Editor's Note
This editor’s note highlights the key facts and market implications behind “Bathroom Trends for 2025: 5 Things Staying and 5”, with emphasis on sourcing, product fit, fabrication, logistics, or buyer impact.
The bathroom in 2025 will be a warm and welcoming space integrated into the bedroom. This integration will be sought through details, primarily involving the incorporation of textures and finishes, such as brass, fluting on walls and vanity units, and also through color, with bolder and more cheerful tones to create bathrooms with a homely feel. Furthermore, sustainability, technology, and wellness are other important concepts in bathroom design and define some trends we will see in the coming months.
Going: All-White Look
Exactly like the trend for white kitchens, which we've already discussed, the all-white bathroom is not in fashion. While white has been the predominant tone over the last decade due to its timelessness and clean aesthetic, in 2025, bathrooms with a bit more color are triumphant (though if it's as elegant and warm as the one we've chosen, we'll make an exception).
Staying: Decorating Walls with Fresh, Natural Tones
When talking about colors, the key is to add a fun and fresh touch. To achieve this, nothing beats playing with the same color. The ceiling can be a softer shade, while the walls, the vanity unit, or the moldings (if any) can be a stronger one.
Going: Matte Black Finish
This is one of those trends that has been successful in bathrooms for a couple of years, aiming to add a chic touch. We've seen it on taps, sconces, handles, and mirrors. The problem? It's been used so much it's worn out.
Staying: Vanity Units in Light Green and Blue Tones
Light blue and green are the two preferred tones for vanity units in 2025, and we will see them increasingly. There is also a bet on introducing visual interest through textures; preferably using wood or details like brass in faucets and handles, for example.
Going: Microcement Finish
We can't call it a passing fad because, among other things, we still see it in many houses. What is true is that, in a way, we have overused it so much that it has lost part of its original sense: that of adding an elegant note to the bathroom.
Staying: An Eclectic Touch in the Bathroom
An eclectic style is in. Combining colors, patterns, and textures helps shape a space with personality. The idea? Have fun mixing original coverings with fluted textures, as in this bathroom we've selected, to create timeless spaces.
Going: Excessively Maximalist Decor
A bathroom full of color, with dozens of different textures and patterns, has been one of the major trends during 2024, but now what's in is what could be defined as 'controlled maximalism'. There's no longer room for a chandelier, flamingo wallpaper, a clawfoot tub, vibrant floral motifs, brass finishes, and a shag rug, but there is room for the combination of some elegant (and natural) textures and well-chosen touches of color, as we've been explaining.
Staying: Smart Bathrooms
The bathroom of the future is smart. Voice-activated taps, showers with temperature control, Bluetooth-controlled audio systems, or motion-sensor lights; technology is integrated into all accessories to create a more comfortable space where wellness is predominant. In this sense, the idea of the bathroom understood as a spa is fundamental.
Going: Very Colorful Wallpapers
Surely, to add a note of color and personality, in 2025 we will see more use of color and less use of wallpapers with botanical, floral, or animal motifs.
Staying: Lighting will remain a key aspect in 2025
Lighting is fundamental to creating a pleasant atmosphere in the bathroom. Sculptural-looking hanging lamps, like chandeliers; LED-backlit mirrors, and specific lighting solutions will serve to make the bathroom a functional, pleasant, and bedroom-integrated space.
Source: Read the original article | Published: September 18, 2024