Bathroom mood boards #1

Hello all! I decided to fiddle around with some bathroom ideas because our secondary/guest bathrooms still feel up in the air a bit! We’re hoping to keep them budget friendly, but until we know our numbers and what things cost, we might as well dream up some ideas! I’m hoping that we can splurge on one thing in each bathroom and use less expensive materials to help offset. Whether that be with the countertop, flooring, or vanity cabinets – who knows!

One challenge I gave myself with these mood boards was to make all of the bathrooms cohesive. Being able to reuse material across bathrooms can definitely help keep costs down since there is almost always waste/overage in a project. In the future, I’d love to try to pay more attention to cost while designing these mood boards to see what I can come up with!

bathroom #1

The first mood board I have is somehow bold and muted at the same time! This bathroom would feature a Calacatta Monet honed countertop, which is one of my favorite countertop materials. The flooring would be a white star and cross tile from Tilebar. For cabinetry we’d do a door design that’s clean like a slim shaker or slab front, and a simple white to not detract from the flooring or countertop. The wall paint would be a white (mainly to match with the rest of our house). Finally, the mirror, cabinet pulls, and faucet would bring out those warm, dark tones in the marble. This bathroom would definitely be a splurge, but it’s so pretty! Doesn’t hurt to dream!

bathroom #2

This second bathroom mood board is a little more subdued! The wow factor is limited to just the countertop, which is a bold porcelain that shares similar colors to the Calacatta Monet. The limestone look tile is from Tilebar, and helps to keep things simple. This time around, I picked a creamy, almost beige cabinet in a slim shaker door style. Finally, for the sake of cohesiveness, I kept the faucet, cabinet pulls, and wall color the same. The mirror however is a tad lighter than the previous board. This bathroom to me looks like it would be in a desert resort!

bathroom #3

This final bathroom board is very soft and airy! It almost reminds me of cotton candy! I reused many of the previous finishes here. The only different finish I selected was a quartz countertop from Silestone called Nolita! I wanted to play with a quartz option on this design since it’s easier to plan for a quartz (given that it’s man made) than something with variation like a marble/quartzite. Plus, I can’t ignore the benefits of having a material that is more durable in a bathroom space.

Which bathroom was your favorite? I really enjoyed putting together these mood boards and am looking forward to experimenting again, although I would love to be doing more real designs for our house! Now that it’s September, we’re just over 3 months away from our home build year. While our last communication with the builder was end of March, we ultimately decided to not reach out again until it gets closer. At this point we’ve surpassed our down payment goal, so we’re just going to keep saving for the next couple months as we wait for the design phase to start. Fingers crossed we’ll be designing for real by the end of the year!

Thanks for reading!

Davien