Have you ever envied those whose bathroom looks like a page from a luxury hotel catalogue, while yours resembles a scene from a horror movie?
The secret is not in the budget invested in the design, but in the tricks that the professionals keep quiet about.
Imagine: instead of a million-dollar renovation, you take a can of paint, an old ladder and a couple of candlesticks - and in a weekend your bathroom will become a place where you can escape from reality.
Designers admit that to create the illusion of luxury, sometimes you need to break all the rules.
For example, paint the ceiling black to hide the flaws.
Or replace the framed mirror with a fog-effect panel that masks clutter.
One of the boldest techniques is to use floor tiles on the walls, creating a contrast of textures with them.
Kirov resident Arina turned a tiny bathroom into a real art object.
To do this, she had to glue scraps of mirror mosaic from a hardware store to the wall.
The candlelight now dances across the walls like a boutique hotel.
The main thing is not to be afraid of experiments: an old copper basin instead of a sink, curtains made of oiled linen instead of plastic panels, shelves made of pallets covered with wax.
And yes, throw out those towels with deer on them – their place is in the museum of grandma’s kitsch.
Author: Elena Shimanovskaya