bathroom style guide

January 24, 2009

Add a Touch of Luxury to Your Bath

Filed under: Bathroom Furniture — Tags: — Adam Peters @ 1:04 pm
by Adam Peters

You may want to make your bathroom beautiful and dramatic looking, but make sure you take practical matters into account as well. This can be a very beautiful space in your home but it also has to function well. New bathroom accessories help to make this easier than ever. Some of them have to be thought about in advance and installed as the bathroom is installed, but some of them can be added on well after the fact. A sleek new shower stall is a pleasure to behold, but if you don’t have a way to keep all of the paraphenalia of the showering process neat, it will lose its beauty quickly.

Install a shower caddy, and you will be able to keep all of the soaps, shampoos, body washes, etc. off the shower shelves or bathroom edge and well organized. Depending on how much "stuff" you have in the shower, you can just hang an organizer over the shower head, or you can install a multishelf unit on rods. If you have decided that it is time to put in new bathroom florr tiles, why not take it one step further and heat the bathroom at the same time? Stone and ceramic tiles are very popular flooring materials in bathrooms, but they can feel really cold after a hot shower. If you are installing the floor, it is a simple matter to put electric heating under the flooring, as long as you do it before the floor is installed. This will make the floor more comfortable as well as heat the entire room.

Another addition that will help keep you warm after a bath or shower, but will not cost as much as a heated floor is a heated towel rack. This is a real luxury found in some of the best hotels and it is a delightful luxury to wrap yourself in a warm towel after a bath. Small luxuries such as this make life sweeter.

 

One other small, inexpensive but practical aaddition to a bathroom is a place to sit. You can decide upon a seat that goes right into the bath or shower, or you can just add a little seat outside. A small stool or bench that allows you to sit and dry feet and legs, or rub on cream or foot pumice is another little luxury you will appreciate. Forget the days of jumping from one foot to the other to dry them.

These kinds of small luxuries will add beauty to your bath but also add a great deal of comfort to your bath routine.

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April 15, 2008

Bathroom Decor Ideas for Normal People

Filed under: Bathroom Furniture — Tags: — Johan Bearstein @ 3:52 am
by Johan Bearstein

There is no excuse for having poor decoration in the bathroom with all the materials and designs available; redecoration has another advantage however: that of increasing the value of your home. It is probably because we all take longer in this room than we used too, so employing a few bathroom decorating ideas to liven it up makes it all that more enjoyable. If you are taking a bath why not surround yourself with pleasing designs where you can relax and unwind.

It is often a good showing point for your ideas when your friends come around to see how you have used your bathroom decorating ideas. This will prove you take pride in your home. We all take it for granted that our living area and kitchen will look well presented so there is absolutely no reason why you cannot do the same for your bathroom too.

 

Some of the best bathroom decorating ideas often come from methods you have probably used around the rest of your home and will keep it in tune with your overall style. So if you like the look of certain plants on small tables throughout the house then there is no reason why this same theme should not continue in the bathroom as well. Small round or square tables are also good for magazines, which is something else that will not look out of place in your bathroom.

This can also work the other way, if you have used certain decorating or furnishing ideas in your bathroom then why not extend some of those to other areas of your home? Wall and floor tile are a prime example of this transfer of decorating ideas which can be seen in many homes.

But a bathroom tile that sets of one room can also provide a welcome alternative to the bland, white look so popular in kitchen these days. Tiles are usually the first aspect of decorating to be looked at for both the kitchen and the bathroom but there are many more decorating ideas which should not be overshadowed.

Soap trays, dishes and dispensers are commonplace now and can be really decorative. There are even articles in home decoration books and magazine illustrating how easy it is too make your own soap rays.

An unusual idea came from one magazine which showed how to make dispensers from clay which would not be a material that would automatically spring to mind. Of course, another great idea is to put something relaxing opposite the bath, such as a picture of a boat floating on a quiet lake. There is no reason to allow this room to stay dull and uninviting any longer with all the ideas and materials available today.

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