Studio Bathroom — Artwork Options

Shelves on the wall above the toilet seems to be my standard go-to option when designing bathrooms. I’ve been doing it for over a decade now. Shelves in that spot just make sense to me. Here’s our condo hallway bathroom…

In did the same thing in the hallway bathroom in our current home.

And I had shelves in this studio bathroom prior to this current makeover.

Shelves over the toilet just makes sense to me. But in this new version of this bathroom, I really don’t want to use shelves. The walls are already quite busy, and shelves with various items lined up on them would create even more busyness.

So this time around, I think I’m actually going to break out of my go-to shelves option, and I’m just going to hang one large, framed piece of artwork. But since there will only be one, it needs to be just right.

My initial idea was to frame a piece of the floral wallpaper from the studio, but I really don’t want to repeat that pattern for a third time. It’s already on the main wall of the studio…

And I have that pattern in the curtains on the back doors of the studio.

Having that pattern in those two areas is enough for me. Repeating it a third time would be overkill for me. So I headed to Etsy to see if I could find any downloadable printable artwork that might work. Obviously, I want something colorful, and I imagine putting the colorful artwork in a white frame with a thick white mat.

I found this series of colorful artwork with gold accents, and this particular print from that series really stood out to me. I like the juxtaposition of the swirly colors with the linear design of the wall.

I did a quick mockup, but in reality, I think I would want the frame and the white mat to be even wider for more visual separation between the artwork and the wall.

Next up, I found this bold floral print. On its own, it looks kind of dark, but I decided to try it anyway.

And again, I would have a wider mat and thicker frame, but this is the general idea.

I really love this colorful abstract print. I like how light the actual print is, I just with it had more colors in it. But I decided to try it anyway.

Even with the limited colors in the print, I really like how it looks against the walls. The lightness of the print really appeals to me.

Then I came across this colorful umbrellas print. I do wish there was so green in it, though.

I really like this one. But again, I just wish there was at least a little bit of green in it. I’d also put a wider mat and thicker frame on this one.

And since I can’t seem to stay away from flowers, I found a second floral option — this bright modern floral print.

I really love how bold this is, and it seems to complement the walls really well.

So I’m stepping out of my norm, out of my comfort zone, and I won’t be putting shelves back up in this bathroom. I think one of these prints will look great in this bathroom. I just haven’t quite decided which one I want to go with.