Small bathrooms need love too. Sometimes it’s way too easy to get discouraged by the smaller size of our bathrooms, and it’s way to come in to see small bathrooms being overcrowded, or simply a bit forgotten or thrown aside due to the smaller dimensions.
But this could end with you. If you have a small bathroom, but you want to make it look nice and function well in terms of space availability, usage of space, and overall look and feel, then this blog is for you.
In this article, we will speak about how to specifically choose and buy a bathtub that is perfect for smaller bathrooms. This might sound like quite an easy task, but we would like you to reconsider, and keep these four things in mind while shopping for a bathtub for your small bathroom.
More than anything, this is basically a guide that you can have on hand when buying a bathtub, and also when considering where it will go in your bathroom. So, please read on and find out our top tips for buying the best bathtub for your bathroom.
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Size Matters
Yes, size does matter when it comes to choosing the right bathtub for your bathroom. We all know that smaller bathrooms don’t have much space to spare. Therefore, being conscious of the amount of space we have available, and choosing appliances and furniture for our bathrooms that take that amount of space into consideration, is going to be the best way to ensure ample space to move around in, for storage, and for decoration.
When it comes to a bathtub, of course, we want to be able to fit comfortably in it, and we want it to have a decent water capacity for the ultimate relaxing experience. But about that doesn’t have to be excessively large in order to comply with a comfortable size, and good water capacity.
Smaller bathtubs can still fit one person very comfortably, and can still have a capacity of water that allows a relaxing and spa-like experience. So, searching for a bathtub that fits in your bathroom, but still allows a lot of movement and space around it, and which complies with the above-mentioned requisites is going to be the best option for you.
Consider Where You’ll Be Placing Your Bathtub
Where you’ll be placing your bathtub is especially important in a small bathroom, because this will determine how much extra space you will have available to you, where it is, and whether or not it is usable space or not. When it comes to outfitting a smaller bathroom, considering the blueprint or outline first is very important, because sometimes it is much easier to see your options in a form such as a blueprint or an outline, than from within the bathroom itself.
So, making sure you install your bathtub in a place that is out of the way, which makes use of available space and is optimal for the best bath experience is super important. This doesn’t always mean tucked away in the corner, for there are many other different ways that you can place a bathtub that will make use of the space that you have, but more than likely, your bathtub will be against the wall, or snuggled into a corner in your bathroom in order to allow much more space to use and walk around in.
Of course, where you will be placing and installing a bathtub also relies on the available plumbing, so considering that is, of course, is very important. So, you do want to make use of your space, but you also need to be correctly hooked up to the plumbing in your bathroom. With that said, if you are just now constructing a bathroom, consider well where you would like to put the plumbing, and where would you would like to have the bathtub beforehand, and make it so.
This can also pertain to you if you’re remodeling and rearranging the plumbing in your bathroom. But if not, you will most probably have to put the bathtub where the available plumbing is, which isn’t a bad thing, but if you are not satisfied with it, you can always change it.
Make Sure You Have Enough Extra Space Left Over
Bathtubs do take up quite a lot of space in a bathroom, regardless of how small they are, how slim they are, or how tucked away they are. When it comes to floor space, a bathtub can definitely take up a lot of usable space in a bathroom, especially a small bathroom and this can definitely be an inconvenience sometimes.
But if you consider what else you would be doing with that floor space, having a bathtub is probably one of the first things that pop into your mind, therefore, there’s no need to worry about the floor space it will be taking up. The only thing that you’re going to have to focus on and make sure you have is extra space. This can mean extra floor space for furniture and walking around, or extra wall space, for shelves and storage.
Yes, a bathtub does take up quite a bit of space, but it is also a very useful thing in your bathroom. So, as long as you make sure to choose a bathtub that allows enough space in your bathroom to have a bit of extra storage, then you will have everything you need in your bathroom.
A pro tip of ours is to always try to use the space above your bathtub, especially if it is not a shower/bathtub hybrid, because the wall space you have available over your bathtub is quite valuable, and there’s no reason to leave it blank. There are many different ways to use it as storage, such as by installing floating shelves, cupboards, and many more things, or you can even make that face one of your primary lighting sources by installing a window.
Choose Your Shape Wisely
Another great way of ensuring that you will have extra space that is usable and functional in your bathroom is by choosing the right shape of a bathtub. In a small bathroom, every square inch of space available is very valuable and important to consider, so when it comes to the shape of your bathtub, it’s important to consider how much extra space it will be taking up, and how much about space you are willing to part with.
For example, if the area you have available for your bathtub is in a corner of your bathroom, naturally, you probably do not want to install a circular bathtub which would be misusing much of the space that you would have available to you and your bathroom.
You would probably want to install a rectangular bathtub that settles well into the corner of your bathroom and takes up only one wall. This will make sure that you do not have any dead space in the corner, that you will be able to use the extra space on one of the two walls, and that it will be well out of the way of the rest of the bathroom.
So, though sometimes we do want to be glamorous, and we want to buy a big jacuzzi bathtub to soak in it like royalty every day, sometimes it is smarter and more efficient to get a smaller bathtub that is the perfect size for our bathrooms, and stick with that.
Now you know all of our tips and tricks to choose the perfect bathtub for a small bathroom. If you have any additional questions please contact us, and let us know what we can do for you. You will see that on the Bathroom Store Ireland website there are many different models, shapes, and sizes of bathtubs to look for it, and they are all made from the highest quality material, by very skilled craftsman, and that they will all look absolutely amazing in your bathroom.
So please, don’t hesitate, and let us know what we can do for you. We hope that these tips help you in finding the best bathtub for your small bathroom, and we wish you luck.
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