How to Decorate A Master Bathroom

If you have a master bedroom attached to a master bathroom you are probably looking for decorating ideas that can help coordinate both rooms.

The easiest way to do this is to match the colors of the linens. For instance if your bed sheets are blue and your walls are brown then you might also want to have blue and brown towels, soap dishes and other accents in your bathroom.

Different patterns can also play a part on the overall look of your decorating scheme. For instance, if your bedroom has wallpaper that has stripes then you may want to continue this motif onwards on all of the walls of the master bedroom.

You could also be more subtle and simply also have a striped curtains picking up the motif of the bedroom.
Another way to deal with a pattern is to have stripes or polka dots or whatever pattern suits you and have them be one color in the bathroom and another in the bedroom.

For instance you could have pink polka dots on the coverlet and curtains in the bedroom but the towels, bath mat and shower curtain in the bathroom could have blue polka dots. Items also do not have to be all of the same color in order for you to be able to “riff” on a decorating theme.

These rooms can also be coordinated in terms of what materials you use to build or decorate them with. For instance if your bedroom consists of heavy wooden mission fixture then a wooden countertop and wooden toilet seat might look good in your bathroom. Instead of tiles, stones or pebbled tiles also might look better in the bathroom. The great thing about wooden furniture is that it suits just about every type of flooring and wall covering including plush carpets, tiles, stone, hardwood floors, brick and plaster.

Another way to decorate is by era or style. For instance, a retro seventies style bedroom could contain a round bed and also boast a red and orange color scheme. The bathroom could also have a red and orange color scheme as well as modular shaped bathroom accessories to suggest the seventies. Clear plastic accessories such lamps, garbage pails and soap dishes could help unify the look of both rooms so that they appear authentic.

Also remember that both rooms do not have to absolutely match to signify a totally coordinated effort. It only takes a few similar design accents to give both rooms a pleasant unity.

Decorative Themes for Boy and Girl Baby Showers

Here are some more ideas if it is your job to throw the baby shower for a mom to be and you do know what the sex of the child happens to be!

The Blue Shower clearly indicates that the child is expected to be a boy and everything from the invitations to the tablecloth to the cake can be expected to be this color. Sometimes, guests will be asked to wear the color blue to the party or encouraged to bring gifts (especially clothing and linen) in that color.

It can be challenging to come up with blue foods, however it is possible to make a blue cake in the shape of a baby bootie, or serve up blue raspberry Jell-O with fruit floating in it. There is also a liqueur called Blue Curacao that can be used to turn a punch into a Tidy-Bowl hue.

Blue candles, blue dinner ware and blue napkins can also help emphasize the overall theme. Mother’s chair can also be draped with a blue shawl or cozy blue blanket and pillow.

Violets and blue roses suit the color scheme of this kind of shower and guests often leave with party favors wrapped in blue ribbon, tulle or netting.

The Pink Shower clearly indicates that the child is expected to be a girl and everything from the invitations to the placemats to the icing on the cake can expected to be this delicate shade. Sometimes guests will be asked to don the color pink to support the overall theme or encouraged to bring gifts (especially linen and clothing) in that color.

Fortunately, there are many pink foods that can be served to support this theme. Salmon mousse and crab dip is two savory suggestions. Cookies or cakes can be frosted with pink icing to resemble the features of a little girl. Dishes such as strawberry trifle, pink Jell-O, strawberry mousse and cream puffs colored with cherry juice would also add to the overall girlish theme. Beverages such as pink lemonade and raspberry lemonade or cocktails made with cherry or strawberry liqueur could also be served.

Pink candles scented with cherry or strawberry suit this theme as well. Mother’s chair can also be draped with a pink shawl or comfy pink blanket or pillow.

Roses, peonies and daisies mixed with baby’s breath are suggested flower arrangements for this kind of event. Guests can leave with cinnamon hearts or pink candies wrapped in pink ribbon or netting or a tiny bottle of bubbles.