As a child, I was fortunate plenty to accept my ain bath (actually, it was a Jack in addition to Jill bath that I shared amongst the invitee bedroom, simply nosotros entirely had guests for a handful of days out of the year). My bath was pink, which my parents thought was an appropriate color for a girl’s bathroom, although pinkish has never been 1 of my favorite colors. It was a real pretty simply real adult-looking bathroom.
Looking back, I wonder if my parents made the correct decision. How should a kids’ bath look? Should it reverberate their mode in addition to personality? And, if it truly looks similar a kids’ bathroom, how volition this impact resale value? I asked approximately of the people known for designing bathrooms in addition to selling homes to supply insight on this topic.
Here’s what you lot demand to know.
Make it fun, nevertheless practical
The bath inward the photograph to a higher identify is shared past times twin sisters, according to Michael Ferzoco, Principal at Eleven Interiors inward Boston, MA. “When designing this space, nosotros incorporated each of their favorite colors in addition to chose to accept fun past times paradigm the clawfoot tub a bold pinkish color,” he says. “The final result is a playful in addition to cheerful merge of the 2 sisters that highlights the personalities of both.”
Everything should also last kept easily accessible. “The bottom drawers of the vanity inward this bath plication out into stools therefore the sink faucets are never out of reach.” He also says that incorporating a bathtub inward a kids’ bath is ever a expert idea.
Ferzoco believes that a kids’ bath should last fun — simply says it should also last a timeless bath that volition grow amongst them. “Use accents that tin easily last updated, similar paint, mirrors, rugs in addition to accessories, in addition to don’t last afraid to larn bold amongst those elements,” Ferzoco says.
Think through your — in addition to your kids’ — needs
The bath to a higher identify was designed by AFT Construction in Scottsdale, AZ. The company’s president, Brad Leavitt, says you lot should ever reckon the historic menses in addition to elevation of the child. “Depending on the size of the child, you lot tin custom build the vanity therefore that they volition non demand a measuring stool,” he says. “You tin also customize the toe kicking nether the sink amongst a pull-out measuring if you lot prefer the taller vanity.” Undermount, wall mount, in addition to drop-in sinks are pop choices for a kid’s bathroom.
Leavitt says it’s also of import to blueprint the bath based on needs. “If the kids portion a bath spell they larn ready for school, nosotros blueprint the vanity, mirror in addition to sink carve upwards from the shower in addition to H2O closet,” he says. “This allows multiple children to last inward the bath at the same time.”
Karen Snyder at Sanctuary Home Decor designed an attic bunk room in addition to bath for her kids. “My goal [for the bathroom] was to create a cohesive await amongst the rustic blueprint of the bunk room in addition to to brand this infinite kid-friendly,” she explains. “The custom designed vanity was made from locally-sourced barn woods in addition to features a vintage mode sink amongst double faucets.”
Snyder also added other unique elements.”I chose rusted hardware on the doors in addition to drawers in addition to ruby-red accents to add together a fleck of a western flair,” she explains. “The built-in mirror amongst reclaimed woods frame finishes off the vanity wall in addition to brings the whole await together.”
Consider the value of a kids’ bathroom
If you lot can’t accept 2 sinks, reckon 2 faucets. Image: Jupiter Images/Getty Images
So, how does a kids’ bath impact resale value? According to Jennifer Baldinger, Licensed Associate Real Estate Broker at Julia B. Fee Sotheby’s International Realty inward Scarsdale, NY, this is a identify where you lot tin accept approximately fun in addition to last creative, peculiarly amongst color in addition to tile choices. “The 1 characteristic I meet buyers react to the nearly is having 2 sinks inward a kids’ bathroom,” she says.
“There is no dubiety it helps travel along the fighting to a minimum when 2 or to a greater extent than kids portion a bath, simply it also keeps the infinite tidier.” Baldinger says Jack in addition to Jill bathrooms are to a greater extent than common, in addition to she agrees amongst Leavitt that double sinks in addition to a carve upwards lavatory in addition to shower expanse are trending inward novel builds.
Be certain to add together touches of color. Image: Artazum/Shutterstock
Katie Kurtz, Real Estate Agent at Engel & Völkers inward Minneapolis, MN, believes that parents tin larn creative amongst kids’ bathrooms, simply warns to travel along them sex neutral. “For example, doing a bath all pinkish could plough off potential buyers that entirely accept boys, in addition to vice versa,” Kurtz warns. However, she says that neutral materials in addition to decor geared toward kids are fine. “For example, white fish scale tiles are a lot of fun in addition to tin easily last paired amongst gender-specific decor based on kids inward the family. Think mermaid decor for girls or sharks for boys.”
Remember that it volition demand to last cleaned
Newsflash: your kids are non going to travel along their bath spotless, therefore you lot should blueprint it amongst this inward mind. “Kids are going to last messy, in addition to whatever infinite you lot give them, they volition embrace it,” Nathan Taylor of Obelisk Home says. His advice? “Limit the surface area, brand infinite for everything in addition to brand certain that everything is totally cleanable.” In the images to a higher identify in addition to below, you lot tin meet how Taylor designed a bath that fits these criteria.
Storage lockers assist to travel along the bath clean. Image courtesy of Nathan Taylor for Obelisk Home.
Taylor recommends tiling the walls to brand fingerprints in addition to dirt easier to clean. “The fewer painted surfaces, the better,” he says. “Make your life easier past times putting inward materials that are super durable.” Taylor warns against natural materials since they stain easily. “Use brushed materials every bit they don’t exhibit all the specks from daily use.”
Make it durable in addition to safe
Durable materials are essential. Image: Achim Sass/Getty Images
He also recommends using smoothen hardware, since it provides fewer places for germs to settle. “Also, don’t purpose hardware amongst opened upwards ends since your kids’ clothe larn caught easily on everything,” Thomas says. “And ever purpose vessels amongst overflow drains.”
According to Ferzoco, approximately other wages of using durable surfaces is that it volition travel along the bath looking newer longer. “Also, brand certain to purpose slip-resistant tile for the floors to preclude slips in addition to falls — a textured porcelain tile industrial plant well,” Ferzoco says.
Don’t fail high-end finishes. Image: phototropic/Shutterstock
Leavitt adds, “You should definitely install plumbing equipment catered to high use.” The 2019 faucet trends tin supply plenty of inspiration. “Quartz is 1 of our favorite finishes for children, in addition to I also recommend darker grout on the tile floors.” Leavitt says he also likes to accept a piddling fun amongst kids’ bathroom. “Try to add together a whimsical or unique particular for the child.”