Kitkat tiles, raised furniture, countertop washbasin, sublimated shower... The bathroom continues to combine increasingly elaborate details to create a space conducive to relaxation. Let's decipher these decorating trends that we will see everywhere in the bathroom in 2025.
Since the pandemic, all rooms in the house have shown a growing interest in issues of well-being and sustainability. A functional room par excellence, the bathroom has naturally benefited from this renewed interest in the famous and precious logic of 'care', becoming more than ever a space shaped with the aim of taking refuge, recharging one's batteries and taking care of oneself in the same way as a bedroom. The quest for this well-being at all costs has influenced bathroom specialists to imagine furniture conducive to serenity where the privileged lines as well as the colors used reinforce a feeling of appeasement and comfort.Singular furnishings, lightened furniture, mineral shades and new smart materials, here is an overview of the bathroom trends to follow for 2025.
The Scandinavian sideboard vanity unit is a must-have
For economic or stylistic reasons, the vanity unit is increasingly taking the form of a Scandinavian sideboard transformed into a retro and singular bathroom cabinet. This very fashionable trend in renovations confirms a major focus of the sector: offering a second life to furniture. Capable of investing in a modern bathroom as well as a bathroom with retro accents, this homemade vanity unit can be upgraded by the presence of a zelliges splashback or refined taps. Proof that nothing is lost, everything is transformed!
Bathroom furniture is gaining height
In search of comfort and space, bathroom furniture asserts a return to minimalism by presenting less massive silhouettes where the storage areas are supported by slim bases. Sublimated by compass legs for a retro aesthetic or perched on chrome profiles, the vanity units and other storage columns take on a subtle height to assert a more refined and demanding atmosphere in the heart of this sensitive setting with comfort stitched with delicacy.
The bathroom copies the stylistic codes of the hammam
The 2023 version of the bathroom is no longer satisfied with its initial functionality. It emancipates itself from its classic identity to complete spaces designed to guarantee a bubble of comfort and disconnection. By their layout and the materials used, these spaces display characteristics close to the atmosphere of a hammam or a spa. A built-in bathtub, a difference in level to create a hammam-style bench, a lime wall or terracotta tiles to summon an oriental atmosphere, towels rolled up on beautiful wooden shelves as in these exceptional places where it is good to take care of yourself... The 2025 bathroom relies on these sharp details to match the desires of the moment, and more specifically our needs to disconnect.
The countertop washbasin is becoming the rule of the trendy bathroom
Gone is the washbasin to be built-in in the washbasin unit, the spirit of the times prefers the countertop washbasin. This type of round or square washbasin reinforces the style of the room with its visible lines and asserts a special atmosphere with its nuance. Modern as can be, the countertop washbasin is likely to match the curves of a designer wall lamp, a curved mirror or an inviting bathtub to create a modern and harmonious atmosphere.
The alcove and the niche create a precious aesthetic
They are everywhere. The alcove and the niche work wonders in the four corners of the house. So it's only natural that they do the same in the bathroom. A small niche version for more practicality in the shower and avoiding the use of an unsightly storage column or a cosy alcove version to create a bench seat area facing the vanity unit, these small or large wall recesses, already present or to be created, are more than ever on the rise in the bathroom to help overplay the privileged and carefully organised refuge character. Adorned with wallpaper or ultra-colorful tiles, these spaces will be the major assets of bathrooms in search of personality.
Colour is more important than ever in the bathroom
Decoration is never without two or three contradictions, and although the decorating trends of 2025 outline the future of a sphere more attentive than ever to the presence of natural touches, they do not abandon the flashiness of a colorful palette and its power over interiors... and daily newspapers. While beige and white bathrooms continue to be relevant, coloured bathrooms take over to demonstrate all the creativity of a room that dares to use an original colour palette. Thus, more and more bathrooms mix shades from floor to ceiling. Wall repainted green and ceiling pink, colored terrazzo floor and forest green zelliges, graphic blue earthenware on the wall and orange tiles, the combinations of the moment demonstrate a wildly desirable chromatic power.
The retro washbasin is doing well
The retro style confirms his talent for personalising the bathroom. After the return of the free-standing bathtub or the chic empire style taps, it is the retro pedestal basin in shell or vintage earthenware that is at the top of the must-haves. Brilliantly employing the codes of yesteryear and able to be combined with a host of decorative accessories (Venetian mirror, zellige tiles, wooden shelves...), this basin with irresistible lines, symbol of the 'good old days', gives this water feature a strong decorative potential.
The spacious shower takes its revenge on the bathtub
In 2025, the shower triumphs over the bathtub. This trend, which has been noticed by renovation professionals, continues to gain ground: replacing the bathtub with a shower has become commonplace. More economical, ecological and practical, the shower compiles the arguments to satisfy our desires to stick to the spirit of the times. Bathroom specialists are constantly improving its comfort and focusing on an attractive aesthetic capable of transforming it into the centerpiece of this small pond. Enhanced by a trendy coating such as zelliges or kitkat tiles, illuminated by discreet LEDs or a beautiful ridged glass wall, the shower multiplies the advantages to set the entire tone of the bathroom.
Kitkat tiles are making their way to the bathroom walls
After the zellige madness, the bathroom succumbs to the charm of kitkat tiles. This extremely graphic slender earthenware takes the shape of the famous chocolate and is no longer content to occupy the islands and splashbacks of the kitchen. In a forest green or blue-grey version, mini or XL, it offers its checkered and slender appearance in every corner of the bathroom to inject it with a delightful dose of modernity. To dress the backsplash on the sink side or the walls of the shower area, it is without hesitation that you should bet on!
The bathroom with organic touches plays on its timeless character
In this assumed quest to return to the roots of well-being, natural shades and mineral touches are gaining ground in the bathroom. Light parquet flooring, stone vanity units, lime walls and organic shapes make up the new vocabulary of the authentic bathroom. This combination of shapes and materials with imperfect accents summons an exacerbated naturalness because it has been rendered in its pure state. A trend par excellence, this bathroom with mineral touches presented in its simplest appearance has the intelligence to also play the timeless game. Sustainability is a must.