Small bathroom ideas

The bathroom is your private, sacred space where you do your daily rituals. Sharing a bathroom might be awkward for some, but we’ve come up with simple small bathroom ideas that will turn this shared space into your very own comfort zone.

Pop in some color

A bathroom doesn’t have to be just white! Use the right color for your small bathroom and make the space feel larger. Adding in one or two accent colors, like a pretty blue and sea green, is a great way to mark personal spaces. Make it cohesive and apply these colors to your bathroom organizers so you’ll never have to ask who owns which stuff.

Get some inspiration from these bold color combinations

Cushions – black and white, graphic patterns, sharp coloring in a mix – piled in a stack on top of a chest of drawers.

Get some inspiration from these bold color combinations

Create boundaries

The worst thing about sharing the bathroom is getting your personal stuff mixed up with your roommate’s. You might love your roommate, but you definitely don’t love their dirty laundry. Avoid these situations by investing in individual laundry hampers, color-coded bathroom organizers, and bathroom furniture that gives you and your roommate separate storage spaces.

Create a smart, airy space in your bathroom

Cardboard boxes stacked inside a hanging organizer next to clothes on a rail.

Create a smart, airy space in your bathroom

Organize for two

Sharing a bathroom means inevitably sharing some space with your roommate. Avoid clutter in shared spaces like the sink and shower areas by dividing storage spaces evenly with a cool bathroom organizer, separate your robes and towels by hanging them on walls with some hooks, or try using a larger shared vanity to maximize your shared space.

Ideas to set up your vanity area

A white STORJORM mirror cabinet with built-in lighting on a wall with framed pictures and an anthracite shelving unit.

Ideas to set up your vanity area

A place for everything

When dealing with small bathroom designs, keep track of your belongings by making sure that everything has its own space. Store your shampoo, conditioner, and soap near the shower and your makeup brushes near the vanity. Add a small hidden shelf or cabinet to place spare toiletries and paper towels in. With the amount of things that go in your small bathroom, it’s important to have enough space for each item.

See these space-saving bathroom ideas

A white HEMNES shelf unit with black PLEJA wire baskets storing towels, bath toys, spa stuff and more on the four shelves.

See these space-saving bathroom ideas

Use unexpected spaces

Most of the time, we can put laundry hampers and other storage units in unexpected areas. For a small bathroom, a good idea is to look for space under elevated sinks, around the shower and tub areas, or in unoccupied small corners for extra space.

Maximize your storage space with these simple solutions

A white shelf mounted high up on the wall in a hallway with hooks on the bottom shelf to hang coats, backpacks and coats.

Maximize your storage space with these simple solutions

Out of sight, out of mind

Bathroom clutter is annoying. Give yourself some peace of mind when you enter the bathroom by investing in bathroom furniture that lets clutter stay hidden. Place beauty products behind a mirror that doubles as a medicine cabinet, store bobby pins in the vanity drawer, and throw used cotton pads in a covered trash can. Remember, it’s easier to relax in a well-organized space.

Make small spaces work for you

Small bathroom ideas

Pop in some color

Create boundaries

Organize for two

A place for everything

Use unexpected spaces

Out of sight, out of mind

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