Tiny House Bathrooms

Whether the aim is to escape the city for a weekend or feel closer to nature, interest in the small homes known in Europe and Türkiye alike as 'tiny houses' is growing every day.Tiny houses come in many forms: wagon-like homes on wheels, log homes with large triangular timber structures in forests, and converted containers raised on steel supports. Their building materials may differ, but the feeling they offer is the same: living creatively in a small space, being surrounded by nature and, above all, owning a home with a garden on a modest budget.

As the name suggests, a tiny house has to fit many functions into very little floor space. You need areas for preparing food, sleeping, a toilet and a bathroom, while finding room for a washing machine, dishwasher and fridge, and assigning two functions to some spaces where necessary. Infrastructure such as water, electricity and sewage needs to be addressed through sustainable technologies or recycling systems. Research solar panels, lithium batteries, composting toilets and energy storage. You can seek an architect's help with all this or create your own solutions.

However small your home, do not give up comfort in the bathroom. Make room for personal wishes such as a freestanding bath, shower enclosure or standard toilet. Set your priorities and stretch your budget and available floor space. Consider every possibility, solution and combination to avoid wishing you had done things differently once the work is finished.Fit the three essential functions—a basin, toilet and shower—into your bathroom. Keep internal cupboard systems, sliding doors and stackable designs on your radar.

• Covering all surfaces with ceramic tiles makes cleaning, moisture management and everyday use easier in the long term. Explore light colours and small formats. You can tile the shower area in a different shade, add a small border above the basin and express your style on the floor with a retro pattern.

• Create hidden shelving behind the mirror above the basin to stop everyday items such as toothbrushes from cluttering the space.

• If water is scarce, connecting the basin drain to the toilet flushing system can be a useful solution that supports reuse.

• Using a shower curtain instead of an enclosure can make the room feel larger. Drawing the curtain aside when it is not in use adds the shower's volume to the space.

• If you cannot find a suitable place for a window, introduce natural light with a skylight. A skylight above the shower can even turn the space into an open-air shower whenever you wish.

• Keeping the toilet and shower in separate areas may suit some layouts better. Keep this option in mind.