Bathroom wallpaper ideas
Is wallpaper in the bathroom a good idea? The short answer is yes. 'I always love wallpaper in the bathroom and I would suggest being as bold as you dare,' says House & Garden Top 100 Interior Designer, Rita Konig. 'I have used 'Martinique' from US-based Hinson & Company in my own house. The bathroom is a good place to use an extravagant paper - the chances are you don't have that much wall space and you will enjoy it every day, several times. The bathroom is also a room that you are generally in fleetingly, so you are unlikely to tire of a bold pattern. Unless you have a very cold house and very hot water, you shouldn't have a problem with the steam.'
Smaller bathrooms offer the opportunity to be really bold: with less space to cover, you'll need less paper and can - forgive the pun - splash out on something a little more special. Whether that's a beautifully intricate chinoiserie or a contemporary geometric.
Often, designers will opt for wallpaper on the top half of the bathroom wall and panelling on the lower half: not only does it provide a discrete place in which to house cupboards or the cistern of a loo, but it gives you an opportunity to paint this section in a bold colour which can, in turn, complement the wallpaper.
For this and more inspiration, look no further than our shoppable gallery of enviable bathrooms.