What’s the Bathroom Buzzword in 2025? Spa-like Serenity
With the onslaught of work emails, news updates, busy schedules, and a never-ending to-do list, it’s no surprise that people are searching for serenity in their homes. Gone are the days when a bathroom was just a place for your morning ablutions. In 2025, people want the full spa-like treatment in their homes, regardless of their budget. While most of us cannot afford wall-to-wall marble tile or copper tubs, a few cans of paint can be an accessible way to create the calming retreat of our dreams.
So grab some color swatches, and pull up your Pinterest board, because we’re about to show you how to paint your way to your dream bathroom.
Cozy Neutrals
We asked QS Supplies, a bathroom e-tailer in the UK that has done a lot of colour surveys in the past, who mentioned, “Gone are the days of all-white or millennial grey dominating the interiors of our homes. Homeowners are rejecting the institution-like rigidity of the cold neutral and looking for warmer tones to brighten their spaces.” Warm neutrals like Benjamin Moore’s Soft Satin 2164-60 with its creamy pink, peach, and beige undertones or Love Always 896, a slightly pinker alternative, are beautiful options to touch up outdated cabinets or for mirror-wall colour splashes. Warm neutrals create a feeling of cosiness, but they’re flattering backdrops for putting on makeup and not looking washed out every morning as you’re trying to get ready. Mixing neutrals can create a spa-like space to help you start and end your day in peace.
Saturated, Bold Tones
On the opposite end of the zen spectrum, is embracing the darkness. If a light and airy bathroom is too cheery for you, color drenching your space in dark tones can melt the stress of the day right off. Think of brass wall sconces and flickering candle light against dark navies, forest greens, or rich eggplant tones. Fill your bathroom with warm metal fixtures like copper or gold, accent your tile with dark grout, choose moody natural woods for your cabinetry and embrace the darkness. Your bathroom will feel like a cocoon, blocking out the wider world, and letting you sink into the tub and recharge.
Coastal Blues
It’s been well-proven that gazing at water can lower your blood pressure and physically relax you. It’s why we flock to the coasts to surround ourselves in blue skies, blue waters, and white sandy beaches. Those cool, coastal tones are a breath of salt-filled fresh air in a hectic, smog-filled world. Unfortunately, we can’t bring ocean views into most bathrooms, but we can create the light, airy, serenity of the blue hour on the beach. Think about cloud white walls with ocean air cabinets, and Benjamin Moore’s Gentleman’s Gray accents. The options are endless, and don’t require you to fill the room with seashells and anchors – a coastal bathroom doesn’t have to be literal, but rather inspired by the colors and textures of the sea. Natural wood finishes, shiplap, and airy cool tones can bring the serenity of the coast into your bathroom without it feeling themed.
Earthy Tones
Earthy midtones are having a resurgence in both fashion and interior design. They’re more saturated than the bright, cool colors that can make a home feel stark, and less dense than the bold jewel tones that the more daring might choose. Rusty terracottas, sandy beiges, sage greens, and flinty blues can help ground a bathroom in nature. By adding slate floor tiles, rough edge wood shelving, stone countertops, and wicker baskets you can create a biophilic space. Simplicity is the name of the game for natural, earthy bathrooms. It’s not the space for maximalism, but rather clean lines, natural materials, simple styling, and finding comfort in an organic, calming space.
Whatever color tone you choose, the 2025 bathroom is all about creating your own retreat. It doesn’t take big budget materials to create your own spa-like experience. Find the color palette that calms and refreshes you after a hard day – be it light and airy or dark and dramatic. Say goodbye to your boring, blah bathroom that says nothing about who you are, and does nothing for you. It’s all about expressing yourself and committing to a room that recharges your battery.
