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Using black and white in your bathroom design can create any look that you choose.  As surprising as it may sound, black and white actually create a fairly neutral backdrop, but add any single bold color to your room and you have instant drama.  By designing a black and white room, you can redecorate it on a whim by simply switching out your décor.  Another great thing about decorating in black and white is that white is a common fixture color, so half of your work is already done for you, and it is budget friendly. 

Opposites Attract

By combining black and white when you design you bathroom, you can create any mood that you want.  Of course white reflects the light beautifully to create a sense of visual space in the room, and black adds the much needed contrast to keep the room from feeling too medicinal.  Depending on how you combine the two colors you can create a retro look, a classic look, a modern look or even and elegant look for your bathroom.  You can add interest and drama by working black and white into patterns either intricate or simple.  You can make the room look graphic or tailored simply by changing the black and white patterns that you use.

Big and Bold

If you choose to go bold with this color combination it is certainly possible.  You can use black for a focal wall, and then mount a large mirror to brighten it back up.  You can create your wall with paint or with tile.  Shiny black tile creates a very dramatic space.  However, if this is too much black for your taste you can leave the walls white, and perhaps add some black tile as a border at chair rail height or maybe as an edging on the floor.  Then do not forget the classic black and white checkerboard tile in the bathroom.  You can add it to the floor, the walls or even the ceiling.  You can stencil black borders on white walls or vice versa.  You can add black trim to your white tile, or you can add a black pattern in your countertop.

Accessories

You can stay right in the color palette, and if your bathroom is predominantly white with maybe a black and white checkerboard floor, you may opt to dress it with all black accessories.  By adding floating shelves, a shower curtain, a bathmat and other accessories in black, you are taking an extremely simple color palette and pulling a lot of drama out of it.  You can also pattern your accessories.  For example, instead of a black shower curtain, you may choose a black and white striped shower curtain.  For a more country look, you may opt for a toile design in black and white creating a crisp graphic nod to the French countryside.  Add a wrought iron fleur de lis and abstract wall hangings, and you have yourself an elegant, black and white bathroom.