Minimalist bathroom with concrete cement screed walls. Photo by Axor.

Unwind after a long day at work and freshen up in style in your sleek, minimalist-style bathroom. How do you achieve the clean look, while still allowing the space to exude the ambience and character you want?

Luxury bathroom specialists at AXOR and hansgrohe advise homeowners to “focus on the important things that matter and discard the excess”.

Here’re some tips on creating an aesthetically pleasing look in an easy-to-clean home that will lend a relaxing vibe.

Dress up your bathroom with the right accessories, but don’t overdo it!

Bathroom Accessories

Dress up your bathroom with the right accessories, but don’t overdo it lest your bathroom starts looking cluttered and messy, Of course, the mess will soon start to spiral out of control – very quickly!

Accessories add the perfect finishing touch to any space, but it is important to choose the right decorative features to ensure your interiors do not look overbearing.

Photo: AXOR Universal Accessories range

Consider multifunctional options for a minimalist home, such as the AXOR Universal Accessories collection (pictured above). Designed with smooth contours, they offer a selection that includes shelves that are built with handles and rails to offer convenience and safety.

Photo: hansgrohe Puravida bathroom fittings

White bathroom fixtures

Complement clean and bright bathrooms with fixtures in shades of chrome and white, such as hansgrohe’s award-winning Puravida fittings (pictured above). The sculptural appearances will add to your home’s luxe and artistic appeal!

AXOR One collection

Slim bathroom fittings

Freeing up space in the bathroom keeps your mind feeling relaxed and calm when you enter the area, while also ensuring your home is easy to clean and therefore hygienic.

By avoiding bulky accessories and fixtures, you can also enhance the sense of spaciousness. The AXOR One collection is one good example, with faucets and showerheads designed by Barber & Osgerby to be compact and flushed against walls, perfect for a modern, minimalistic look.

AXOR Uno

AXOR Uno

Choose one colour

Keep to a colour palette of two to three hues, so as to allow a holistic look that isn’t too loud or ostentatious. If you want to create an intimate, moody ambience, try a darker colour scheme of blacks and greys, and complement with accents of gold, bronze and brass.

Designed by Phoenix Design, AXOR’s latest Uno range is elegant and epitomises purism in perfection with consistent construction: two precisely shaped cylinders joined together at a right angle.

To offer further flexibility, AXOR offers the bespoke customisation service – AXOR Signature – where the AXOR bathroom fittings can be customised in up to 15 special finishes including brushed nickel and polished red gold.

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15 Minimalist Small HDB Bathroom Design Ideas

If you believe in “less is more”, you might appreciate the pared down designs in these HDB flat bathrooms.

Minimalist design, with streamlined structures and unornamented details, does reduce bulk and make your space look roomier. But it doesn’t have to mean boring or lack of style — see in the following slides some minimalist chic HDB flat bathrooms.

Undermount sinks give bathrooms a clutter-free look.

Interior Design: by Blackrice.
Undermount sinks give bathrooms a clutter-free look. Interior Design: Blackrice.
Go for an all-white design, and include texture through subway tiles and louvre doors. Interior Design by The Scientist

Go for an all-white design, and include texture through subway tiles and louvre doors.

Interior Design by The Scientist

An all-white marble bathroom can never go wrong.

Interior Design by Designworx
An all-white marble bathroom can never go wrong. Interior Design by Designworx
The blue subway tiles stand out, when paired with a simple sink and mirror. Interior Design by The Scientist.

The blue subway tiles stand out, when paired with a simple sink and mirror.

Interior Design by The Scientist.

Clean lines and simple finishes make a classic, minimalist bathroom.

Interior Design by Haelcyon days.
Clean lines and simple finishes make a classic, minimalist bathroom. Interior Design by Haelcyon days.
The designers paired concrete-look hexagon tiles with a real concrete vanity counter. Interior Design by Hello Embryo.

The designers paired concrete-look hexagon tiles with a real concrete vanity counter.

Interior Design by Hello Embryo.

When decorating your home, don’t forget the bathroom. A slim ledge like this one gives you space to display some flowers or photographs.

Interior Design by J + A Design.
When decorating your home, don't forget the bathroom. A slim ledge like this one gives you space to display some flowers or photographs. Interior Design by J + A Design.
If you want a feature wall, keep the rest of your bathroom simple. Interior Design by The Scientist

If you want a feature wall, keep the rest of your bathroom simple.

Interior Design by The Scientist
Interior Design by Box.ID Studio
Interior Design by Box.ID Studio

Interior Design by Free Space Intent
Interior Design by Free Space Intent
White minimalist bathroom. Interior Design by Lato Design

Interior Design by Lato Design

Interior Design by Spacedge Designs
Grey tile bathroom with glass panel door. Interior Design: Spacedge Designs
Simple white and wood minimalist bathroom with glass bi-fold doors. Interior Design by Urban Design & Build

Interior Design by Urban Design & Build

Interior Design by White Space Living
Interior Design by White Space Living
All white sink outside a white bathroom. Interior Design by Box.ID Studio

Interior Design by Box.ID Studio

Going for an all-white bathroom enables a small space to look clean and welcoming, but make sure you pay more attention to include elements that prevent it from looking too sterile!

Tiles laid vertically in a brick-like pattern complement the bathroom’s stark black window frame. (Renovation cost: $350,000)
Tiles laid vertically in a brick-like pattern complement the bathroom’s stark black window frame. (Renovation cost: $350,000. Interior design by Museum)

Can’t get enough of the subway tiles trend? Try something slightly different by laying them vertically. The linear patterns in this bathroom (above) created by the black grouting also inject a bit of fun into the white walls.

The black mirror frame provides a striking contrast in the white master bathroom.

Interior design by Life Interior Design
The black mirror frame provides a striking contrast in the white master bathroom.

Cosy up a white bathroom (above) with warm accents that evoke natural materials. Here, a wood-look floor and marble countertop does the job. Having a simple yet bold design statement like this black-framed mirror also helps anchor the entire space.

The common toilet can be accessed from the kitchen, and it echoes the home's light wood and white theme.

The common toilet can be accessed from the kitchen, and it echoes the home’s light wood and white theme.

Interior design by Desmond Ong

This bathroom (above) kept in line with the home’s Japanese-inspired minimalist style by sticking to the bare minimum. Adding exposed piping and an industrial tap also helps this utilitarian space to have an edgier slant.

The bathrooms feature cementitious walls – walls with an engineered cement finish that is suitable for wet conditions.

Interior design by Spacedge Designs
The bathrooms feature cementitious walls - walls with an engineered cement finish that is suitable for wet conditions, hence reducing the need for maintenance.

Plants – even if it’s just a single stalk of flower – can do wonders to enliven a space. So if you’re worried that an all-white bathroom (above) might appear too clinical, incorporate living green elements into it.

Classic subway tiles can turn a small shower space into a charming corner with a vintage feel in this Bayshore condominium. Interior design by EightyTwo

Classic subway tiles can turn a small shower space into a charming corner with a vintage feel in this Bayshore condominium. Interior design by EightyTwo.

Cool marble in the guest bathroom exudes a sense of luxury and sophistication. Interior design by Collective Designs.

Cool marble in the guest bathroom exudes a sense of luxury and sophistication.

Interior design by Collective Designs

Bring about a sense of sophistication by cladding your bathroom’s floors and walls with white marble that has grey veins, just like this classy and minimalist bathroom pictured above.

The wainscoting is made of wood designed for marine use and can withstand moisture.

Interior design by JQ Ong The Association
The wainscoting is made of wood designed for marine use and can withstand moisture.

Decorate your bathroom like you would in the living room with paintings and quirky décor accessories, and you’d be surprised at how easily it is to turn a small vanity area into a pretty corner!

This matt black shower mixer contrasts boldly against its plain white backdrop, turning the bathroom into a chic, urban space at Coldstream Avenue. Interior design by Egihtytwo Pte Ltd
Interior design by Eightytwo Pte Ltd

This matte black shower mixer contrasts boldly against its plain white backdrop, turning the bathroom into a chic, urban space at Coldstream Avenue.

The interior designer applied the same exposed-brick treatment to the powder room to play against the smooth white finish of the ceramics.

The interior designer applied the same exposed-brick treatment to the powder room to play against the smooth white finish of the ceramics.

Interior design by Architology

There was a need to balance all the prettiness with a “masculine” black and white palette in the master bathroom.

Interior design by JQ Ong The Association
There was a need to balance all the prettiness with a “masculine” black and white palette in the master bathroom.

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