The latest directions, movements, preferences and trends in bathrooms, from ceramic tiles, sanitaryware, taps and bathroom cabinets to patterns and colours…
“Let us make the rooms smaller if necessary, but give us a spacious bathroom.” The growing number of architects hearing this request shows how much the bathroom’s place in the home has evolved. As people devote more time to themselves, they also spend longer in the bathroom. Functions multiply, technologies develop in response, and bathrooms gradually outgrow their boundaries. A larger bathroom, with both a shower and a bath, smart shower systems and the latest technology to support them, becomes an inevitable aspiration.
This year, colour, design, harmony and functionality are gaining importance across bathroom cabinets developed with enhanced functions and a cohesive design language, ceramic tiles that complement the furniture, taps and many other materials.
Bathroom cabinets are this year’s rising stars, finally receiving the attention they deserve. Treated as design marvels, they make the most of small, narrow spaces. Some are only as wide as a small perfume bottle: compact saviours with impressive functionality. Larger versions provide space for towels and personal care products, helping to prevent clutter in other rooms too. In short, storage solutions, always important, will remain so this year, shaped by each room and its available space.
Small bathrooms have also gained importance in supporting new living habits that entered our lives with the pandemic, such as mobile homes and caravans. Kale supports this trend with furniture series including Milena and Minimalist, designed for small bathrooms and offering solutions that meet consumers’ expectations.
Miniatile is one of Çanakkale Seramik’s small-format designs. Bringing natural, striking colours to modern living, the collection comprises the Metro, Windsor, Avenue, Windsor Frame and Moonlight series. With reliefs interpreted in different ways, elegance that defines retro style through modern touches, and glossy finishes that enliven a room, the Miniatile series cater to every taste. The collection’s 10 x 30 and 10 x 40 cm tiles make it an easy choice for smaller spaces.
Wood-effect ceramic tiles will be a leading choice for bathroom surfaces, combining a warm appearance with greater durability and easier cleaning than wood. The warm effect of wood brings balance to bathrooms, while its presence gives the space a more natural character.
Another growing bathroom trend is the use of black products. The rich black palette that began with sanitaryware now extends to taps, bathroom cabinets and tiles, creating timeless, striking interiors. Bathrooms that use black details in measured doses against white remain very much on trend this year. Coordinating matt black taps and sanitaryware with the doors and handles of white bathroom cabinets can create a simple, cohesive look.
One distinctive design that supports these trends is Çanakkale Seramik’s striking Formart collection. It does more than express individual feelings through ceramic; it places ceramic at the heart of unforgettable moments. Reinterpreting the material’s unique chemistry through artistic form, the series brings new meaning not only to kitchens and bathrooms, but to every living space in which it is used.
