No room plays quite as significant a role in your daily routine as the bathroom. The first place you enter in the morning, and the final stop before retiring to bed, your bathroom design has to strike the balance between energizing and relaxing, and no shade achieves that quite like a lick of butter yellow paint.
The standout shade in both fashion and interiors last summer, the sunny hue felt practically inescapable in 2025. But now, one year on, the color is finding new life as the designer's go-to for bathrooms. Warmer and more characterful than a flat off-white, yet still comfortingly neutral, having a butter yellow bathroom is an easy way to add brightness and personality to your space without becoming overwhelming. With its joyful connotations of childhood summers and sun-soaked, ice-cream-filled days, there's an undeniable happy factor to the hue, and who doesn't want a bathroom that brings a smile to your face?