Your home remodel is on the calendar and you’re diligently researching all of your options. Your pouring over images online and your mind is spinning with ideas. You’ve decided to start first in your master bathroom, and you have a vision for a clean modern look but you’re tired of the old granite and tile that all your neighbors have. Have you considered concrete?
At first thought, concrete may seem like a cold and rigid material that’s could never increase the style and warmth of your home. Luckily, in recent years there’s been a great shift in concrete options and so much concrete design and planning is being done outside of the box. If you like having endless options, concrete is definitely the way to go.
The best place to start with concrete in your bathroom is at the sink. Contractors each have their own concrete recipes, and colors can vary, but this general reference can give you a baseline of ideas.
Cement will even vary in different parts of the country. There are different brands of pigments, stains, and aggregate colors, so concrete sinks will always be one-of-a-kind. With concrete, you can branch out beyond gray, white, black, and brown.
If you settle on a color, now your mind can wander to the shape. Yes, maybe sinks are typically round, oblong, or square, but concrete lets your creative juices flow because your sink can be absolutely any shape you want – as long as it can still serve it’s purpose as a sink.
Need some inspiration? Take a look at some unique bathroom sinks we found.
Are things at your house a little on the spicy side? Something like this may appeal to you. If your a little more vanilla, this can at least get your wheels turning and serves as a good example of the fluidity of concrete when determining sink shape.
You’ve likely never considered concrete to be a substance that looks soft. This sink is a prime example that concrete sink design doesn’t have to be sharp and stiff. The gradual slopes of this sink almost make it look like natural erosion.
Another trend that’s popular right now is the trough sink. Gone can be the days of tiny his and hers sinks that sit on opposite ends of the counter. Consider sharing the sink. With a sleek design like this you’ll quickly find that shapes like this are easy to keep sparkling clean.
If you’ve got your mind set on a shape and a color, you can start considering the actual design. Perhaps the clean lines of concrete appeal and maybe you’d like to make use of the moldability of the material. Sinks like this one remind us that you can still plan out how you’d like your sink embossed, etched, layered, or so much more.