High-tech bathroom interior design

One of the most popular modern interior styles is such a direction as high-tech. It is applicable for the design of premises for various purposes, including the bathroom. In most cases, such a concept attracts attention and amazes with its original details. However, not everyone knows exactly what the essence of the high-tech style is, how to choose the right finish for a bathroom in such a design, and also what is the role of decor and furniture in such a room. All these and other nuances will be discussed in detail in our article.

As with any interior direction, high-tech style living room design has special characteristics. All of them can be taken into account when decorating a bathroom.

• The name of the style is translated as "high technology", which characterizes the main reference point of the concept. A similar trend began to develop after the 1980s, during a period of active technical progress.
• One of the rules of this style is the absence of clutter. All things should be in place without overloading the space.
• Geometry is also an integral part. Moreover, this style may contain accessories with outlines of simple and complex shapes.
• Since hi-tech is inseparable from the concept of modernity, the latest generation technology must be present in the room.
• Lighting should cover the entire area of ​​the room, and light spectra are not always limited to traditional warm or cold shades.
• High-tech is difficult to imagine without unusual color and texture combinations in furniture and decoration.
• It is important that the room looks spacious. This direction is more appropriate for large rooms.
• The color palette of the style allows for a fairly large number of solutions and combinations.
• Many things that are present in such a room perform not one, but several functions at once.

Despite the fact that a fairly large number of colors can be used in the style, the bulk of the bathroom interior is usually decorated using shades such as black, gray, brown, beige and also white... They are often used as base shades.

As we already wrote, a high-tech bathroom should be spacious enough. An additional visual increase in space is often created by decoration. For its implementation, as a rule, such types of coatings are used as mosaic tiles, porcelain stoneware and ceramic tiles, artificial or natural stone, glass and plastic panels, moisture-resistant paint, and plaster.

The preferred texture is gloss. As for prints in decoration, they are undesirable. Geometric patterns will become an acceptable option. Also, the finishing coating can imitate concrete, brick or other building materials.

The floor can be made as solid and glossy as the walls using porcelain stoneware tiles. In this case, it is important that it has an anti-slip surface. You can make the floor monolithic using self-leveling floor technology. The tiled surface can be finished to look like natural stone, such as marble.

The main criteria for high-tech ceiling decoration is creating a smooth and even solid surface. For this, materials such as lime, paint, slats, plastic panels are used. A very suitable option for such a bath would be stretch ceiling. It is quite possible to decorate the ceiling inserts that will have a glass or metal texture.

If you nevertheless decide to design a small bathroom in a similar style, for example, in a one-room apartment, then you should take care that so that the decoration has more light colors, as well as reflective elements... They help to visually enlarge the space. Other visual effects also have vertical and horizontal trim elements. The former are able to visually increase the height of the ceilings, and the latter - the width of your bathroom.

It is important that the bathroom in the high-tech concept is well lit... For this, the lighting fixtures can be arranged in two ways. The first implies the presence in the central part of the ceiling of a massive lamp with a shade in a futuristic style. In the second case, preference is given to spotlights located at the edges of the ceiling area.

For hi-tech fans who prefer a shower cabin to a bathtub, this is a great choice. new modern shower structures with transparent or frosted glass railing. Such areas for washing do not have pallets, but at the same time they can be endowed with many functions, including such as hydromassage, lighting and other modern devices.

If you want to install a bathtub, then you should consider acrylic models without legs. The product must be in the form of a cube or sphere. It is also permissible to set corner bath model... The color can be traditional white, but you can choose more unusual models, for example, with chrome trim.

Acrylic, marble, glass and metal are also acceptable materials for the hi-tech sink. The design of the washbasin can be either built into the surface of the cabinet, or overhead. As a rule, such modern bathrooms are equipped with digital taps, sometimes with lighting. If there are metal parts in the plumbing, then it is imperative that they be chrome-plated.

The toilet bowl can be mainly in the shape of a circle or square. In this case, preference is given to models that are attached to the wall. The color of the toilet is predominantly white.

As for the furniture, it is also preferable in a glossy texture. Options such as rectangular and square cabinets, wardrobes with mirrored elements, and dressers are very popular in the high-tech direction. Due to suspended structures, the bathroom space does not look overloaded. To make the room even more spacious, it is recommended to install transparent glass shelves.

As indispensable for high-tech accessories are often technological innovations. It can be a digital clock, a moisture-resistant TV, various devices with intelligent control systems.

As for the paintings, then it is better that these were canvases in the style of modernism or abstraction. If they have geometry, then this is a double plus. As for the various hooks, vials, and vials, the design requires all of them to be finished in a metal look.

One of the most sought-after high-tech accessories is mirror... In this case, it is necessary to select such a model, which has an even shape. You can opt for frame mirrors, but at the same time the pattern in this part should be in harmony with the atmosphere in the room.

To make it easier to decide on the design of the bathroom, pay attention to ready-made examples of the design of such high-tech rooms.

• Thanks to the ensemble of three harmonious colors and clear forms, the interior of the bathroom will look strict, but at the same time unusual.

• A bathtub with transparent sides and a wall-mounted flat TV will give the bathroom design that very futuristic high-tech style.

• If you do not want color frills, it is quite enough to use gray and white colors, embodying them not only in a monochromatic format, but also in mosaics.

• The lighting around the frameless mirrors will allow you to create a special intimate atmosphere in the bathroom without using the main light sources.

• A similar style can be successfully implemented by using horizontal wood panels to decorate one of the walls.

Thus, the futuristic hi-tech concept will help you create a stunning ambience in your bathroom.

For information on how to decorate a high-tech bathroom, see the video below.