7 small bathroom layout mistakes — designers say to swerve these to "maximize potential"

White bathroom with a dark wooden vanity, a dark blue bathroom with scalloped walls, and a white bathroom with a large dark blue vanity.

Small bathroom layout mistakes are always worth knowing, whether you're designing a room from scratch or can't quite work out why yours looks off.

We've quizzed interior designers who have laid out bathrooms in the past to find out what you should avoid, why this, and what you can do instead. From oversized fixtures to inadequate storage, there are many things that can be wrong but are easily fixed.