Art For The Master Bathroom

30 Apr Art For The Master Bathroom

If you follow me on Instagram, you caught the sneak peek of the gorgeous art in my nearly done Master Bathroom.  It was painted by my dear friend, Kristen Dowd, who creates these beautiful abstracts.  (she does custom work, too!)

I always oooh and aaaah over the work Kristen posts, but this particular painting really spoke to me.   It has so much emotion in it.  I think if I were to give advice on art, I would say to choose what moves you.  If you see a piece of art that stirs something in you, go for it.  Art is so personal, and the couple of pieces I have are ones that struck me immediately.

How awesome is my view from the tub going to be?

I know people often get up in arms about art in the bathroom, but after having a conversation with an art preservation specialist at a local museum, I feel great about it.  He basically said he would not put a 500 year old masterpiece in a bathroom, but today’s oils and acrylics can withstand the small amount of condensation a shower puts out.  Now if you have a steam shower, this changes the game a bit, and he said you may need to rethink art in the bathroom at all.

This art piece will be set apart from the shower too, and since it is not right next to it, I feel even better about putting it in our bathroom.  Plus once I got the painting into the house, I tried it in several different places and loved them all, but the bathroom spot was perfect.

I also pulled some other bathroom art photos for inspiration.  You’ll notice these bathrooms have mostly white walls (like mine) with one central art piece or a cool collection.

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And if you are awesome and have a great sense of humor, you could pull this off.

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painting, kristen dowd, 2kilians

For more of Kristen’s work, follow her here.

I wrote about art for my kids bathroom here.