No one ever regretted having an extra bathroom when guests come to visit. A guest bathroom keeps wait times for facilities short and can offer convenience on an extra floor of the house. Since this is a room where house guests are alone and free to linger over the details, this is a space that calls for special care and attention. If you’re short on inspiration, then fear not. This collection of 40 guest bathroom ideas comes with tips to help you design yours. We’ll explore half and full guest bathrooms to suit homes of all sizes. There’s a mixed bag of styles too, including modern, rustic, boho, industrial, and more.
Fashion a petite yet powerful powder room with texture and mood lighting. This design employs whitewashed brickwork and a backlit freeform mirror to conjure a unique aesthetic.
Make it all about the art. Here, humorous animal portraits form murals for the vanity area. Two bathroom mirrors form 3D spectacles over the furry friends.
Make a wonderful living mural with a mini courtyard behind the bathroom sink. A lightwell showers uplifting beams of sunshine onto the homeowner as they begin their daily routine.
Rustic brick walls give a room instant depth. Install a stone bathroom basin to complement the rugged look.
Recreate the perimeter. Develop curves around corners and awkward edges to achieve a smooth and seductive setting. Outline with a ribbon of LED light to emphasise the effect, which works especially well for large bathrooms.
Assemble a tall focal point with a full-length vanity mirror and a slender modern pedestal sink design. The clever use of vertical space masks the smaller floor area dedicated to the bathroom vanity. Use slatted wall panels or fluted gypsum on the vertical plane to draw the eye up.
Position task lighting exactly where it’s needed around a bathroom vanity area with swing arm wall lamps.
Create a cool colour clash with mauve bathroom paint and teal tiles.
Source a statement mirror to give a small guest bathroom wow factor. This stunning live-edge wood-framed mirror is complemented by a rich ochre vanity unit.
Add edge-to-edge tiling to fashion a cohesive look all round. It will expand the sense of space in a small room. Continue the same tile design within small storage nooks inside the shower or above a toilet cistern concealment wall.
Complete a cute and quirky colour scheme with pink-tinted mirrors, pink towel rails and matching bathroom pendant lights. Apply blue floor tiles as cool contrast.
Position a freestanding bathtub directly underneath the bathroom window to be bathed in sunlight as well as bubbles.
Install a multitude of mirrors and atmospheric lighting strips to create a bright optical illusion.
Build a hip-height planter inside of the shower area to enjoy a border of vibrant colour and natural texture.
Expand upon a love of bathroom plants with a botanical wallcovering. This fun tropical print forms an eye-catching backdrop around a unique bathroom sink.
Go glamorous with gold or brass cabinet hardware, an intricate mirror design, and an abundance of floral displays.
This glamorous guest bathroom comes alive with red herringbone wall tiles and lustrous gold bathroom fittings.
Add the arch trend to your guest bathroom with precise paintwork or a mixed material wet wall. Complement with a rounded racetrack-shaped mirror and an elegantly arched faucet.
Where a vanity unit is limited to small proportions, go big on bathroom vanity lights.
Devise a dark and deluxe bathroom decor scheme with anthracite wall tiles and a glowing wall mirror.
Light and laconic bathrooms conjure feelings of peace and serenity. Achieve a simple yet stylish look with textured wall stucco.
Hang an eye-catching bathroom chandelier and arrange a blaze of candlelight to set the scene for a luxurious bubble bath.
Gallery walls aren’t just for the living room. Mount a display of art prints or photography around a small powder room to create interest.
Another arched bathroom decor concept, this time with a deeply framed vanity area.
Make every morning sunny with a bright yellow bathroom palette.
This minimalist bathroom transitions from a simple design into something extraordinary with a wall of patterned stucco.
Curate a boho bathroom design with straw sunburst mirrors and natural wood elements.
The colour red can be restful when applied as mood lighting.
Play with pattern. This concept combines linearity and arches in a shapely counteraction.
Make a solid statement with luxe stone combinations.
Cut through strong colours with fresh white pauses to maintain a clean look in a guest bathroom.
Another marble-filled bathroom design, this time with a matching marble bathtub.
Let your mood define your daily bathroom colour scheme with colour-changing LEDs.
An effective bathroom design can be more about what is subtracted than what is added. See more ideas for minimalist bathrooms.
Ground a luxury bathroom design with a cool concrete floor screed.
Introduce wooden rustic gems to earth a gold and green bathroom decor scheme.
Allow a linear vanity unit to float free of the wall at one end to break up the boundary.
You don’t have to forgo the vanity mirror when wide windows replace walls. Source a suspension-mount mirror or a ceiling-mounted version.
Go gothic with highly decorative wall mirrors and candelabra wall sconces.
An ensuite bathroom becomes a special feature in a guest bedroom when connected by glass walls or an open plan arrangement.
Construct an industrial bathroom with raw concrete walls and stainless steel sanitaryware. This design ditches the obligatory vanity mirror and replaces it with a message of self-confidence: “You look fine”!
