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The word ‘clinical’ is one we never want to hear when describing a bathroom. In fact, like every other room in a home, bathrooms should feel warm, timeless and inviting… which is quite easy to achieve in your own bathroom design, with a few key design elements.

Whether you're diving headfirst into a full bathroom renovation or simply looking to add warmth and update a few bathroom fittings and fixtures, these 5 easy steps are sure to up the warmth factor and create a bathroom aesthetic with day-spa-like feels…

Timber Vanity

When renovating a bathroom, the bathroom vanity provides the perfect opportunity for injecting warmth into your design. Pairing a solid timber vanity or timber laminate vanity with a stone or laminate benchtop will add warmth to your bathroom design while ensuring it’s easy to maintain.

Whether you’re going for coastal cool or moody elegance for your bathroom style, you can choose timber tones and colours, ranging from light to dark vanity timber, to create the look you’re after. Explore bathroom designs with custom timber vanities in a range of timber colours here.

Bathroom Wall Panelling

When it comes to home design, the devil is definitely in the details… and designing or renovating your bathroom is no exception. One of the easiest ways to inject warmth and texture is with VJ panelling. Breaking up hard finishes like wall and floor tiles, with a VJ feature wall is the foolproof way to inject warmth and a relaxed aesthetic into your bathroom renovation.

Bathroom panelling can be painted in any colour making it extremely versatile and easy to update or refresh down the track. PLUS it can save you $$$ compared to tiling, especially if you or your other half is handy, or up for trying a bit of DIY.

Bathroom Accessories

Pops of the same colour or timber tones in any room in a home can really work to balance and complete your design. If your bathroom design looks great but is lacking a little something, some warm bathroom accessories like timber towel rails, shelving or hooks could be just the ticket.

Scandiluxe has a stunning range of timber bathroom and home accessories that are environmentally friendly and made right here in Australia. Timber bathroom accessories are a beautiful and natural alternative to metal bathroom fixtures, and you can save 10% off the full Scandiluxe range by using discount code z&s10 at your Scandiluxe checkout.

Whether it’s for displaying bath lotions and potions, or a seat to perch on while you bath the kids, a timber bathroom stool is the ultimate addition for adding warmth to your bathroom design.

It adds practicality, functionality and style, and best of all can be easily added to your existing bathroom or a new bathroom renovation. Choosing a wooden stool that’s treated with hard wax oil or a timber sealer will make it less susceptible to water marks or water damage, or simply place it out of the way of splashes for the perfect bathroom addition, that packs warmth and style into your bathroom space.

Wall Lights

Natural light is a vital factor in any bathroom renovation and can be achieved with a bathroom skylight or regular window. But when the sun goes down, good artificial lighting is critical in the bathroom! But it doesn’t need to come from a single light source! Incorporating a range of layered lighting solutions is the most effective way to add warmth to your bathroom design.

Wall lights especially, are the perfect lighting solution for adding warmth to your bathroom. Wall lights provide a subtle light compared to downlights and often without glare, and can be added anywhere in a bathroom, like beside the vanity mirror or above a bath. Wherever you choose to locate your bathroom wall lights, they’re the perfect way to add warmth and style, plus create a beautiful bathroom ambience by night.

Go Big or Go Home

To achieve those resort-style bathroom feels, nothing compares to wrapping yourself up in a super soft towel after a long shower, and we believe the bigger the better! Opting for towels in warmer tones is the perfect way to add warmth and colour to your bathroom design. Plus choosing towels with subtle patterns or tassels will also add texture and contrast beautifully against harder finishes like tiles.

Updating your existing bathroom or completing your new bathroom renovation design, can be as simple as adding the right finishing touches. Whether it’s foliage in a vase from your garden, a new potted plant, or some new oversized luxury towels, these simple yet effective finishing touches, could be the missing element in a bathroom that feels incomplete.

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