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Features of bathroom layout 2-3 square meters

Not everyone can boast a large bathroom. Many people huddle in old houses, and there all the technical rooms are frankly small. Therefore, it is difficult to design a 2-meter bathroom: you need to install all the necessary plumbing and furniture, and all this should be convenient and beautiful.

The content of the article

1 The main thing is color and light
2 The choice of plumbing and its placement
3 Washing machine - looking for a place to install
4 Furniture
5 Design tricks
6 Photos of interiors for inspiration

The main thing is color and light

When developing a bathroom design with an area of 2-3 square meters, you should start by choosing a color palette and developing a lighting scheme. After all, it is color and lighting that greatly affect our perception. To make a small room seem larger, it should be decorated in light colors. The color can be any, but the shade is very light.

Most often, warm shades of white are used - cream, cream, etc. A very interesting effect is provided by tiles with a metallized coating. The mother-of-pearl surface creates additional volume.

Add colors so the bathroom doesn't look like an operating room

So that the bathroom does not look too sterile, the light color is diluted with bright elements. There are several options - a border of darker tiles, a dark lower part of the wall (approximately - the lower third). If the lower part of the wall is dark, the floor is made of the same color or very close if you cannot find tiles of the same tone.

A more modern option is accents. You can make one wall dark, several vertical stripes of different widths, and they are unevenly distributed over the area, creating asymmetry. This technique will help to correct imperfect geometry, if any.

Bathroom design 2 meters can in a modern style

To push the boundaries even further, there must be a lot of light. Following the latest trends, these are usually recessed ceiling lights. For such an area, according to the norms, one medium-power light bulb is required, but it is better to put two or even more, and also a backlight near the mirror.

The choice of plumbing and its placement

In a bathroom with an area of two square meters, non-standard and / or small-sized plumbing is usually installed. If there is room for furniture, then it is usually made to order. The dimensions are very modest, and you cannot find ready-made copies.

Standard solutions are not enough here

Shower cabin

First of all, you need to decide whether you need to design a 2 meter bathroom with a bath or shower. If you rarely take a bath, it is worth installing or making a shower stall. In this case, it is better to do it, since the finished ones, even the smallest, are too bulky and take up most of the available space. A homemade shower is brick stacked shower tray and tiled (mosaic) or finished from acrylic or steel, to which doors or just a shower curtain are attached.

Different options for shower cabins for a small bathroom

Shower doors are hard to install folding plastic (accordion type)... When closed, they take up almost no space. You can also install glass sliding, but this is an expensive option with complex installation. Glass swing doors will cost less, but you need to calculate the dimensions well - so that they do not touch the walls and are convenient to use.

If you decide to put a ready-made shower cabin, then only a small corner room will fit into such a room. Only a small sink can be installed in the remaining free space.

Bath

If you can't do without a bathroom, there are several options.The first is to put the bathtub in front of the entrance, choosing a size from wall to wall. There will be some free space in front of the bathroom. A small sink can fit into this space. Moreover, it can be installed so that it is fully or partially over the bathroom. If the sink is placed in the area where the mixer,

Wall-to-wall bathtub, in the remaining space - a sink

If the door in the bathroom is located asymmetrically - closer to one wall, you can find a bathroom with a non-standard shape and size that will fit into a wide partition. It can be narrower on one side, and wider on the other. So the area will be rationally used without compromising the convenience of using the bathroom. With this arrangement, the sink and mirror are located opposite the door, which visually makes the room more spacious.

The bathroom with an area of two square meters mainly uses non-standard plumbing

Another option is to install a sitz bath. They will not be able to stretch out to their full height, but relaxation from a sitting position is also good. In this case, you can find a place for installing a small washing machine - under the sink.

Toilet

Designing a 2 meter bathroom with a toilet is even more extreme. After all, you need to find a place to install another item, which is difficult on such an area. Desirable put toilets with installation (suspended) they do not look so bulky, although installation is somewhat more complicated and the price is higher. But they take up less space, which in this case is a priority.

One of the solutions in the photo above is to move the sink towards the bathtub, put a plumbing bowl in the vacant space. This option is suitable for narrow and long rooms. If the walls are of approximately equal length, a small corner bath or shower stall is still placed in the corner, and a sink and toilet bowl are placed on the arch areas on the walls.

The location of the toilet in a square bathroom of 2 sq. m.

There are very few options at all - just move from one corner to another and change places, which is understandable with such dimensions.

Washing machine - looking for a place to install

We cannot do without a washing machine, therefore we are looking for a place for it in any, even a very small apartment. Sometimes there is only one way out - to put it in the bathroom, even if it is so small. For such purposes, there is even special sinks that are installed above the machine... Many are even sold in pairs so that you don't have to search and select sizes.

Using special plumbing saves space

Only in this version it is possible to fit a machine, a toilet bowl, a bathtub with a sink into two squares of area. Is it possible to find such a model that is hung on the wall above the toilet, but this is an expensive exotic.

Non-standard options for placing a washing machine in the bathroom

Alternatively, arrange a shelf on powerful holders above the same toilet and install the equipment on it. You will save space, but you will need a model with good stabilization - so that it does not jump during the spin cycle.

Not the funniest option, but the most obvious

The design of the bathroom is 2 meters without a toilet, but with a washing machine it is not particularly different: a bath or a shower cabin, a washbasin and a typewriter on free spots. Well, at least there are different formats for the technique: narrow and high or shallow depth. In general, you can choose the size that you need.

Furniture

No matter how small the bathroom is, it still contains at least some kind of furniture: you need to store creams, shampoos, household chemicals somewhere. The most common options are a cabinet under the sink and a mirror with shelves on the sides. Often such a kit is enough to arrange everything you need.

Cabinet under the sink and mirror with shelves above it

There are other options as well. If you find a place for a toilet bowl or washing machine, a good piece of space "walks" above them. It can be occupied by making a locker to size.

In such an area, every centimeter should be useful

Another idea is ceiling shelves. They can be open or closed (with doors). You can store there supplies of household chemicals, towels, etc.

Even the smallest free spaces can be used under the shelves. There are not many of them - there is still something to put.

Design tricks

When developing the design of a 2 meter bathroom, you can apply some tricks that will visually make the room larger. You already know two principles - the abundance of light and the prevailing light shades.

Tiles come in two types of surface - matte and glossy. Glossy, due to the play of glare, makes the room brighter and more spacious, but it can resemble an operating room. A room finished with matte tiles or other materials looks more comfortable. Also don't choose large tiles... Medium or small is better in this case, since large fragments will only emphasize their small dimensions. In this regard, a mosaic with a shiny surface is ideal. Due to its texture, it looks very good.

Mosaic is a great choice

You can visually increase the volume by using mirrors. It is advisable to place it opposite the door and stretch it over the entire or almost the entire wall. Then the effect will be maximum. Often this is what they start from when planning the bathroom interior: the mirror should be opposite the entrance, and then everything else is arranged and selected.

If you decide to make shelves or place partitions that enclose a bath or shower stall, make them from tempered glass. They are practically invisible, but they perform their functions. Any other shelves and partitions will "load" the interior, turning a small room into a box.

Glass partitions and plumbing

Another way to "unload" the interior and give it a flavor is to use a glass sink. It does not create the impression of massiveness, although in size they are the same as porcelain and earthenware, and sometimes even larger.

Photos of interiors for inspiration

Sometimes a picture of how, in what color everything can be arranged, does not form in my head. Due to the small area, the design of a bathroom of 2 meters is even more difficult - there are fewer options to correct an error in some kind of miscalculation. Only visualization - a visual image can help in this "grief".