10 Timeless Kitchen Designs That Don’t Age

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We all want that timeless kitchen. 

The kitchen is one of the most frequently used areas of the home and is likely centrally located–literally and figuratively–in your house. There are a ton of elegant kitchen designs out there. However, many of them can seem outdated and out-of-fashion after not too long a time.

Knowing what is and isn’t timeless can be tricky. For many people engaging in home construction or renovation the line between boring and timeless can be blurred, but it doesn’t have to be. There’s no reason why you need to compromise on fashion for the sake of longevity.

To help you find designs that won’t age, we’ve curated 10 traditional yet timeless kitchen designs just for you. 

Design #1 – White Kitchen

The classic white kitchen is timeless in every way. When you keep your kitchen–from the accessories to the cabinetry–as light and bright as possible you’re future proofing the design against changes in aesthetic preferences.

White never goes out of style because it’s perfectly inoffensive without being bland or boring. Besides, if you do want to infuse a bit of colour there are plenty of opportunities with decorations and appliances. When you feel the need to change up the colour palette, these temporary or independently standing items can be easily swapped out and replaced. 

Design #2 – Neutral Colours

While white is as classic and timeless as it gets, it’s not the only option when it comes to your kitchen design. Neutral colours in general are effective in maintaining an ageless aesthetic whilst incorporating a visual depth. 

Many materials, including natural stone, come in a wide variety of shades. So whether you opt for grey or beige colour tones, you can customise the depth of shading as well to suit your tastes.

Design #3 – Island Benchtop

The kitchen island benchtop is truly timeless. There are still plenty of opportunities to customise and tailor your island to suit your needs, yet the structural practicality of such a benchtop is certainly self-evident.

While some kitchens incorporate sinks, wine fridges and other amenities into the island, the safest way to keep the benchtop as timeless as possible is to keep its design as simple and straightforward as possible.

Design #4 – Stone Splashback

The splashback is not just a functional element of the room but an opportunity for some wondrous design decisions. If you’re wanting a traditional timeless kitchen design but also prefer a bit of colour or a particular aesthetic a stone splashback can be very effective.

Why? It allows you to bring some fantastic patterns and/or colours to your kitchen without it having to take over the entire area and thus risk becoming outdated over time. 

Design #5 – Natural Look

Going natural is going timeless. A combination of timber veneers coupled with marble benchtops or wall cladding is an excellent option for straddling the perfect visual balance. Of course, the extent to which you design to incorporate wood and timber into your kitchen is up to you.

While some kitchen design styles come and go, infusing a natural feel and look is certainly not going to date.

Design #6 – Subway Tiles

If you’re wanting a tiled pattern in your kitchen but not sure which options are timeless, we like to recommend subway tiles. Subway tile patterns don’t make a kitchen feel cluttered or overwhelmingly busy, while offering enough of a timeless and elegant aesthetic to make you feel perfectly at home.

Of course, subway styling is far from the only tiling pattern available, but as far as timeless kitchens go, it’s your go to.

Design #7 – Marble Benchtops

What could be more spectacular than a marble benchtop as the centrepiece to your kitchen? Whether or not the rest of your kitchen is similarly constructed from this fabulous stone, a marble benchtop is an excellent way of infusing a sense of luxury to the kitchen without risking an outdated aesthetic in a few years time. 

One of the appealing aspects of marble and natural stone in general is that apart from being a timeless addition, every single slab of stone is unique. Quarried directly from the earth, there are no two slabs exactly alike in the world. That’s why we simply love marble benchtops for 101 reasons.

Design #8 – Stainless-steel Appliances

Nowadays you can find kitchen appliances in just about every colour, style and design imaginable. While some trends come and go, stainless-steel is here to stay.

If your aim is to truly capture the feeling of timeless design, opting for simple and minimalist stainless-steel appliances is your best option.

Design #9 – Oversized Sink

Oversized sinks are immensely popular. The more space for cleaning up the dishes the easier the process. Fortunately, a simple yet large sink is also a timeless and elegant kitchen design option. You can match the sink to suit your already existing aesthetic or use it as a design centrepiece. The choice is truly up to you.

Design #10 – Shaker-Style Cabinets

A shaker-style cabinet is a type of kitchen unit with a central panel and square edges in a flat design. This minimal profiling and symmetrical nature is timeless in every sense of the word. For a kitchen designed not to date, we highly recommend opting for shaker cabinets and drawers.

We’ll Throw Everything Including The Kitchen Sink Into Your Timeless Design

At Euro Marble, we love nothing more than helping our customers create the home of their dreams. Natural stone is one of the excellent ways in which you can achieve a timeless, elegant kitchen design, and our friendly team is here to help make that happen.Ready to get started or just want to find out more? Contact us today!

15 Small Bathroom Renovation Ideas

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Finding the right small bathroom ideas for your upcoming renovation shouldn’t be difficult. There is a lot of opportunity when it comes to your bathroom to make the most of even limited amounts of space.

In this article, we’ve put together the 15 top tips for renovating your small bathroom. While some include minor structural renovations, others are simple, affordable and convenient.

Have a read for yourself!

  1. Compact Bathtub on an Elevated Platform

A compact bathtub is an excellent idea for a small bathroom. Without compromising the luxury of one’s bath, it’s easy to squeeze into a corner or place between other amenities. We love the idea of a raised or elevated platform, giving a bit of height and visual variety to a small area.

  1. Contrasting Floor Tile Pattern

There are seemingly endless opportunities for your floors in a small bathroom renovation. Contrasting tile patterns, such as two colours in a checkered or similar formation, can work wonders in bringing a sense of aesthetic style to the room without overly cluttering the space.

  1. Add A Skylight

Bright natural sunlight is one of the most enduring small bathroom ideas on this list. It’s not hard to see why. The more light that comes streaming into your bathroom, the greater the sense of spaciousness and airiness. 

  1. Hang Decorations, Paintings, or Art Vertically

If you’re after simple small bathroom ideas, this one takes the cake. Whether you have paintings, framed photographs or other ornamental decorations, hanging them vertically above a toilet or in some similar spot will draw one’s eye to the height of the room and away from the width/length. 

  1. Built-In, Hanging Vanity

Standalone, hanging vanities are excellent (and popular) for small bathrooms. Without having to sacrifice any storage or practical surface space, it’s an easy and effective way of really opening up the bathroom.

  1. Backlit Vanity Mirror

Backlighting a mirror on your vanity not only enhances the utility of the mirror itself but will help to create an element of depth, without losing spaciousness, in a small bathroom. There are a variety of ways in which you can infuse and incorporate light in your bathroom, and a backlit mirror is one of the easiest.

  1. Mix Materials

There’s nothing wrong with using one stunning material, such as marble, across the entirety of your bathroom. However, mixing two different materials together can infuse style and aesthetics into even a small space without cluttering it with too many ornaments and the like. Rustic wood aesthetics coupled with marble, for example, is one timeless and classic option.

  1. Built-In Storage/Cabinets In The Wall

Making the most of the walls of your bathroom is a super practical way of taking advantage of every square inch of space. While some bathrooms might be structured in a way that can support a cabinet built into the wall, for others even simple storage solutions can make a world of difference.

  1. Built-In Shower Shelf

As far as small bathroom renovations go, a built-in shower shelf is simple yet super effective. These shelves give you plenty of space to store items and hygiene products without taking up any precious space elsewhere.

  1. Replace Tapware with Monochrome or Brass

Why would you replace your tapware with monochrome or brass? It’s an effective way to incorporate a bit of visual appeal by making the most of already existing installations instead of having to simply add more and more. In a small bathroom, this is invaluable!

  1. Single, Large Mirror

One large, single mirror is really all you need in a bathroom. In fact, the larger and simpler the mirror itself, the more you’ll feel like your bathroom is double its actual size. A neat visual trick, but a really effective one.

  1. Subway Tiled Walls

Using a subway tile design in your bathroom strikes the perfect balance of intricate-enough design whilst keeping it simple and not overwhelming. That’s why subway tiles are one of our favourite small bathroom ideas.

  1. Dark, Moody Colour Pallette 

We’re swinging for the fences on this one. Instead of opting for all light and bright, sometimes the opposite road can work as well. A darker colour palette in a bathroom can create a mood and atmosphere that is warm and appealing without having to deck out the space with more and more clutter.

  1. Glass or No Shower Doors

Showers are necessary in a bathroom, but the shower curtain isn’t. If you can replace your curtain with a glass door or, better yet, no door at all, you’ll find the bathroom feeling near infinitely larger.

  1. Natural Stone

Natural stone is a popular and practical construction material. Thanks to its hardiness it’s equally popular in bathrooms as well. If you’re looking for inspiration for your small bathroom, we can’t recommend stone enough. With intricate patterns and a range of shades, there’s a perfect stone waiting to transform your bathroom.

Euro Marble – for lining all your stones in a row

The Euro Marble team certainly lives and breathes all things natural stone, but we’re passionate about helping our customers with all of their home renovation needs as well. If you’d like to discuss more small bathroom ideas or arrange a time to come visit us in our showroom, get in touch with us today.

Ideas for Small Bathrooms to Look More Spacious

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Your bathroom is one of the most important areas of the home. From the frequency of its use everyday to its private, intimate nature, there are a lot of aspects to the bathroom that necessitate thought in design and styling. 

If you’re looking for ideas for small bathrooms, you’ve come to the right place. Whether your bathroom is unusually shaped or you simply want to know how to make a small bathroom appear larger, we’ve put together a list of helpful ideas to inspire you to transform your bathroom for the better.

  1. Light and Bright

The very first element to consider is the colour scheme. While there are very good reasons to consider using bold feature colours or opt for a darker moody palette, if you’re wanting to create a feeling of spaciousness stick with light and bright colours.

Whites, off-whites and similarly light shades open up even small spaces in wondrous ways and help to bounce the natural or artificial light streaming into the room. There are plenty of brightly coloured natural stones you can use on your bathroom walls or floors. 

  1. Choose the Right Paint

It’s not just the colour that makes a big difference in the bathroom, but the type of paint you use. If you’re really wanting to reflect as much light as possible to make the small area look as large as possible, consider choosing high gloss paint.

  1. Glass Shower Doors

Keeping the light flowing throughout your bathroom is a key way to ensure the room feels bigger than it is. Your shower offers another opportunity to do exactly that. By using a glass door for your shower you will immediately feel the difference.

Without the obstructions of an opaque shower door or curtain, you’ll be taking advantage of every square centimetre of room. The less obstructions clogging up your peripheral vision and sense of space, the better.

  1. Incorporate Mirrors

Mirrors are not just a practical necessity in a bathroom. They’re a very effective feature for making a small bathroom look bigger. By elongating the visual sense of space, mirrors can be incorporated in a few ways:

Option A – One Large Mirror

A large mirror that extends over a significant portion–if not all–of one of the walls in your bathroom can have an enormous impact on the feeling of spaciousness.

Option B – Multiple Mirrors

Alternatively, incorporate multiple, smaller mirrors in your bathroom to give the impression of almost endless space. One note on this option however, is that you may need to consider the size and design of your bathroom, as not all small bathrooms will complement multiple mirrors in such a confined area.

  1. Large Stone Tiles

One of the most common questions we get is, “do larger tiles make a small bathroom look bigger”? While the answer will depend on numerous other factors, generally opting for large stone tiles for your floor cladding and walls is going to help make a small bathroom appear larger.

Why? Less grout lines and visual divisions will make the wall (and floor) less cluttered. Even small bathrooms that are devoid of clutter or too much visual stimuli will feel incalculably larger. 

  1. Floating Vanities

One of the most popular and effective ideas for small bathrooms is the concept of keeping the floor devoid of unnecessary clutter and objects. However, there’s a lot to incorporate in a bathroom, from the toilet seat to the shower/bathtub.

That’s why we recommend floating vanities and basins. By lifting the vanity off of the floor it will not only clear more space beneath it but it will look a lot cleaner and more sleek. All of this will positively contribute to the feeling of space in the room. 

  1. Use a Ledge/Shelf

Ledges or shelves can offer a lot of practical and aesthetic value. Whether your ledge sits above the vanity or even if you have an in-built shower shelf, either option offers a convenient storage solution without adding too much cabinetry and taking up too much space.

One important thing to remember with this idea, is that if you want to make your small bathroom appear larger, avoid letting the shelf become cluttered with too many objects or unnecessary items. Minimalism is the key here. 

  1. Closed Cabinetry

Unless you’re opting for a floating, minimalist shelf and are able to keep your items to a minimum, obt for closed cabinetry. Overflowing vanity benchtops are going to make the entire area feel a lot more closed in and busy.

Closed cabinetry keeps any mess out of the immediate eyeline and keeps the surfaces as sleek and visually clean as possible. 

  1. Attach the Towel Bar

Towel bars are highly practical additions in a bathroom. Where possible, if you are able to attach your bar to a pre-existing vanity or similar structure, you’ll be making the most of the small amount of space. An independently installed towel bar will only add another visual element of clutter to the wall.

  1. Minimal Decorations

While the appeal of decorating your bathroom is understandable, if you’re really dedicated to making the most of the space we recommend paring back the accessories and additions. The more minimal your decor and decorations the more your bathroom is going to feel visually and spatially larger.

  1. Skylights

Not everyone will have the structural or budgetary means of installing a skylight, but it can be a transformational idea for small bathrooms. The infusion of natural light from up above can work true miracles in turning a tight, enclosed space into a larger and more spacious area. 

Euro Marble – here to help you transform your home!

If you’d like more ideas on how to make your small bathroom appear larger, make sure to reach out to our team here at Euro Marble. We love helping our customers enjoy every nook and cranny of their home and can’t wait to help you too! Contact us today right here.