10 Ways To Create an Open, Luxurious Bathing & Sleeping Space
Channel the boutique hotel look at home with a bath in your bedroom
While we’re just getting to grips with open-plan kitchens and sitting rooms, how about taking this concept into your boudoir with a bath placed just a stone’s throw from your bed? If you’ve ever stayed at a stylish boutique hotel, you can’t have missed the trend for incorporating a tub luxuriously into the bedroom. Be it a slick, sunken bath, a vintage roll-top, or a modern sculptural egg shape, the coming together of our bedrooms and bathrooms is definitely here to stay, as these 10 inspirational ideas show.
Stick to neutrals
There’s something oh so covetable about a Scandi-inspired boudoir. Perhaps it’s the pale, silvery timbers or the fuss-free silhouettes that create such a delightfully serene yet liveable space. Whatever the reason, a pebble-shaped bath tucked neatly into the corner of this beautiful bedroom is the icing on the cake.
There’s something oh so covetable about a Scandi-inspired boudoir. Perhaps it’s the pale, silvery timbers or the fuss-free silhouettes that create such a delightfully serene yet liveable space. Whatever the reason, a pebble-shaped bath tucked neatly into the corner of this beautiful bedroom is the icing on the cake.
Utilise unused space
Awkward corners and redundant alcoves can be worked to great advantage in an open-plan bedroom. While en suites require space-gobbling doors, an all-in-one bath-in-bedroom simply needs good plumbing and waterproof surfaces to create a stylish room-within-a-room.
Awkward corners and redundant alcoves can be worked to great advantage in an open-plan bedroom. While en suites require space-gobbling doors, an all-in-one bath-in-bedroom simply needs good plumbing and waterproof surfaces to create a stylish room-within-a-room.
Zone your space
Huge, open-plan bedrooms and bathrooms are luxurious for sure, but a simple dividing wall is a really effective way to quietly zone the multi-tasking space while keeping it light and flowing. Contrasting floor materials subtly reinforce this idea, too, and the cream tiles in this bathroom area offer a wall-to-wall, durable, splashproof surface.
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Huge, open-plan bedrooms and bathrooms are luxurious for sure, but a simple dividing wall is a really effective way to quietly zone the multi-tasking space while keeping it light and flowing. Contrasting floor materials subtly reinforce this idea, too, and the cream tiles in this bathroom area offer a wall-to-wall, durable, splashproof surface.
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Make sure the room flows
If possible, stick to a simple, restricted colour palette in an open-plan bedroom and bathroom to ensure the space flows seamlessly from zone to zone. Earthy hues, white ceramics and glass panels are all foolproof ways to stop your bathing area sticking out like a sore thumb, but do add splashes of personality, too. These leather wall panels and voluptuous ceiling drapes definitely sprinkle on a layer of unforgettable luxe.
If possible, stick to a simple, restricted colour palette in an open-plan bedroom and bathroom to ensure the space flows seamlessly from zone to zone. Earthy hues, white ceramics and glass panels are all foolproof ways to stop your bathing area sticking out like a sore thumb, but do add splashes of personality, too. These leather wall panels and voluptuous ceiling drapes definitely sprinkle on a layer of unforgettable luxe.
Be extravagant
What more could you possibly want from your bedroom? A chic, four-poster bed and sculptural tub nestling into an unused alcove is bedroom heaven in my eyes – all topped off with champagne on ice. Pass the glasses, please…
What more could you possibly want from your bedroom? A chic, four-poster bed and sculptural tub nestling into an unused alcove is bedroom heaven in my eyes – all topped off with champagne on ice. Pass the glasses, please…
Calmly does it
This utterly calm and collected loft conversion was simply crying out for a bathtub. In a palette of whispery greys, with natural light pouring through the roof windows, it’s the perfect spot for lying back in a bath full of bubbles. And after a restful soak, the bed awaits for a great night’s sleep.
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This utterly calm and collected loft conversion was simply crying out for a bathtub. In a palette of whispery greys, with natural light pouring through the roof windows, it’s the perfect spot for lying back in a bath full of bubbles. And after a restful soak, the bed awaits for a great night’s sleep.
Read expert advice on planning a loft conversion
Install a sliding wall
Sometimes, we all need a little more privacy when we’re taking a bath. Compromise on a full-blown open-plan scheme by installing a chic sliding door to conceal and reveal your tub as and when you desire. This clever, unobtrusive door glides back into the adjacent wall without eating up valuable inches in the sleeping den.
Sometimes, we all need a little more privacy when we’re taking a bath. Compromise on a full-blown open-plan scheme by installing a chic sliding door to conceal and reveal your tub as and when you desire. This clever, unobtrusive door glides back into the adjacent wall without eating up valuable inches in the sleeping den.
Luxe out on vintage style
This bathroom has old-fashioned glamour by the bucket-load. The combination of a decadent roll-top bath and white four-poster draped in sheepskins and vintage shawls is a great recipe for a dreamy boudoir. Add in the full-length wooden shutters, crimson velvet tub chair and backdrop of washed-out hues and the look is fit for any Bollywood starlet in the making.
This bathroom has old-fashioned glamour by the bucket-load. The combination of a decadent roll-top bath and white four-poster draped in sheepskins and vintage shawls is a great recipe for a dreamy boudoir. Add in the full-length wooden shutters, crimson velvet tub chair and backdrop of washed-out hues and the look is fit for any Bollywood starlet in the making.
Screen it off
OK, so this bathroom is technically screened off by a series of clear glass panels. But the invisible ‘wall of glass’ is a canny design trick and fools the eye into thinking this is a single walk-through space. Meanwhile, the reassurance of a permanent divider means the water stays put where it’s meant to!
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Have you merged your bathroom and bedroom? We’d love to see photos and hear your stories in the Comments below.
OK, so this bathroom is technically screened off by a series of clear glass panels. But the invisible ‘wall of glass’ is a canny design trick and fools the eye into thinking this is a single walk-through space. Meanwhile, the reassurance of a permanent divider means the water stays put where it’s meant to!
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Have you merged your bathroom and bedroom? We’d love to see photos and hear your stories in the Comments below.
A bath-in-bedroom set-up is a trademark feature of today’s luxury boutique hotels, so why not replicate the look at home? You can’t go wrong with a big, beautiful roll-top bath surrounded by candlelight and fluffy towels.
Don’t forget practical issues, though. By standing your tub on a raised wooden platform, it creates a separate area, and you’re less likely to ruin any carpet.