When homeowners start looking for interior design ideas they tend to immediately be drawn to certain stylistic choices while instantly disliking others. If you’re planning a bathroom remodel, make note of the specific elements you like and dislike in each bathroom design you come across, including details about materials, colors, layout, accents, and accessories.
The spaces and styles you’re drawn to contain elements that contribute to your preferred interior design style. You don’t need to be dead-set on creating a strictly modern bathroom or rejecting anything that looks rustic, although you certainly can. You don’t even need to know what these terms mean in order to determine your design style. You just need to know what you like and what you don’t like.
When planning for bathroom remodeling San Jose homeowners should start by browsing images of different bathrooms for ideas. Many San Jose bathrooms are Spanish-mission inspired and integrate materials like ceramic floor tiles that help heat and cools our homes naturally.
While a majority of interior spaces contain influences from more than one style, each interior style has its own rules and preferences. Here are a few examples of different interior styles found in South Bay bathrooms.
Traditional: An elegant and refined style, traditional spaces are inspired by design trends that date back hundreds of years. The intricate detail of traditional spaces can overwhelm a smaller space like a bathroom, so focus on creating this look through major materials rather than accents.
Contemporary: The opposite of traditional, contemporary spaces are neutral and unadorned. This style makes smaller bathrooms feel bigger and gives larger bathrooms the feeling of open space.
Modern: Different from contemporary when it comes to style, modern spaces are inspired by the industrial revolution combined with the space age look of the 1950s. In the bathroom choose exposed pipes, concrete surfaces, and colorful accents.
Transitional: Transitional is a blend of traditional and contemporary that’s perfect for people who like elements of both styles. Transitional bathrooms often combine natural stone surfaces with sleek cabinetry.
Eclectic: An eclectic bathroom draws from all design styles and is very unique to the homeowner’s personal tastes. If you hate rules, are naturally creative, or don’t like a specific style, an eclectic bathroom may be perfect for you.
Rustic/Cottage: Whether it’s called rustic, cottage, or cabin style, this look is inspired by good, old-fashioned country living. This type of eclectic design style is marked by antique furniture, distressed cabinetry, patina accents, and old accessories used in a new way.
Spanish Mission: Spanish mission design is a look that’s stuck around in Bay Area architecture for a reason: its aesthetic beauty is unique and unmatched, and the designs are well-suited to California’s climate. Spanish mission designs incorporate earth-based materials like clay, vibrant color schemes, heavy wooden doors, wrought-iron fixtures, and architectural columns and arches.
