Easy methods to brighten up your bathroom

Aside from living rooms and kitchens in Wollongong, our bathrooms are becoming more of a relaxation hub in our homes. With modern bathrooms being bright and open aired. A modern style can also be applied to an older home, with some simple bathroom renovations tips to brighten it up.

When it comes to brightening up a bathroom, one of the greatest sources is natural light. For bathrooms on the perimeter of the home, this can be solved by installing a new or larger window. Translucent glass is ideal for allowing light in while maintaining privacy, with windows on the market that can change from clear to opaque at the flick of a switch.

Bringing natural light to bathrooms in the centre of a home can be slightly trickier, but is still achievable. Installing a skylight is a simple and cost-effective way of adding light and ventilation to remote bathrooms. Both windows and skylights are great at bringing in natural light during the day, but what happens when the sun goes down?

Lighting choices in our bathrooms can easily be used to set the mood. A mixture of bright light for functional areas, such as around mirrors, combined with cool lights for other areas makes for an ideal setup. Personal touches can be added to feature areas, such as recesses, to provide colour and to help set the mood.

Colour selections also help to brighten up our bathrooms, and can be advantageous to smaller areas where space is at a premium. White surfaces can be used to make a bathroom appear to be larger than it actually is, and can be applied to cabinets, benchtops, tiles and furniture. Used in conjunction with larger mirrors, the illusion of space can easily be achieved.

Finally, the simplest, yet most challenging way of brightening a room is to get rid of any items that block light. This relates to walls within the bathroom. Many modern homes are designed with open-air showers, which allow light to stream right through. Removing walls as part of a bathroom renovation in Wollongong can be quite complex if the wall in question is load-bearing, and professional advice should always be sought when making changes to a home.