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Using Colour to Create a Holistic Bathroom Renovation

Choosing the colours in a bathroom renovation is one of the most exciting and challenging parts of any bathroom renovation project. Unless you have done 6 years of interior design study at university, you may rapidly learn that there is more involved in colour selection than meets the eye. Making important colour choices can mean the difference between an average and an outstanding bathroom outcome. In this article, we will use examples of our Gold Coast bathroom renovation projects to discuss winning strategies for colour selection in bathroom design, towards the goal of a creating a holistic home.

What is a Holistic Home?

Regardless of the interior style you’re into, having the goal of a holistic home is what this is all about. That means the bathroom works together with the rest of the home in a meaningful way – fitting in with the rest of the home. Whether your existing interior style is modern, vintage, relaxed, conservative, bohemian or high-end, it’s ideal for your newly renovated bathroom to fit in with the overall theme.

Holistic Definition: Dealing with or treating the whole of something or someone and not just a part [SRC: Cambridge Dictionary]

The Relationship Between The Bathroom and the Home

To create a holistic bathroom design, a great starting point is to remember to evaluate the rest of your home when you’re designing your bathroom. If you design your bathroom in isolation, it doesn’t stand much chance of successfully integrating because in a holistic home, relationships are everything! Some helpful things to look at are:

  1. List the colours used in the home.
  2. How colourful is the home?
  3. Is the home light or dark?
  4. Take a look at the colour and style of existing fittings such as handles & doorknobs.
  5. Describe the general theme in the home; e.g. modern, relaxed, minimal, natural
  6. Pay particular attention to the kitchen, laundry & toilets

These types of observations don’t need to explicitly guide our choices. But they do create awareness. We need to be aware that when we design the bathroom, the colours that we choose will have relationships with the existing style of the home, and these relationships can be optimised for a more holistic result.

Styling Beyond The Bones

A handy piece of knowledge that separates professional designers from everyone else is that less is more. All of the colours, shapes, textures and styles available in a bathroom renovation come in a bewildering array of options. An over-zealous approach can create a design that will tire very quickly.

A simpler and more conservative approach might sound boring, but bathrooms, like any other room in the home, can be styled beyond their bones. Accessories like pot plants, towels, artwork, and other items can also help your bathroom to integrate into the wider home, without compromising the bathroom with an over-zealous design approach. Read about What Colour Blinds go with White Walls for more styling ideas.

Approaching Your Bathroom Design

The safest approach to your bathroom design is to extend the home into the bathroom by utilising existing colour choices and styles to make the bathroom ‘more of the same’. It’s safe in the sense that, assuming you like the rest of the interior design, you will like the new bathroom, and it will fit in with the rest of the home.

However, being holistic doesn’t just mean being the same. It means that there is a relationship. The parts (rooms) of the home can be best understood as a whole (the whole home). While sameness is safe, most of the time, we want more from the opportunity of a bathroom renovation.

Bathroom renovations are a great chance to inject some of our own personality and stylistic intention into the home – to make it our own.

By keeping the rest of the home in mind when designing the bathroom, it’s possible to create a ‘safely creative’ design space, where design choices can be made that will help produce a holistic home: a home that is balanced between what the home is, and what you’d like it to be.


Winning Approaches to Bathroom Style

The following examples from our recent Gold Coast bathroom renovations demonstrate some winning approaches that can be adapted to suit a wide variety of bathrooms:

Complementary Colour Bathroom Style

Using two complementary colours in your bathroom creates a winning outcome that can be adapted to suit a wide range of bathrooms and homes. Here’s an example from a recent Gold Coast bathroom renovation, where we have used turquoise tiles and blonde timber-look laminate to create a punchy, energetic bathroom using natural tones.

Turquoise Blonde Custom Timber Laminate Vanity
Turquoise Blonde Custom Timber Laminate Vanity

The rest of the design falls into the safe zone with greys and whites, allowing the bathroom colours to effortless sit amongst the mid-tones for a light, fresh feeling.

Black & White: Low Contrast

Black and white are popular bathroom colours. This classical colour combination endures over time, and won’t tire as quickly as a brighter design may. In this black and white example, there is very little contrast (the bathroom is mainly white), with subtle black touches in the tapware, handles, grout-lines and tile-inset drains.

Colonial Bathroom Renovation

Black & White: High Contrast

This Gold Coast high-rise bathroom is another example of a black and white bathroom design, with a higher degree of contrast being realised by the black laminate bench-top. Immediately stronger in visual presence, this creates a sophisticated and high-end bathroom. Perfect for a penthouse!

Penthouse Bathroom Renovation

Juxtaposed Organic

This is a cool bathroom style. There’s more happening here than just the colours – shape and texture has a big role to play. In terms of colours though, the timber tones, brushed-brass tapware and mosaic tile splashback (and in fact, wall tiling) combine for a stylish meeting between organic and industrial ideas.

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White with Timber

Timber has such a great outcome in bathrooms. Paired with the simplicity of white walls, a timber vanity engages an organic vibe which is simultaneously modern and versatile. We use timber-look laminates to create great outcomes for our custom vanities, and sometimes a successful bathroom renovation doesn’t need anything more than this.

Gold Coast Bathroom Upgrades
Gold Coast Bathroom Upgrades

Feature Wall Splash of Colour

This bathroom renovation carries on from our white/timber concept to the inclusion of a baby-blue tiled feature wall. Note how the grout-lines are sympathetic to the timber / brushed-brass tones in the bench top, tapware and fittings. This concept creates a sophisticated and whimsical result. Again, it is ultimately a simple recipe: white, timber, and a feature-colour in tiles of your choice.

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Gold Coast Bathroom Renovations

Extravagant Splashes of Metallic Colour

Typical bathroom metal colours are silver, black, and brushed brass. Surprising and interesting effects can be introduced by unexpected metallic inclusions. In this bathroom / laundry, an otherwise low-key approach (white tiles, timber-look laminate benchtop) gets a *surprise* addition of a brushed-brass tap and sink. It’s colourful, energetic, and adds some interest and excitement to the design, without overwhelming the room.

Laundry Tap & Sink
Laundry Tap & Sink

LED Lighting Excitement

Adding some LED lighting to your bathroom can be transformative. This simple black and white design gets a powerful punch when the purple LEDs are activated. What’s really cool is the versatility that this offers. You may not need it everyday, but when it’s party time, guest will be washing their hands in purple LED style!

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Filed Under: Renovation Design Tagged With: Black and White, Colour, Colour Scheme, Contrast, Design Strategy, Holistic Design, Timber and White

Pink Pastel Basin Renovation

This Gold Coast bathroom renovation demonstrates how a black and white design can be softened and enervated by a splash of colour.

Pink Pastel Basin & Round Mirror

Pink Pastel Basin & Round Mirror
Pink Pastel Basin & Round Mirror

The combination of a round mirror and mounted bathroom basin in matching pink trim is a winning outcome for this Gold Coast bathroom! Creating an upbeat and positive vibe, the dash of pastel pink lifts the energy of this bathroom. A similar effect could be achieved with any number of colours, as working with a black & white backdrop is an easily adaptable foundation. Pastel colours are great in bathrooms and can be used to create discrete tonal advancements that calibrate otherwise standard designs into something more interesting.

Matching Black Trims

Matching Black Trims
Matching Black Trims

Black trims are utilised in the vanity handles, towel rails, shower frame and tapware to hold this bathroom design together. Using black trims against a white background creates a high contrast. In the case of this bathroom design, the pastel pink offsets and softens the severity of this contrast. You can learn more about using colour in your bathroom renovation in this article.

Shower Configuration

Shower Configuration
Shower Configuration

This shower configuration is simple, functional and practical. A semi-frameless shower with black trim and matching tapware, with a tile inset drain (also with matching black trim). In bathroom design, as in all design, sometimes, the simple things work best, and this bathroom is a case in point.

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Filed Under: Projects Tagged With: Custom Vanity, Mounted Basin, Pastel Pink, Pink, Round Mirror, Semi-Frameless Shower

Vintage Desk Vanity Renovation

This Gold Coast bathroom renovation has a colonial style, enabled by the addition of a repurposed vintage desk for the vanity unit, VJ panelling and a discrete colour scheme. This approach imbue this bathroom with a distinctive and unique style, and demonstrates the creative possibilities available when you work with a dedicated bathroom renovation team.

Timber Desk Vanity

Repurposing vintage items is not only a great way to create a unique bathroom style – it also creates a purposeful use for an item that has more to give! This vintage desk features ornate columns and a convenient low shelf, making it the perfect addition to this Gold Coast bathroom renovation. If you’re interested in vintage or colonial bathroom styles, another project we recently undertook can be seen here.

Open Shower

This open shower is the ultimate nod to a simpler past, and ties into the old-world style of this renovated Gold Coast bathroom. Features include brushed-brass tapware, VJ panelling, herringbone floor tiles, tiled niche and inset tile drain. Learn more about shower options here.

VJ Panelling

VJ Panelling is a great way to create a colonial or older style bathroom aesthetic. In the case of this bathroom, the medicinal green pastel allows the custom vanity unit and other bathroom features to really pop.

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Filed Under: Projects Tagged With: Colonial Style, Custom Vanity, Herringbone Tiles, Open Shower, VJ Panels

Mosaic Tile Renovation

Gold Coast bathroom renovations don’t come much better than this beautiful bathroom. This project utilises a textural mosaic tile, timber-look floor tiles and brushed brass tapware for a holistic result. Read on to learn more:

Backlit LED Mirror

Round mirrors are big in Gold Coast bathroom design. They add effortless flow and shape to the room, softening and creating space, style and chicness! A backlit LED mirror is just another touch of sophistication that can be added, perfect for realising the ideal combination of vanity and mirror that Armrock’s renovations are known for.

Mosaic Tiles

Tiling is a critical part of any Gold Coast bathroom reno. Decisions about the type of tiles, extent of tiling, and integration of tiling into bathroom design are some of the most important decisions to make. In this renovation, we’ve used wraparound mosaic tiling to provide this bathroom with a textural backdrop. In conjunction with the timber-look floor tiles, the effect is quite organic – it’s like stepping into another world. Learn more about tiling in your renovation project here.

Curved Custom Vanity

This custom vanity has a discrete collection of features which make it stand proud in this bathroom renovation. With its table-mounted basin, marble bench top, brushed-brass tapware, curved timber-look laminate lines and extruding mount, this is a great example of the result that can be accomplished with a custom-made vanity unit.

Brushed Brass Tapware

Brushed-brass tapware can be used for a variety of effects. In this bathroom, the tapware creates a fairly discrete highlight, specifically by way of it’s lower contrast against the tiling, which presents a quiet confidence and coherent agenda in the room. In conjunction with the organic effect designed by the timber-look floor tiles and mosaic wall-tiles, the evidence is in the outcome.

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Filed Under: Featured Projects, Projects, Timber-Look Laminate Flooring, Timber-Look Laminate Vanities Tagged With: Brushed Brass, Custom Vanity, Mosaic Tiles, Round Mirror, Timber-Look Tiles

Round Mirrors in Bathroom Design

Round mirrors are a popular bathroom design feature that are included in many of our Gold Coast bathroom renovation projects. If you’re trying to decide whether to include a round mirror in your bathroom design, this page will be a useful resource for you, and features examples from our recent Gold Coast bathroom renovation projects.

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Connecting with Round Mirrors

A major advantage of round mirrors is the way they integrate bathroom elements without dominating the design. Round mirrors may not fill the whole space, but they feel like the do, and this enables them to not only connect bathroom elements, but do so in a lovely way.

In the following image, you can see a colonial-themed bathroom renovation undertaken by our team. Note that the vanity and window are similar in shape (rectangular) and size. We’ve used a double-round mirror here which helps to connect these two elements. Imagine a square, or rectangular mirror in this scenario.. it may overwhelm the room, whereas the round mirrors create a sense of connection and integration.

Double Circular Mirror Integration

Concentrated Design Focus

In the following image, from the same renovation project (it involved a double-bathroom renovation) we’ve used a singular round mirror above the vanity unit. This creates an interesting focus for the bathroom which wouldn’t exist if a larger or more dominant mirror were utilised. Because this colonial bathroom renovation requires the harmonious juxtaposition of multiple irregular objects, the round mirror provides a way to connect, integrate, and relate the room.

Single Circular Mirror Integration

Bathroom Flow & Circular Mirrors

A goal of bathroom design is always to make rooms that make sense. A sense of flow, or movement, through the bathroom elements can help to accomplish this. One of the great attributes of round mirrors is how they enable rooms to flow. Even in rooms with a static feel, a round mirror enlivens and rejuvenates the space, making it feel larger and more dynamic. Interestingly, on the majestic glass.com.au website, they note “if you are planning to redecorate your beloved bathroom, or just want to spice up the design, then the best and easiest thing to do is replacing the current dull mirror with a round one”.

Cultivating Visual Interest

Single Circular Mirror Integration

Round mirrors are a fantastic way to cultivate visual interest. The dynamic nature of the circle ensures the eye will always have somewhere to go. A round mirror activates and cultivates this sense of dynamism, which event by its solitary contribution can help take your bathroom to the next level. This particular bathroom also includes a built-in shower, which is a great option to consider for your renovation as well.

Anchoring the Vanity

Anchoring the Vanity with a Mirror

A bathroom vanity is the cornerstone of any bathroom. Utilising a custom vanity in your bathroom renovation is a great way to express and integrate your bathroom design. A challenge of working with vanity units is the difference of their shape within the bathroom. Low and horizontal, they can contrast poorly with taller elements such as the shower or the bathroom door. Because vanity units are always paired with a mirror, this deficiency is overcome; in the case of round mirrors, vanity units can achieve a vertical presence albeit at a much smaller footprint of bathroom real estate.

This effect is also demonstrated in the following images from a recent Gold Coast bathroom renovation below. Note how the circular mirror helps connect the vanity with the room, and creates a visual bridge between the vanity and the shower. Read about this project here.

By the way, isn’t the tiling in these projects fantastic! Learn more about tiling with our team here.

Anchored Vanity
Bathroom Integrity

Making Important Choices

Anchoring the Vanity with a Mirror

A round mirror isn’t always the best choice, and definitely not the only choice. It’s just a great option to keep in mind instead of defaulting to a rectangular or square mirror. Talk to our team about your Gold Coast bathroom renovation. We look forward to working together with you to create your ideal bathroom design, and then helping you to bring it to reality.

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Filed Under: Renovation Design Tagged With: Bathroom Design, Bathroom Flow, Mirror, Round Mirror

Colonial Bathroom Renovation

Bathroom renovations are a fabulous opportunity to express your interior design style. Whether you’re looking to do a standard bathroom update or looking for something more expressive like this colonial bathroom renovation, Armrock Constructions can help turn your vision into a reality. Featuring a claw-footed bathtub, ornate tiling, custom vanities & VJ panelling, this double bathroom renovation was designed to be seen and enjoyed!

Clawfoot Bathtub

Clawfoot Bathtub, Ornate Tiles, VJ Panelling

You haven’t lived until you’ve bathed in a clawfoot bathtub, and these lucky folks get to do it all day, every day in this beautiful Gold Coast bathroom renovation. The distinctive look of a clawfoot bathtub brims with visual cues that complement other features, such as the ornate tiles and VJ Panelling, to acknowledge colonial times. You can have a lot of fun bringing this type of effect into your home, creating interest and diversity in your interior style, by mixing old-day design with modern functionality.

Shower Enclosure

Shower Enclosure

This is where this project gets really interesting! With not one but two bathrooms to renovate, a decision needed to be made about the extent to which the colonial style would infuse the second room. As you can see, although the style is referenced (Taps, towel-holders, custom vanities, continuation of wall-tiling), the second bathroom is its own room. This decision increases the individuality and uniqueness of the first bathroom, and prevents the style from becoming overbearing in the home.

Custom Vanities

Custom Vanity Units

Custom vanity units are an Armrock speciality, that take bathrooms to the next level. Custom vanities enable the spirit of the bathroom to be expressed in this all-important piece. With custom design and manufacture, we can ensure the spirit of the bathroom can be properly expressed in this signature piece.

All White Approach

This bathroom utilises a very low-contrast style, with an all white approach relying on texture and tone to create minimal contrast. You can learn more about using white in your bathroom renovation on this page.

Circular Mirrors

Circular mirrors are a popular Gold Coast bathroom design trend. Circular mirrors soften the angles of the room, and enable features to co-exist together without literal visual linking. In the image below, the circular mirrors link between the vanity unit and the windows, and help to position it beneath the dropped ceiling.

Vanity and Mirror

VJ Panelling

VJ (Vertical Joint) panels are a great way to add character to a room. That’s them on the bottom right of the picture below – they look like hardwood timber panels, are actually made of a versatile manufactured product. Very handy, especially when adding an old-day touch to your bathroom reno.

VJ Panels

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Armrock Constructions are renovation specialists in the Gold Coast. We’re dedicated to achieving an excellent out come for all of our customers. If you’re interested in a bathroom renovation, contact us – we provide a free measure and quote.

Filed Under: Featured Projects, Projects Tagged With: Custom Vanity, Double Sliding Shower, In-Wall Cistern, Mounted Basin, Mounted Basins

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Roland delivered an exceptional product. Our Bathroom upgrade was completed on time and to budget. As with most renovations there were a number of unforeseen issues and Rolands ability to offer practical, cost effective solutions was exceptional. A very professional, clean and tidy builder and we have no hesitation in recommending his services.

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Roland renovated both the Ensuite & main bathroom, removing the walls around separate toilets which increased the overall spaces. The team of guys who did the demolition & construction were really easy to deal with & the finish is excellent. It was no problem for us to request minor changes along the way. We’re really pleased with the outcome & would thoroughly recommend.

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Roland and his team were fantastic. The work was done on time and of a very high standard. Cheers Roland.

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