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Consider these playful adornments to make your restroom stand out

For those who appreciate the bright and bold, colourful bathroom fixtures are a quick fix for ordinary and outdated design. From tiny finishes to statement-making accessories, let these playful patterns breathe new life into your space.

Colourful Bathroom Fixtures
Colourful Bathroom Fixtures

Spring Ready

The Sans Souci One-Piece toilet adds a bold statement to bathrooms big and small. In Spring Green, it adds a playful essence to any bathroom, a compliments maximalist colour schemes like in this modern bathroom. $2,038, at Kohler.

Towel Rack
Towel Rack

Happy Hues

Add a subtle pop of colour with the 24” Towel Bar. These colourful bathroom fixtures are a simple way to make a splash. Shown in Rubinet, Aqua, Purble and Red. $308, at MUTI.

Quiet Town Shower Curtain
Quiet Town Shower Curtain

Feeling Peachy

Follow the lead of Pantone’s colour of the year with Quiet Town’s Sun Shower Curtain in Peach. This colourful bathroom accessory stays on trend and on our minds for it’s high-quality latex-like texture and shine. $65, at 313 Design Market.

Bathroom Accessories
Bathroom Accessories

Shades of Grey

The ultra-cool Matte Ceramic Air Sink offers an understated departure from the typical white we’re used to. Paired with a vibrant orange or deep green, this basin adds an element of curated cool. Shown in olive-grey. $980, at Scavolini.

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Okay, but it clearly is

For the first 16 years of my life, the bat cave at the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM)—a reconstruction of an actual cave in Jamaica—was among my favourite places in the city. The cave was decorated with cast stalactites and wax bat models, which hung from the ceiling and threw jagged shadows on the walls. A few other features imbued it with spooky verisimilitude: the drip-drip-drip sound effects, the mirrors arranged to create the illusion of infinite depth, the strobe lights strategically placed to make the shadows flutter. When I visited as a five-year-old, the bat cave scared me. When I visited as a stoned fifteen-year-old, it scared me even more. Then came the renovation.

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