Bathroom mural ideas


The other day Jen at Rambling Renovators posted a link to a mural she liked that led me to the Canadian website anewall.com.  What an awesome site!  They specialize in historic, and I assume royalty-free prints for your home in large sizes, including wall mural decals.  I could lose myself for hours on their site, and their blog, but when I came across this painting above in the wall mural section, my imagination went a bit crazy.


A Dreamy Bathroom

These are my colours - muted blues, greys, a hint of green, and cream.  While I would be thrilled to have this on just about any wall of my house, for some reason it got me thinking bathrooms - perhaps because I could imagine lounging in a soaker tub gazing out enormous (but well-insulated) windows looking over a stormy sea like the one pictured.  What?  You don't have daydreams like that?  Weird.

Anyway, I spent much too much time flitting about the web, collecting items for my dream bath.  Of course the room is enormous, because to me the epitome of luxury is a huge bathroom (that and a walk-in closet).  I ended up with so many ideas I had to do a couple of boards.




Go with the Design Flow

Here's the funny thing: these boards looked WAY less alike in my head as I was doing them than they ended up. I started out with two completely different people in mind, but when I look at them together I sort of did the same room twice.  Not sure if that means I have a distinct style, or that I have no imagination. :)

Also, neither room looks quite like the ideal image I had in my head when I saw the painting.  It could be that this is where mood boards don't quite capture the essence of a room.  However, I also think that this is true to life in any design - you start with a concept and in fleshing it out you adapt it to the things you find and the pieces available, and it sort of modulates along the way.  I quite love how both the rooms represented above turned out! 

What do you think?  Is it better to stick more closely to an original idea - staying absolutely true to it - or to let the design take on a life of its own during the process - at the risk of losing the original thread?  I guess it would depend on the client, and the level of attachment they or you have to the original plan, or aspect of the plan.  Oh the things I waste my time thinking about...

PS. I have sources for all the stuff if you are interested.  Recognize the Turkish towels and hooks in the second board?  They are from Emma's bathroom on The Marion House Book!

15 comments:

  1. Lisa, thank you so much for the shout out! You have such a lovely blog . . we quite enjoyed reading and looking through it! You are the sweetest! xx

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  2. Thanks Stephanie! Someday I will get to do my bathroom... someday... :)

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  3. Thanks guys - and right back atcha! I am also loving that "Loved you then..." sticker - you guys have such cool stuff!

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  4. gorgeous! loving the brass accents

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  5. I love the second one! Something about it makes it a bit more industrial and I'm a sucker for a good round mirror.

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  6. Love love that mural! The 2nd bathroom would be astounding!

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  7. Hi Lisa, I love both pics...but I might love the second more. Those fixtures are amazing!

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  8. Thanks Michele! If only I really needed new fixtures... :)

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  9. Hi Amy, yes I remember your gorgeous business cards! Thanks so much for the comment, and I agree - I could just lose myself in that beautiful ocean scene... :)

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  10. Yes, I think I could have done 100 rooms around this mural (although they all might have ended up the same...ha) but now you've given me another idea - next post might be all about those light fixtures! :)

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  11. I totally agree about the round mirror Alex, in fact when I found this one on Etsy, I had to stop myself from buying it.

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  12. There is something about brass that always gets me - and I love how it can warm cup a cool palette!

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