In all their beauty and versatility, all-white bathrooms risk feeling clinical. When using this color, it's essential to consider varying textures, luxurious hardware, and unexpected pockets of vibrancy to keep your space alive. When it comes to the latter, Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos just provided the ultimate blueprint.
In their Upper East Side townhouse, the couple enlisted William Sofield of Studio Sofield to design an Art Deco-style home that's as functional as it is stunning. Among their achievements was their ability to make a white bathroom more interesting, with the secret coming in the shape of unexpected green accents.
In their bathroom, Mark and Kelly introduced the perfect amount of green, seen primarily through their velvet ottoman/footstool and colored glass accessories on the countertop. It adds just the right amount of vibrancy without detracting from the clean, all-white space. Better yet, it's replicable in small bathrooms, starting with the glass jars that are pefect for storing cotton wool and other essentials.
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The easiest way to tap into Kelly and Mark's look? This chic soap dispenser, which elevates the everyday. Purpose-made soap dispensers bring a quietly luxurious feel to any bathroom, regardless of its size. They're also sustainable and so easy to refill. What's not to love?
Designed with lightweight velvet fabric, this ottoman is both stylish and durable, pefect for tapping into the Kelly and Mark aesthetic. It's lightweight and easy to move, and has an anti-slip rubber ring for safety and floor protection.
This makeup holder is crafted from thick, premium glass, making it both strong and transparent, while maintaining a beautiful appearance. It's the perfect size for everything from cotton swabs and makeup pads to hair ties. Whatever you want to keep convenient in your bathroom, this is the solution.
A bathroom like Mark and Kelly's is classic enough to transcend more fleeting trends. However, as Jorge Hernandez, the product and design manager at Bathroom Brands Group, explains, their colored accents have never looked as fashionable.
Although muted and serene spa bathroom spaces remain popular in the world of bathroom design, Jorge notes that modern bathrooms are shedding their neutral palettes as homeowners gravitate towards the more fun and bold tones to add personality to the space.
'Color is making a comeback in bathroom design and consumers are now embracing bold choices, incorporating colourful furniture units and ceramics into their homes,' he says.
'Primary colour accents are coming back following their presence in interiors for some time. We will see a resurgence in individual pops of bold accent colours that no longer have to match featured in homes.'
Will you follow Kelly and Mark's example by introducing green, or do you love another color even more? Let me know how you'd introduce a bolder hue in your white kitchen below.
