Bathroom Wainscoting Ideas The Richest Way to Style a Bathroom

29+ Bathroom Wainscoting Ideas

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Light Grey Wainscoting Walls with Metal Bathtub

This monochromatic, sophisticated powder room has light grey wainscoted walls, a metal freestanding bathtub, chrome fixtures, marble floor tiles, and a crystal chandelier. All these elements create a harmonious and luxurious look.

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Freestanding Bathtub in White with Blue Walls

Classics are always trendy, as we see in this example with a white classic freestanding bathtub, white half-wainscoted walls, a white framed sliding window with white blinds, an authentic stool, a chrome floor-mounted bathtub faucet, a white ceiling, light blue wall paint, and a wood floor. Upper walls are painted light blue; this breaks the whiteness a little bit and brings a touch of serenity to the atmosphere.

Sophisticates, Stylish, Polished; The Richest Way to Style a Bathroom, Wainscoting!

Wainscoted walls will always look very rich and elegant in bathrooms regardless of the style and color preferences, they are easily adaptable with various styles; traditional, modern, farmhouse, coastal, etc. Check out these stunning bathroom wainscoting ideas to find some inspiration for your home!

Timeless stylish bathrooms

There are many kinds of wainscoting; picture frame, raised panel, board & batten, barn door style, beadboard, or mixed style, each one of them gives different vibes to the spaces, it depends on the desired outcome.

Bathrooms are a little bit controversial in terms of styling with wainscoting because they are wet spaces but beauty comes with its price, with paying enough attention it’s possible to use a bathroom with wainscoting for a long term of time without any damage.

Traditional Mosaic Tiles

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Sophisticated Victorian Bathroom Wainscoting Ideas with Patterned Floor Tiles

Victorian style shows its magnificence in this bathroom with gray wainscoting, a pedestal sink with chrome details, a red sconce, an armchair, and white walls. The colorful patchwork-style floor tiles make a fun twist against the traditional features.

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Colorful Bathroom Wainscoting Ideas with Patterned Floor Tiles

In this bathroom, the dark blue wainscoting creates an elegant atmosphere, while the other half of the walls is painted in light pink to jazz up the space a little bit. The red clawfoot bathtub and patterned hexagon floor tiles create a contrasting look against the wainscoating.

White Mosaic Tiles

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Elegant Master Bathroom with Unique Bathtub

Such a large bathroom requires luxury, and this bathroom has almost everything that comes to mind for an elegant luxury bathroom: a freestanding large bathtub, chrome fixtures, and a dark wood floor. The lower parts of the walls are covered with marble tiles as wainscoting.

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Bleu and White Bathroom with Marble Floor Tiles

This light blue color of the freestanding bathtub here adds a different vibe to the design which is a timeless classic white bathroom with white marble floor, white wainscoted walls, and vintage wood console.

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White and Pink Bathroom with Dark Wood Floor

This feminine bathroom has so much contrast thanks to this gorgeous wallpaper design. This pink wallpaper stands out next to the white wainscoting and white floating vanity. The pink painted door perfectly complements the wallpaper, while the dark wood floor provides a contrasting foundation.

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Transitional Bathroom with Black and White Wallpaper and White Wainscoting

The richness of the black and elegance of the white wainscoting have met here to create this transitional bathroom. Walls are covered with half white wainscoting and half black and white patterned wallpaper which adds a lot of dimension to the room. The light gray vanity, frameless mirror, toilet, and chrome fixtures create a clean look that allows the wallpaper design to stand out.

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White Eclectic Bathroom with Cement Tiles, Thonet Chair, and Mustard Bathtub

This bathroom is very elegant, luxurious but jazzy at the same time with harmonious multiple colors and material preferences such as turquoise and brown patterned white cement tiles, natural walnut Vienna Thonet chair, mustard claw foot freestanding bathtub, chrome floor mounted bathtub faucet, and vintage suitcase on a very plain and calm background as white wainscoted walls, ceiling, and white framed large window.

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Freestanding Bathtub in Gray Elegant Bathroom Wainscoting Ideas 

Gray and white interiors are timeless and they never get boring, as we see in this example; it’s pure, clean, elegant, and peaceful with a white freestanding bathtub, marble tiled floor, wainscoted walls, and to cheer up the atmosphere a little bit, a chrome faucet and black framed pictures are combined.

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Tropical Bathroom with Black Bathtub and Tile Wainscoating

If the classic wooden panels do not suit your taste, you can also use tiles as wainscoting. In this tropical bathroom, for example, the green Zellige tiles are used as a wainscoting and they create an eye-catching backdrop. The patterned wallpaper complements the tiles, while the black bathtub creates a contrasting look. The patterned floor tiles add another layer of texture.

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Elegant Victorian Bathroom with Black Contrast Accents

In this Victorian bathroom; green wainscoating, floral wallpaper, a white pedestal sink, a toilet, and an alcove bathtub are combined and enriched with the contrasting black floor and chrome accents.

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White Marble Console Sink with White Wainscoted Walls 

In this gray, elegant bathroom, the walls are wainscoted and painted white. White marble floor tiles provide a nice textural foundation while the white vanity cabinets complement the bright look of the wainscoating. The green marble countertop is definitely the star of this white design.

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Bronw Vanity with Granite Countertop and Vintage Wallpaper Design

This transitional bathroom design is associated with nature by its color palette; white half wainscoting, brown vanity cabinets, granite vanity top, vessel sinks, metal framed mirrors, and vintage style wallpaper.

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Elegant Black and White Attic Bathroom with Marble Floor

Black and white elegance takes a further step with black ship-lapped wainscoting, a black single sink vanity, chrome fixtures, and a frameless bathroom mirror. For the rest, the gray marble tiles surround the floor and shower walls. These tiles inject a dose of luxury into the space.

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Timeless Bathroom Wainscoting Ideas with Dark Wood Floor

This dark traditional bathroom feels very timeless with dark gray half-wainscoted walls, dark wood floor, white marble countertop with under mounted sink and vintage faucet, frameless mirrors, three conical wall lamps, and some vintage accessories.

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Timeless White and Black Elegant Bathroom Wainscoting Ideas with Marble Floor

White and black elegance is a very timeless design idea. In this small powder room, black and white wallpaper paper preferred to be used on the walls with other all-white elements, such as half white wainscoting and a white single sink vanity. The marble vanity top and marble hexagon floor tiles also add a luxurious sense.

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The Rich Harmony of White Half Wainscoting and Pastel Pink Walls

Transitional bathroom designs usually don’t contain too much color, but when colors are used properly in a traditional design, it becomes mesmerizing, like this example. The black vanity, white wainscoting, marble countertops, black and white chevron-patterned floor tiles, and white toilet create a classic look for the space. The pastel pink painted upper walls add a dose of color and enhance the overall look without overwhelming it.

Best Seller Mosaic Tiles

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Vintage Powder Room with Black Wainscoting and Floral Wallpaper

This small powder room is very different and has an intense style. Even though this powder room has a compact space, the usage of dark colors doesn’t create a cramped feel. The black wainscoting is paired with floral wallpaper that adds a splash of color. The white wall-mounted sink, brass fixtures, and oval mirror complete the design perfectly.

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Traditional Master Bathroom with Vintage Wood Furniture

Wood and white create a very fresh appearance, as we see in this example with white wainscoting, vintage wood bathroom furniture, and a traditional Turkish runner.

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Coastal Bathroom with Only Two Colors: Marine Blue and White

This is a two-colored coastal style bathroom with white ship-lapped wainscoting with round white framed integrated mirror, navy blue textile textured wallpaper, navy blue furniture-like cabinets with steel knobs, blue-veined marble countertop with undermounted square sink, wall mounted brushed nickel faucet, and two symmetrical wall lamps which are also steel and white as the rest of the bathroom.

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