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In Mexican style homes, you expect to see a Mexican style bathroom. Quite often, however, the bathroom is not decorated at all. It is a blank slate waiting for the artist’s brush to splash color on its walls. This color helps to define a bathroom Mexican style.

240 Mexican 4″x 4″ Mosaic Tile Mix

The easiest way to begin to decorate the bathroom of a Mexican style house is to paint the walls a bold, bright color. Take a chance on a favorite color you never thought you could have used. The room is small enough that you could probably repaint it in a weekend, and that includes time for two coats of paint to dry. If the color is too bold, try a faux finish to tone it down a bit. You may want to paint the baseboards a contrasting color to give it some pop!

What do you do if you’re not ready to paint your walls? You can still add a Mexican feel to your bathroom by purchasing colorful towels in red, blue, yellow, red, or orange. Try to find a bath rug and curtains that incorporate the colors of your towels to tie the look together.

The Mexican bathroom floor normally is a glazed Mexican tiles, again in a bold color like terra cotta or cobalt blue. Many bathrooms in Mexican style houses use Saltillo tiles and create a tile rug. You would never use carpeting in the bathroom, but you may use an area rug as a bath mat.

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Although it might seem out of place, wrought iron is often common in the bathroom. Mexican style wrought iron vanities create weight in the room and give you an opportunity to use wrought iron elements in other ways in the bathroom.

• A mirror framed in wrought iron would look great
• Use wrought iron for the pull backs for the curtains.

Remember to use a design element in more than one way to get the most benefit.

For lighting in the bathroom, A Mexican style wrought iron chandelier would tie the look together. You can also go back to the rustic style that would match the bathroom fixtures.

Emily Dual Pillar Wall Sconce

Install a dimmer light and place pillar candles around the bathtub so you can relax in the bathtub.

Be careful to change out all bathroom fixtures if you change out any of them. You want to maintain a sense of consistency. Having a shiny silver faucet on the bathtub would look odd if your sink fixtures were changed to a dark, rustic style.

Your bathroom, Mexican style, may be the last room you need to conquer before you home is decorated just the way you want it. If you haven’t taken the time to decorate your bathroom, what are you waiting for? The effort will definitely be worth it!

I recently had a question about Mexican Style Draperies… using drapes in hacienda style homes is a real challenge, because you can't find old style drapes easily.

No wonder you can't find Mexican Style Draperies… just head into you local department store and you will find all kinds of modern blinds and drape choices… But I found nothing that is the Spanish Hacienda style I want.

Here is a letter I just received from a gal who had the same problem… 

Hi,

I am attempting a coastal/hacienda style dining room. Chosing window  treatments is making me crazy. The room has a lot of light, but hubby has  nixed heavy velvet type draperies. Any recommendations on style, color or a good book? The room is painted Behr Paints Fresh Praline, with white woodwork, and light oak floors.

The are rug is southwest/indian in tan, olive and red. 

Here is my answer:

Hi… the drapes I would have liked would have been something like these:

But we had the same disagreement in our house… no dark heavy drapes.

So… I did this style drapes including the fringed edge… but used an almost creamy white color instead. Not white white… but an aged white.

These white Mexican style draperies look very traditional and are actually easier to decorate around and visitors eyes focus more on the hacienda decorations rather than the drapes. 

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