Yellow bathrooms

Bring the zesty delight of sun-kissed summer days into your bathroom with optimistic yellow across walls, floors and accessories

- HOLLY PHILLIPS

Refuel your tired bathroom with sunshine shades that radiate energising warmth all year round.

Is there any better colour than optimistic yellow? Cheerful and calming yet also energetic, honeyed shades offer rays of happiness wherever they go. ‘Bathrooms are a room where you can indulge in strong colours and patterns without upsetting the rest of your home,’ says Barrie Cutchie, design director at BC Designs. ‘It makes it a natural bedfellow for the vibrancy of yellow and where you can contrast with other colours.

‘A colour palette of chalky yellows will reflect all available sunlight,’ he adds. ‘For added depth try a livelier shade of yellow on a wall at a right angle to a window.’

Just the thing for modern and traditional bathrooms alike, there’s always a sunny-side-up palette to dip into – from moreish lemon curd and buttery pastel shades, to richer ochre and mustard kicks.

Yellow bathtubs