We like the mix of wood accessories with the white ceramic fixtures and tiles used in many bathrooms.
We used a wooden mirror and bathroom faucet detail, as well as a tall, narrow wooden dresser (intended for use in a bedroom) for storage in our bathroom which really warms up the dark slate grey flooring and white fixtures.
The recent posting of reader Keisha Kornbread's bathroom shows off a wooden spa bench in an all white minimal space to great effect.
But even if you don't want to add "furniture" to your bathroom, it is possible to add a bit of the texture and color of wood with a bath rug or mat made from wood.
has anyone ever used the block rug? or the wooden bathmats? I like the look.
i have a wood block bathmat (similar to the west elm on) from crate and barrel which i've been using for around a year or so now. i like that i don't have to wash it as i had to do with a regular rug and so far the wood hasn't faded. surprisingly i haven't slipped on it :)
I love a touch of wood in the loo, but I was wondering do these bathmats keep the water off of the floor or does it drain through the mats onto the floor?
I'd be worried about water damage to the wood and to the floor. How long do these last and what kind of maintenance do they need?
I also have the wooden block bathmat from crate and barrel. I like the look of the wood a lot and the fact that my cat can't tear it up. However, the water does indeed drain through to the floor making the floor kind of icky underneath the mat. My solution was to move it in front of my bathtub which I hardly ever use and put a standard bathmat in front of my shower.
I have a wooden bath mat from vivaterra, and I've found it actually gets a bit grody due to the ridges in it. I've had to scrub it many a time with Murphy's Oil Soap. That and for mine, the water does drip through and so I put a thin bath mat underneath it.
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