Christmas time provides the perfect opportunity to add a touch of sparkle to your home and take a break from your usual home décor. Many people decorate their living rooms, bedrooms, kitchens, gardens and dining areas but one room that often gets neglected is the bathroom. Whether you’re hosting a Christmas dinner, festive party or simply want to relax in your bathtub surrounded by festive spirit, here are a few Christmas bathroom décor ideas to add a twinkle of festivity to your bathroom.
Mirror, mirror on the wall
Framing your bathroom mirror with tinsel is a popular way of adding a touch of Christmas sparkle, although it can look tacky if the tinsel clashes with your colour scheme. A simple way to ensure your tinsel doesn’t compromise your bathroom’s appearance is to choose tinsel in your accent colour, this ensures the tinsel is well co-ordinated with the rest of your room. If your accent colour is rather obscure and tinsel in that particular shade is hard to come by, use the colour of your taps to determine whether gold or silver tinsel would suit your bathroom.
As an alternative to tinsel, frameless mirrors in the shape of festive icons (angels, snowflakes etc.) create a Christmas feel whilst remaining subtle and sleek. This is the perfect seasonal accessory for modern, minimalist bathrooms.
Christmas Fragrances
Everyone loves the smell of Christmas, with fragrances of fine home-cooked foods, cinnamon and mulled wine, Christmas aromas often fill you with feelings of comfort and joy. This is why fragranced Christmas candles can be the perfect bathroom accessory. They can mask unappealing bathroom odours with a familiar fragrance. To create the ultimate festive appearance, place in a Christmas candle holder or make your own by surrounding with holly.
Yuletide Linen
Replace your usual towels, dressing gowns, bathmats and facecloths with some festive ones! This can really transform the appearance of the bathroom as high quality linen can create a very affluent feel. Look for a matching set that doesn’t clash with your bathroom’s current colour scheme. Always opt for the softest, thickest towels and dressing gowns too as they can keep you cosy during the cold winter months. Festive linen is available from many major online retailers of homeware in an array of different designs – there’s bound to be something for your bathroom!
Festive Bowl
If you have a vanity unit in your bathroom it can be the ideal place to display some Christmas decorations. Making a small festive basket to display on your vanity unit can be a great contemporary festive touch, plus if you make it yourself it’s guaranteed to be unique! Simply buy a small wicker basket and fill it with designer baubles, gold dusted acorns, sprigs of holly and gold trimmed flower petals. Add a handful of potpourri for a pleasant fragrance and you have your own festive decoration that won’t be found anywhere else!
Decorating your home for Christmas can be a fun and rewarding activity! Think creatively when decorating your home and find hidden gems that aren’t likely to be seen anywhere else. Once you’ve decorated your bathroom, you can soak in your bathtub with a mug of mulled wine and enjoy Holiday period.
Written by Stephanie Staszko on behalf of Bathshop321 Bathroom Suites. You can follow Steph on Twitter @StephStaz where you will find her discussing home improvement, DIY and home décor ideas.