Give your bathroom a "Star Trek"--themed makeover.
If you're looking for a fun, fresh decorating scheme for a bathroom, consider using a design based on the many-times-resurrected television show "Star Trek." The clean, futuristic lines of the spaceship interiors lend themselves well to a small, brightly lit room such as a bathroom, and the visual references to the iconic series will add a sense of whimsy and humor. Indeed, in a "Star Trek"--themed bathroom you can boldly go where no man has gone before.
"Enterprise" Interiors
No matter which season you favor, the interior of the "Enterprise" starts with smooth, institutional-white walls, gray floors and a minimum of hardware. Doors should slide open --- ideally sensor-activated at your approach, but at least with only a small recessed finger-hold in place of a door knob. Cabinets should likewise be smooth, so install the type with sliding doors or a magnetic push-pull opening action. The floor should be of industrial gray tile or low-pile carpeting. Provide color with blue rope lighting; fasten it at the top corner of each wall and under the edges of the cabinets and counters.
"Transporter" Shower
Turn your shower stall into a transporter room by installing an LED shower light. You can simply replace your existing shower head with a lighted model, or you can have it replaced with a ceiling-mounted "therapy light" shower that aims colored rows of water straight down. Select white or off-white fiberglass walls or blue-and-white tiles for the shower liner (depending on which generation of "Star Trek" you are attempting to emulate), and use a white or beige nonslip mat (cut into a hexagon) on the shower floor to simulate a transporter pad.
"View Screen" Mural
Use translucent paint to paint a cutaway schematic view of the "Enterprise" on the back of a large sheet of rigid acrylic; carefully cover the unpainted portions with opaque black paint. Mount the sheet of acrylic in a wall frame that conceals tubes of fluorescent lights. For a less complicated solution, paint the wall flat black, add a painted "viewer frame" and apply contact-adhesive stickers of planets, stars and other celestial debris within the frame. You can even buy life-sized peel-and-stick appliques of "Star Trek" characters to add verisimilitude to your theme.
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