Small Garage Bathroom Ideas

Perhaps you have converted part of your garage into a bathroom. It’s a wonderful use of space, to add a living room or maybe a bedroom with an en suite, especially if you have a growing family but love your existing home and don’t want to have to move house.

How you decorate your garage bathroom will depend upon the decor of the adjoining rooms and of your tastes as a whole. 

There are some key points about decorating a small space to bear in mind too so you’ll have your small garage bathroom looking beautiful.

Rustic Garage Bathroom

If you’d like to be sympathetic to the origins of your bathroom in your garage then you can keep the galvanized steel walls. These metal walls set against timber planks on the wall and a concrete floor will make for a cute rustic bathroom.

Adding designer style polished concrete bathtub and sink will complete the rustic industrial character. And a copper shower complements the scheme as well as looking gorgeous. 

Garage Bathroom in Shiplap

Shiplap walls painted in a pastel shade will look both comfy and country chic. A wood vanity will give you plenty of storage and will look perfect against a shiplap painted wall. 

Once you have tiled the floor in lovely patterned tile and added on-trend hardware including lighting in cool black metal, you’d never know the original use of this room.

Subway Tile for Bathroom Walls

When you’re making your garage conversion, you can have a bathroom that’s every inch as stylish as your interior bathroom.

Subway tiles are an enduring classic and can be matched with different sized tiles in the same color. For some monochrome impact, paint a section of wall in black and hang a mirror just off center. For a cute idea, create a recessed shelf for luxury bottles or a small pot plant.

Make Use of Your Brick Wall in Your Garage Bathroom

If you have a brick wall in your garage, consider leaving this as is, and enjoy the aesthetic of the brick. Add a large round mirror to reflect back the design of the rest of the room.

A free standing claw foot bath will add a feeling of elegance and luxury. And use a shower curtain rather than a shower door for a romantic garage bathroom conversion.

Keeping Your Bathroom in a Garage Style

If the smell of oil and the thrill of vehicles and mechanics is your thing then you may like to keep your garage bathroom in the style of, well, a garage.

So paint your walls in a dark, industrial gray, add some workshop flooring in a neat vinyl and add a unique pressed metal sink and countertop.

Red accessories are of course an essential, as well as motor vehicle memorabilia you’ve collected. And how about making a mirror from a tire? This will be unique and such a talking point for your visitors. 

Making the Most of Small Space Storage

For a small bathroom, you’ll need to think about the best source of storage. A vanity is a great way of using the space your bathroom sink takes up to store toiletries and towels.

Then you can utilize the walls. From adding shelves to the walls, you can also look at narrow gaps and make the best of the space by putting in small shelves to take bottles and other bathroom items. 

Compact Bathroom in Your Garage

To take up minimal space when you’ve added a bathroom in the corner of the garage you can install barn doors on the outside. Sliding doors like this don’t need to take up space the way conventional doors do opening into or outside of the room.

And you don’t have to just have a rustic style barn door. Sliding doors can also come in delicate fretwork and metal cutouts for a glamorous Moroccan style.

Nicely Dressed

However you decorate your garage bathroom, it’s worth taking stock of your finishing touches. Choosing the right accessories can make all the difference.

You might choose an unusual ceramic bowl as your sink and add some cool mood lighting. And a small glass or ceramic vase will always add elegance. So think about the look you want to create and add appropriate accompanying items.

In Closing

A small garage bathroom is a handy, practical use of existing indoor space. You should seek to decorate it as you would a bathroom inside your house so think about your style and the kind of decor you most like.

Subway tiles are a budget-friendly classic and are easy to maintain. For some warmth you might install timber walls or shiplap. And your hardware and accessories are important in keeping cohesion in your scheme.

But if you still love a garage to be a garage, why not make the most of your motor accessories collection and create an unusual mirror or some unique fixtures. And don’t forget some motoring art!