner’s in depth assortment of ship work.
In a nod to her “camp counselor days,” designer Leanne Ford reduce up an previous Hobie sail to make use of as her bathe curtain. “I simply assume it’s probably the most beautiful heat white,” she enthuses. “And everyone knows it’s waterproof!”
Wall-to-wall inexperienced zellige tiles lend this asymmetrical toilet by Romanek Design Studio a laidback coastal look.
Playful seaside bathers wallpaper from Hovia coupled with an vintage ship’s wheel mirror “add a whimsical and sudden contact to this youngsters’ toilet,” says Los Angeles-based designer Stefani Stein.
Turquoise Moroccan tiles from Diona Marble give this California bungalow toilet by Jeff Andrews a enjoyable pop of coloration. “We wished to maintain the identical palette flowing via the home, and to have it look cool, however not over-designed,” the designer says.
Marbleized wallpaper from Robert Crowder & Co. and a classic Egon Hillebrand mirror breathe new life into this sea-inspired powder room by Boston-based designer Nina Farmer, which options wainscotting painted in Farrow & Ball’s Plummet.
A navy-and-white striped bathe curtain and different blue accents give this toilet by JL Design a playful, nautical really feel.
Hanging azure tiles invigorate the toilet of designer Justina Blakeney’s jewel-toned “Jungalow,” which touts a recessed area of interest outfitted with a classy classic mirror.
The hexagon tilling on the ground mixed with the white sq. subway tile on the partitions of this toilet “give the proper seaside-vacation, retro-camp look,” says designer Eddie Maestri. “The floating anchor bathe curtain feels fashionable and informal.”
This crisp white powder room by Erin Gates showcases refined sea-inspired components together with a coral-inspired mirror, maritime artwork, and inlay wooden flooring meant to imitate a yacht’s deck.
On this powder room (tucked in a waterfront dwelling in Maine) by Tyler Karu, “the coastal nod comes within the type of Schumacher wallpaper with a little bit of a lighthearted tackle a rope and shell motif,” he notes. “We moved away from an apparent blue-and-white scheme and targeted on a tonal gray palette.” In the meantime, the cerused end on the vainness is purposely harking back to tumbled driftwood.
“Impressed by summers spent in East Hampton, this recent visitor tub captures all of the simplicity and easy particulars of my shoppers summer time dwelling,” says designer Chad Dorsey. “The pale blue tub tile from Waterworks actually makes the house.”
As an alternative of utilizing wallpaper, Kate Ladd Chlebowski—founding father of Vernacular design studio—opted to create a tented impact with painted stripes for this little boy’s toilet. “The round, burled mirror is a refined nod to the toilet’s nautical affect, drawing inspiration from a ship’s porthole,” she reveals.
This pearly tub by Maestri Studio spotlights a mirror harking back to ocean waves, whereas the glass vessel sink is supposed to provide the house an opulent, sea-inspired really feel.
Kristin Tablang
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Kristin Tablang is a senior editor at Home Lovely, the place she covers design, actual property, tradition, and journey.