BATHROOM BASICS Before you start considering choice of units, work out your plans based on the size and shape of your room: will your budget and space stretch to a full range of built-in units? Will sleek lines look out of place in an older-style or traditionally-furnished house? A fitted bathroom needn’t be brutally modern: […]
The most efficient way to begin the planning bathroom furniture process is to define the role of your new bathroom. Will it be an en suite or family bathroom? Is it likely to be used by more than one person at a time? Will any of those using the bathroom be very young or old […]
You should always try and fit one or more bathroom cabinets into your new bathroom with enough storage to keep things out of reach of children and to keep the bathroom clean. Most cabinets come with a solid door, which can beuseful to maximize the limited room in a smaller bathroom wall. Mirrored cabinets have […]
You may eventually tire of fancy bathroom furniture which at first seems stunning, so it’s often best to stick to something fairly simple and go to town on the decoration instead. Repainting a wall is cheaper than buying a new bath! Since a bathroom is a private place, and you don’t actually live in the […]
Maximizing the potential use of any bathroom using bathroom furniture depends on an appropriate division of space within the room itself as well as the way in which it is connected to the rest of the houses Again, this involves considering the list of questions at the beginning of this chapter: you can only decide […]
I was going to say the bathroom has come a long way from the uncomfortable cold space it often was. But in fact, Egyptian bathrooms, Roman bathrooms, ancient Greek bathrooms were immensely sumptuous affairs with good plumbing and a great deal of luxury and some even had bathroom cabinets. That there was a gap of […]
The bathroom is or should be, a warm, cheering place, so a nice rosy glow, as in this scheme, could be very suitable. Walls are covered in a highly practical old rose vinyl which looks like corduroy, all the wood is mahogany stained, and the bathroom furniture is picked up again in the carpet, which […]
Whatever the size and colour of the bathroom cabinets you choose, do try to get one with handles either side. You might be limber enough now but a bath is a long term investment and you have to reckon on growing older and stiffer with the years. Also, handles are essential for small children and […]
In the past, home design has tended to focus mainly on social areas such as the kitchen and living rooms, leaving the bathroom simply as a necessary but relatively unimportant area. Gradually, however, the role of the bathroom is changing to provide an oasis of calm in the home, and incorporating luxury facilities that can […]
Apart from washing, think of other activities that you would regularly do in the bathroom. Assess how much storage you require for toiletries and items such as cleaning equipment. lt you keep accessories on show an area of wall-mounted shelving would display them effectively keeping them tidy and easy to find. Planning The fittings you […]
