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Cloakroom Ideas and Designs
How to find the right ideas for a cloakroom?
How do you start planning your cloakroom when you’re starting from scratch? Serving a practical purpose first and foremost, the ideal downstairs toilet is fitted with a few basic items: the cloakroom suite (a toilet and a hand basin), a storage unit and a mirror. These four are essentials and should be small enough to avoid crowding the small space. Specially-designed short-projection units are made to maximise space. If space is really tight, storage ideas are important. Consider space-savers such as corner basins and wall-hung toilets.
How should cloakrooms be decorated?
As with all small spaces, light and bright is often best – avoid decorating your cloakroom with any dark colours, although a well-patterned wallpaper can actually serve to open up the space if chosen carefully. Keep the scheme of tiles, wallpaper and decoration relatively simple, and create space with a large mirror. Also feel free to let the cloakroom reflect your personal style, whether that is sleek and modern or kitschy and cheerful, and it has become a British tradition to add liberal personal touches such as certificates, photographs, artwork and books.
However, as the cloakroom is often small and the toilet will take up most of the room, try to not go overboard with the decor. One pot plant will do, as will one large mirror. A stack of fluffy towels, a fragrant room diffuser and some nice handwash and maybe hand lotion next to your basin, will be all you need to make visitors feel pampered and welcome. Choosing a fancy wall colour is a great way to make your cloakroom exciting – soon you’ll be using your downstairs toilet more than your main bathroom.
If you're still unsure about what kind of design you'd like for your cloakroom, take inspiration from the beautiful photos and save the best one to your ideabook. You can save cloakroom ideas to an ideabook so that you can put together your vision for your newly decorated downstairs toilet.
Whether you want inspiration for planning a cloakroom renovation or are building a designer cloakroom from scratch, Houzz has 88,126 images from the best designers, decorators, and architects in the country, including Vastu Interior Design Ltd and HUX London. Look through cloakroom photos in different colours and styles and when you find a cloakroom design that inspires you, save it to an Ideabook or contact the Pro who made it happen to see what kind of design ideas they have for your home. Explore the beautiful cloakroom ideas photo gallery and find out exactly why Houzz is the best experience for home renovation and design.
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- Cork (76)
- Pebble Tile (71)
- Brick (66)
- Painted Wood (64)
- Bamboo (43)
- Terrazzo (31)
Inspiration for a contemporary cloakroom in Hertfordshire with flat-panel cabinets, dark wood cabinets, a wall mounted toilet, white walls, medium hardwood flooring, a console sink and brown floors.
downstairs toilet wallpaper feature wall idea - preetvan
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Mirror to go to family bathroom - saraapro77
Italian Arabescato Cervaiole Altissimo polished Marble sink and vanity.
Luna Cloud Marble flooring with a bespoke Nero Marquina border.
Materials supplied by Natural Angle including Marble, Limestone, Granite, Sandstone, Wood Flooring and Block Paving.
Sink unit, colours - joseig
Inspiration for a small victorian cloakroom in London with white tiles, black walls, ceramic flooring, a wall mounted toilet, a wall-mounted sink, metro tiles and multi-coloured floors.
Patterned floor with metro tile and dark walls - robyung66
Boot room cloakroom. Carrara marble topped vanity unit with surface mounted carrara marble basin. Handmade vanity unit is painted in an earthy sea green, which in the boot room we gave a bit more earthy stones - the stone coloured walls and earth sea green (compared to the crisper cleaner colours in the other parts of the house). The nautical rope towel ring adds another coastal touch. The look is finished with a nautical style round mirror and pair of matching bronze wall lights. Limestone tiles are both a practical and attractive choice for the boot room floor.
Photographer: Nick George
Simplicity, splash back - becciburgess
Inspiration for a medium sized traditional cloakroom in Wiltshire with a two-piece toilet, a pedestal sink, multi-coloured walls, medium hardwood flooring and brown floors.
bit of fun for a cloak room - webuser_494640889
Christina Bull Photography
Design ideas for a small contemporary cloakroom in London with a pedestal sink, a wall mounted toilet, grey walls and dark hardwood flooring.
perhaps one wall in this wall paper? - webuser_850428203
If cost is no object what can be more practical and stylish than a marble clad bathroom? Many companies supplying marble will let you go to the yard to select the piece. As it is a natural product mined out of the ground no two pieces are exactly alike. In this bathroom the marble veining continues across the alcove so it still looks like a large continuous slab.
Photography: Philip Vile
The insert, spotlight and decoration - julie_sasha
Photo of a medium sized contemporary cloakroom in London with a pedestal sink, a wall mounted toilet and purple walls.
the illusion of depth is fascinating - webuser_800517675
Inspiration for a small classic cloakroom in London with a wall-mounted sink, grey walls and a wall mounted toilet.
They have used mirrors like we have in bedroom above sink. - suzie1711
Guest WC (located under the staircase):
We located the WC under the staircase and exposed the original wall. However, the wall was not in a good condition so we used some of the salvaged original bricks from the demolition and re-installed them on the wall.
Small spaces can be boring so in order to spice it up and to make it special, we used an old map of London to complement the exposed brick and timber floors. The downlight has internal gold coating to create special character of warm light for this small space.
Reclaimed bricks can be cut so each brick makes 3 bricks to be used internally - lynda_ridley26
Richard Warburton Photography
Design ideas for a medium sized rustic cloakroom in Hampshire with a wall-mounted sink and a one-piece toilet.
Wood, recessed toilet, combination of elements - jonobuchanan
Design ideas for a small contemporary cloakroom in London with a one-piece toilet, grey walls, a wall-mounted sink and multi-coloured floors.
not flowery. nice and geometric, but not in an 'in your face' kind of way. - paulapersson01
Black and white vintage style powder room with Winckelmans floor tile.
This is an example of a small traditional cloakroom in London with a wall-mounted sink, black tiles, white tiles, metro tiles, porcelain flooring and white walls.
WC Floor ing, Wall tiles, Wall pics and mirrors - hayley_cooke
Design ideas for a small mediterranean cloakroom in London with ceramic tiles, grey walls, concrete worktops, freestanding cabinets, grey cabinets, grey tiles, a vessel sink and beige worktops.
Tiles. Tower Ceramics- can get 25% discount if requested - harveersidhu
Design ideas for a contemporary cloakroom in Gloucestershire with a vessel sink, a wall mounted toilet and brown tiles.
Ensuite bathroom, recessed shelves - verdunhouse
Elyse Kennedy
Photo of a contemporary cloakroom in London with open cabinets, medium wood cabinets, a one-piece toilet, multi-coloured walls, a wall-mounted sink, medium hardwood flooring and brown floors.
Mirror in bathroom - beccag82