Updated Bathroom Ideas for Teens & Family Bathrooms
Aug 01, 2022Family bathrooms need style too! Try these bathroom ideas for teens and kids that everyone will love.
Changing family needs is one of the biggest reasons to start a bathroom remodel, and that includes kids and teens outgrowing their bathroom space. From plenty of storage to easy-clean materials to fun design combinations, we’ve got bathroom ideas for teens and kids that will make these essential spaces fun and functional for the whole family.
Shared Bathroom Updates help you keep things clean - so you can keep your sanity
Believe it or not, kids aren’t known for keeping their bathrooms particularly clean (surprise!). This can cause a lot of stress – especially as teenage bathroom habits start to emerge.
From hair products and body washes to razors and loofahs, kids’ and teens’ bathrooms need plenty of storage niches in the bathing area, as well as hanging rods and hooks to keep wet towels off the floor. For easy maintenance, look for surfaces that wipe clean without a lot of extra work.
Design-wise, family bathrooms that are used by teens and younger siblings are best suited for bathtub and shower bathing, like a tub-shower combo, so everyone’s needs are met in one space.
Here’s a closer look at these and other essential design elements to set your kids’ and teens’ bathroom up for success.
4 Must-Haves in Your Updated Teen and Kids Bathroom
1. A Tub-Shower Combo
A combined bathtub and shower is the ideal layout for family bathrooms. Since most kids bathrooms don’t have space for a separate tub and shower, a tub-shower combo gives plenty of room for young kids to take a bath, while older kids and teens can shower easily.
2. Easy-Clean Acrylic
From ring-around-the-tub, to spilled shampoo and bubble bath, to rusty rings from shaving cream cans, acrylic tubs and shower walls are the best choice for standing up to kids’ bathroom messes. Acrylic surfaces wipe clean with soap and water or a mild vinegar solution, and never need scrubbing. Acrylic is always preferable to tiled shower walls, which can stain and be difficult to scrub clean, especially in kids’ bathrooms.
Before & After: Click here to see more photos from this family bathroom project, featuring a fun hexagonal tile pattern, and read about the customer’s experience.
3. Bath & Shower Storage Space
To maximize room for shampoos, scrubs, and soaps add multi-tier shelves and caddies to your teen’s shower design. Improveit’s customizable approach means you get to choose the location of single-tier shelves and caddies. Place shelves lower for younger kids, and let older siblings claim the higher shelves.
4. Storage-Focused Accessories
Storage outside the tub and shower is important too. Use these tips to help corral bathroom clutter:
- Upgrade to vanities with drawers, and assign a drawers to each person who shares the bathroom. This gives each kid space for their personal items and frees up cabinet for larger items like towels, toilet paper, and hair dryers.
- Be generous with robe hooks and towel bars around the bathrooms. The more places you give kids to hang up their wet towels, the more likely they are to use them – maybe?!
- Keep toothbrushes and other items hidden but within reach by adding wall-mounted or recessed medicine cabinets.
- Choose wipe-clean quartz or solid surface vanity tops for easy clean-up – even for messy kids.
Teen Bathroom Ideas: Design Options
Functional updates like storage and easy-clean finishes are great for mom and dad, but teen bathroom ideas have to come with style too! The Improveit design team had family bathrooms in mind when they created these fun design combinations. Click each one to learn more about the fixtures and finishes we used to get the look.
Bright & Bold
Fun paint colors and youthful decor pop against neutral finishes.
Dark & Geometric
Get away with extra-dark paint colors by keeping shower walls crisp and clean.
Pretty Pastels
Give soft paint colors a lift from linens and create bath designs that grow with your kids.
More Updated Bathroom Ideas for Shared Bathrooms
The color palettes above show that bathrooms – especially kids’ and teens’ bathroom spaces – are a great place to experiment with color, pattern, and fun design options. Here are some tips to add style and function to your shared bathroom design:
- Choose a neutral acrylic show wall color and complementary vanity colors that will grow with your kids.
- Use bright paint colors or wallpaper to add a fun pop that’s easy to change as your kids get older.
- Keep a multi-section laundry hamper inside the bathroom so dirty clothes don’t pile up.
- Add a pull-out to your vanity cabinet for storing hair appliances like hair dryers, flat irons, and curling irons.
- Opt for bath mats and fabric shower curtains that can be easily tossed in the wash to keep them fresh and clean.
Let Improveit Take the Mess Out of Your Family Bathrooms
From playground dirt and the newest glitter slime recipe, to high school sports and, well, just being a teenager, kids and teens need bathrooms that will grow with them – and stand up to the mess that comes with it. Improveit’s easy-clean acrylic tub shower combos are the ideal starting point for your shared family bathrooms, and we can help you add the right vanities, storage, and accessories to create the easy-clean family bathroom you need.
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