Ideal Bathroom Layouts for Kids — Inside Out Construction

Bath time doesn’t have to be a fight every night! What if your kids loved bath time and brushing their teeth? A fun, kid friendly bathroom could be exactly what you need!

Inside Out Remodeling would love to create the dream bathroom for your children that encourages bath time. Some things to consider when designing this bathroom:

Easy to clean surfaces

It’s no secret that children are messy. For your own sanity, we want to keep your bathroom as easy to clean as possible. This could mean trying to eliminate unnecessary crevices in the sink area, smooth surfaces instead of textured, etc. Make life easier on yourself. Don’t make cleaning harder than it needs to be.

Built in step stools

Plastic step stools are fine, but they also seem to move around, get in the way, and look disorderly even if your bathroom is actually clean. Built in step stools, or even a collapsable form of step stool would really spruce up a bathroom (think platform that pulls out like a drawer). You can always make these match the style of your bathroom. With the collapsable step stool, your bathroom could still look orderly even if the rest of your home is chaos.

Another step stool option would be to build one leading into the tub. No need to be worried about your little ones slipping getting in or out of the tub anymore! You can personalize it just like the sink step-stool. This would be harder to make retractable, but I’m sure we could figure it out based on the layout of your bathroom!

Double Vanities

Multiple kids means fights over space, “he took this”, “they did that”, and we want to help you avoid that at all costs. Especially at the end of the day when no one wants to deal with the bickering. One solution to this could be having more than one vanity! That would mean less crowding, and if you only have two kids, each kid would have their own space!

Hidden laundry hamper and recessed shelving

If bath time looks like a tornado ripped through and pulled all your children’s clothes off and tossed every toy they own onto the ground, then let’s talk about how to fix that! A built in laundry hamper made to look like a normal cabinet could be a great solution to having clothes everywhere. Whether you’re the one tossing them in, or if you’re teaching your children to clean up after themselves, that’s a quick and easy way to clean up a bit as bath time goes on.

Recessed shelves in the shower are good for a quick cleanup after bath time. Again, we can build them low so your kids can easily access them, and put things away when finished! Because they’re recessed inside the shower wall, it’s not as easy to knock things off and make more of a mess.

Bright colors!

Last but not least, colors, colors, colors! Paint walls bright blues or greens or pinks! Fun wallpapers are always a great option as well. If you want to keep a more neutral approach, you could always keep walls and sinks and tubs white, but add some color to the counters and accessories.

Speaking of accessories, children’s maturity and interests change so often that you could keep the actual bathroom pretty simple, but have bright, fun accessories that can always be swapped out depending on interest changes. These could be hooks on the walls in the shape of exotic animals, or keeping things very simple, a shower curtain or objects displayed on the sink.

For more ideas and pictures, check out this HGTV article! We would love to work with you to help you create your kiddos, and your dream bathroom. Please contact Shawn Nikah at insideoutremodelingco@gmail.com, or 512-842-9961! Let’s get this bathroom going!