shibori bathroom
My living room and bedroom are more or less in line, and my obsessive curation of excellent/pretty/functional kitchen supplies means my kitchen is pretty rockin’ - if a little overstocked.
Next up is the bathroom.
At the moment, my towels are mismatched and the theme could best be described as Hello Kitty meets pastel polka dots… Yeah, not so much an adult’s bathroom.
I’ve been thinking about putting some intensely coloured venetian plaster on one wall because the plaster there is kinda cracked - so it’s two birds one stone.
Then I was in Chinatown looking for sushi plates (we make it enough now that it seemed an legitimate expense) and we came across those super-pretty Japanese bowls that are indigo and white and have pretty little patterns all over them. Now we’re getting somewhere!
Through these inspirations, I have come up with a small, inexpensive plan that could best be described as jewel toned, rustic Japanese.
- persimmon coloured, burnished, venetian-plaster on one wall (hopefully it will look organic and not too much like a tacky faux finish)
- indigo and white shibori shower curtain (shibori is Japanese for tie-dye - but it’s much more sophisticated and graphic than normal, hippy-dippy tie-dye - although it will involve a bit of DIY craftiness)
- indigo and white Japanese decorative bowls and trays and things (basically, repurposed sushi plates - because you know how much I love repurposing). The patterns on this type of porcelain often seems to mimic the patterns on the shibori, which I think is pretty neat.
- some sort of window treatment so people on the deck don’t get a view of the goings on in there (probably also shibori)
- some kind of Japanese inspired art - that isn’t cliched or tacky (so no tsunami woodblock print - probably some kind of illustration by yours truly)
- find some kind of shelving unit that will fit the only available storage space there is - above the toilet.
- no bathmats, because for some reason our cats like to pee on them (it’s actually quite sad how many of our decorating decisions revolve around cats)