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Walnut bathroom ideas: colour inspiration for your bathroom
With its rich, chocolaty grain, resilient nature and luxury reputation, not only is walnut one of the world's most beautiful woods, but it's also a great material for the home – put to best use in the bathroom
Walnut wood is a warm and inviting material that invokes appreciation and encourages you to stay awhile, which is why it makes the perfect setting for a soak in the bath or a pamper at the vanity. It's versatile, too, lending itself to both sides of the design spectrum – a classic, traditional look or a modern and unexpected style. And while it may be brown at its heart, its grain is often streaked with other shades that can be brought to life through injecting colour into your bathroom – all things to think about when you're designing your scheme.
This blog post explores how this beautiful material can be incorporated into your bathroom, elevating your space, large or small, to impressive effect.
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What does a walnut bathroom look like?
Thanks to its versatility, walnut can bring a subtle beauty to your space, working in harmony with other elements of your design, or it can take centre stage – and it can more than handle the attention. As long-time lovers of walnut, we can give you insider tips and tricks to incorporate this gorgeous wood into your scheme, and show you some examples of what to do, and what not to do, when using walnut.
What to do: colour play
When looking for walnut bathroom ideas, there are three main ways to incorporate colour into your scheme. First, look to nature and the natural world and take cues from there. Second, go overboard with brights and really enrich your space. And third, play about with pattern. We're now going to break down those three approaches into specific colours.
Incorporating natural colours
Being a natural material, walnut really shines when paired with natural colours of green, beige and grey.
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The matte green wall behind the walnut cabinetry in this bathroom lends a forest feel to the space, giving it a calming, relaxing aura. Its sleek simplicity allows you to embrace the beauty of the wood, and a take on light and dark – white and grey wall tiles played off against the dark window frame and flooring – balances out the light. Fixtures are also minimalist and unfussy, and you'll notice that there are no handles on the furniture to give it a more streamlined look.
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Standalone walnut bathroom furniture can work perfectly in a larger space. This set-up shows off the rich wood of the vanity by using a subtle, caramel-coloured beige on the walls. You can also see how the addition of a plant – in this case, a tall fern – adds vibrancy and personality to the scheme, helping bring the outside in and uniting the space. The style of the vanity itself is more traditional, with elegant curves and smart handles adding a classic finish to the room.
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Perhaps more unexpected on the natural spectrum, grey is nonetheless a common colour in the great outdoors – just picture any mountain scene in your mind's eye, or think of moody skies with gathering grey rainclouds. The rich tones of the walnut unit in this bathroom blend perfectly with the dark grey tiles, almost mimicking the look of rock, while the stark white porcelain and upper walls stop the look from feeling too dark.
Perhaps more unexpected on the natural spectrum, grey is nonetheless a common colour in the great outdoors – just picture any mountain scene in your mind's eye, or think of moody skies with gathering grey rainclouds. The rich tones of the walnut unit in this bathroom blend perfectly with the dark grey tiles, almost mimicking the look of rock, while the stark white porcelain and upper walls stop the look from feeling too dark.
Incorporating bright colours
Don't be afraid to use colour in your bathroom. You'll be surprised how hard walnut works! This approach looks at two of the most common colours used in bathrooms – yellow and blue.
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The stripe of yellow tiling in this bathroom really elevates what could have been an uninspiring set-up of white walls and porcelain, but the walnut is in no way competing with the colour – instead, it combines and contrasts with it perfectly. The result is a space that feels fun and energising, as well as full of premium touches, like the fold-down shower seat and carbon faucet.
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The coastal theme never goes out of style in a bathroom, but this scheme does it differently, instead nodding to the perennially popular blue with this shard-like pattern. Silver fittings blend in seamlessly with the design, while the walnut sink stand holds its own against the darker navy tone of the pattern. The mirror is also framed in walnut to keep the look consistent.
Incorporating patterns
For schemes that add interest as well as colour, look to pattern and really make your bathroom come to life.
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There's so much to love about this bathroom. The floor and bath are beautifully tiled in a geometric monochrome design, which perfectly complements the floating walnut bathroom storage. Touches of black and gold lend a modern edge, while a little alcove above the bath, subtly lit by a glowing candle, sets the mood.
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This bathroom, with striking walnut panelling on the walls, takes on a new lease of life with a monochrome floor, giving a traditional design a more contemporary edge.
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With blue on the walls and blue on the floor, this bathroom instantly feels warm and cosy, while the patterned tiles – reminiscent of flowers – draw the eye. The beautiful walnut cabinetry and huge rounded mirror, also in walnut, keep the look cohesive, with the mirror's size, and the sleek, carbon black taps, set firmly in the present. You'll notice the sink area has been kept simple and sweeping, giving the theme a clean feel.
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There's so much involved in this scheme, but it ties together beautifully with the walnut bathroom furniture. Black, brown, white and putty grey all feature in the scheme, with tessellating black floor tiles and linear putty wall tiles putting two patterns at play. There's a tremendous sense of light here too, which warms the wood in just the right places, and keeps the scheme from looking too dark.
A word of warning…
As walnut is such a dark wood, it's important to keep the space feeling bright. Even if you choose dark tiles to sit alongside your cabinetry, there are still lots of ways to achieve a light look and stop the scheme from looking too dark and dingy:
- Let the light in – when it comes to windows, it's best to opt for plain, rather than dressed. Throw open the shutters, strip off the blinds and put in a skylight or transom door (which has a window at the top). You can use adhesive frosted film to cover windows where privacy might be an issue.
- Make the most of mirrors – a quick fix to make your space look brighter is to bounce light off the walls by using cleverly-placed mirrors. Keep it interesting, rather than functional, by using different shapes and styles of mirror, consider adding in mirrored tiles as a feature, or cut up a piece of mirror to create some wall art with a purpose.
- Whiten up – capture all that spare light with gorgeous white accessories, whether functional ones for your toothbrush and hand soap, or statement ones, like vases and ornaments.
- Quick fix – swap out your fixtures for steel ones. Again, the light will shine around the room.
- Go for glass – using glass panels instead of shower curtains can further maximise the light in your space.
- Get painting – if you've already made over your bathroom and want to let in some more light, you can paint over areas of tile and flooring with a lighter colour.
Using a light touch
Of course, you may not want to use walnut cabinetry. Instead, you could opt for a walnut counter-top. That way, you'll still get to enjoy all that gorgeous grain and warmth, but can use other colours in your furniture – as well as helping with the bathroom budget. Here are a few examples.
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The walnut counter-top on this sink feels luxurious and expensive, but the dominant colour in the bathroom is a creamy white, keeping things light and bright. Using black handles and fixtures keeps the modernity, as this style harks back to the more rustic farmhouse look.
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This walnut counter-top actually sits on a dark cabinet, but it frees you up to use other colours in your scheme and by using white elsewhere, the look still feels uplifting.
There you have it…
We hope you've found some useful insights about walnut bathroom ideas. You'll now have some suggestions for colours to use with your walnut cabinetry, as well as patterns that work well, and tips and tricks for keeping your space looking bright. In summary, walnut is one of the easiest ways to make your bathroom look and feel more expensive – and it's pretty versatile, too. If you're looking for more inspiration or are wondering about other ways to use colours in your bathroom, browse our bathroom colour ideas blog.
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