LED lighting will be everywhere in 2025.
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Interior designer Trudi Smith of Trudi Smith Designs sees LED lighting as one of the biggest bathroom trends right now.
She predicts the lights will be especially popular in mirrors, cabinet interiors, and toe-kick lighting (a soft light installed underneath a cabinet or other low-to-the-ground furniture).
2025 will see more specialized storage spaces in the bathroom.
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Colette Rodon Hornof, designer and founder of Vesta of Hearth and Home, is seeing a trend toward what she calls hyper-organization.
“It’s not just about having drawers in your bathroom, but that the drawers are hyper-organized to accommodate whatever you need to store,” she said.
This could include drawers with built-in outlets and inserts for essentials like makeup, medicine, towels, or grooming devices.
Similarly, she also expects to see custom-made storage spaces for bathroom appliances.
Bathrooms that function as self-care spaces remain on trend.
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According to Rodon Hornof, 2025 will see more people transforming their bathrooms into calming spaces.
As people gravitate toward general self-care, she sees the bathroom as the ideal space for incorporating features to help reduce stress.
These elements can include decorating with natural materials, like wood or stone, and installing freestanding tubs equipped with aromatherapy, chromotherapy (which uses colors and lights to promote relaxation), and bubble-jet features.
On the other hand, the farmhouse style is no longer on trend.
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Though the farmhouse style had a good run, Kelly said the harsh black-and-white tiles and flooring that define this look are no longer on trend.
“The black and white isn’t personal enough — it feels more like what a builder would put in to sell the house,” she said.
Instead, the designer predicts bath spaces that offer warmth and a personalized feel will trend.
Floating vanities lack much-needed storage space.
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Though floating vanities, which are mounted on the wall and don’t extend to the floor, create a sense of added space, Kelly says they actually take away much-needed storage.
“Once you cut the vanity in half to float it, you lose storage,” she said. “So while it’s a beautiful look, it’s just not practical.”
For this reason, she says floating vanities will likely be less popular in the new year.
Fewer people are designing their bathroom spaces with future buyers in mind.
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One of the most interesting trends in bathroom design is how people are becoming less focused on what others think of their decor.
Higher interest rates mean fewer people are moving, and as a result, Smith believes more homeowners are designing their spaces to be lived in, not to impress future buyers.
“People are not designing for their friends. They’re not trying to keep up with the Joneses,” the designer told BI. Instead, she said people want their bathroom to reflect their personal likes, wants, and needs.
Medicine cabinets have fallen out of favor.
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As clean lines and sleek designs trend, clunky medicine cabinets are becoming less popular. However, Rodon Hornof sees this as a missed opportunity.
“People who design their bathrooms without medicine cabinets may regret it, as they’re missing out on a great opportunity for storage that can actually be incorporated in a very beautiful and aesthetic way,” the designer said.
