Guide to Bathroom Remodeling

Small Space Bathroom

Adrian — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 20:33:31 +0000

If your left with no option and you have a very small bathroom, don’t feel bad. There are some ways for you to maximize your bathroom space.

* Go for “built ins!” Look for items that can be mounted on the wall such as towel caddy, built in cabinets and the likes.
* Create an illusion. You can add decors on your ceilings to create an illusion. Use glass doors to create an illusion that the room is bigger.
* Paint it with light colors or use light colored tiles. You can purchase a new one or just repaint your existing tiles.

Bathroom Comfort

Adrian — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 03:59:29 +0000

Remodeling isn’t just about improving your interior, but it’s all about the comfort that your bathroom gives you.

Other than your bedroom, this is the place where you can be yourself even when you go naked. This is the place where you can relax while bathing in a nice comfortable spa-look-a-like tub. In other words, turn your bathroom into an everyday experience spa. Make your daily visit inside your bathroom like a day pleasure spent in the spa. Live best even inside your bathroom. However, think about reasonable aspects (you can either recycle the existing decors), and your living comfort during remodeling.

Bathroom Furniture

Adrian — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 10:56:09 +0000

People are more conscious when it comes to their bathrooms. After all, I, myself consider this room my safe haven. Aside from remodeling, homemakers or family members are now looking for a more sophisticated bathroom furniture available. They are starting to pay a lot of money for quality bathroom furniture that matches their décor themes and their lifestyle. When choosing a bathroom furniture, the first thing you need to do is consider the size and shape of your bathroom. The shape and dimensions of your bathroom will have a large influence on what type of furniture pieces your want to place.

Designing a Better Bath

editor — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 07:17:49 +0000

The basics:
1. Lavatory area should be at least be behind a half-wall. Having wall mounted fixtures makes cleaning easier.
2. Roll in showers should include a bench seat and the tiles should slant toward the drain so as to keep the outside floor dry.
3. Tubs should be built with a raised area, not steps and if possible with handrails for a safer setting.
4. Heating sources like heat lamps or exhaust fans should be installed near the open shower.
5. When putting windows and skylights, remember to make it proportional to the total area of the bathroom.
6. Full mirrors can make small baths look large.
7. Functional areas should be properly lighted.

Decorate Your Bathroom

editor — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 07:16:13 +0000

A small bathroom does not have to appear to be a gloomy area. Simple designer tricks can make your bathroom look larger and appear cheerful. Avoid putting anything that sticks out and catches the eye of anybody who enters the room. Shelves, hanging racks, and other non-essential items in the bath may be removed. Try painting a border around the wall near the ceiling to create a break in color. Be sure that the size is proportional to the size of the room. Lighting makes the room look larger and using recessed lighting will enhance its look as well as draw attention to a specific area.

Decorator Showcase Bathroom Designs

Brian Yalung — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 20:44:25 +0000

The best way to see the beauty of modern bathroom designs is to check out bathroom showcases which show the new trends of designing while at the same time giving options to people who want to explore new designs applicable to their home.

With so many designers bound to show what they have in mind as far as concept and designs are concerned, people are sure to have a ball on which design to implement in their homes.

Designer showcases often take the average homeowner on a flight of fancy, presenting overflowing libraries, oversize parlors and overstocked exercise rooms – none of which fit the footprint of the Bay Area’s space-challenged cottages and condos.

Every home has a bathroom, however. And this year’s San Francisco Decorator Showcase showers visitors with eight bathrooms and three powder rooms, all of them remodeled in different ways.

(Source) SFGate

Check Out Home Furniture Stores for New Items

Brian Yalung — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 20:45:42 +0000

You may have the traditional sink or toilet but with interior designers coming up with new ideas today, you are bound to come across a new type of a design that will definitely be tempting to consider. There are people who change their bathroom structures when they find something attractive and while many would not have the funds for it, there are people who do.

You can see a wide variety of these new models and design in these stores. That is why a simple visit can really make you thinking and consider bathroom renovations in the end.

Tarnished Fixtures

Adrian — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 14:21:29 +0000

The many tarnished faucets and other fixtures that grace our bathrooms are sure sign of either age of the galvanic effect of different metals getting in touch together causing an electro-chemical reaction even when it shouldn’t. In layman’s terms, the fixture that was designed not to rust is rusting, resulting in that ugly orange stain that simply won’t go away.
Taking you back to your basic chemistry, we know that for the basic chemical battery to work, you need two different metals and an acid to initiate the reaction resulting in an electric charge. In the case of your bathroom, most fixtures are made of either brass or zinc, combined with the copper or galvanized steel pipes and there you have the beginnings of a chemical battery. To avoid the stains or rusting, try to use isolators that keeps similar metals together, separating them to ensure it doesn’t become a problem.

Shower Curtains

Adrian — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 17:29:04 +0000

These used to be the only way to tame the water from the shower that if left to splash all over the place can lead to a slip and the ugly water stains all over. They usually come in linen or some other artificial fabric that resists mildew and stains but eventually they will dry out and become brittle, crumbling into nothing.
Want a sure way to keep them clean and not absorb water, get hold of some liquid or paste wax you use on your car, apply and buff (try in an inconspicuous place for color fastness for some contain potent solvents) making sure you remove all traces of the wax. You could also use fabric protectors used on the car’s interiors that come in liquid form making it easier to apply, simply spray and dry. You’ll see the water running off without having to worry about staining in the long run.

Water-Saving Shower Heads and other Green Technologies

Adrian — Wed, 06 May 2009 22:24:52 +0000

There are a lot of luxurious looking shower heads that can easily be installed in place of the old dripping one you have in your bathroom that saves water by aerating the water saving you by as much as fifty percent of your water consumption. Add a solar heater to your plumbing system and you can add more green value to your home allowing warm or even scalding hot water when needed. These solar heating systems functions in the same way as traditional water heating systems with the difference of not using electricity or gas to heat the water, but instead using the sun’s free energy. Water is pumped into special plastic or metal channels in a solar collector on the roof, which has temperature monitoring electronics that senses if the water has achieved a pre-set temperature, opening a valve to an insulated water tank, hot water ready for use. You can still have a traditional heater for those cold winter days and the heat level may vary according to your location on the globe.
Solar heating is free and non-polluting requiring little electricity to run the pumps and sensors that keeps the system topped up. Not enough heat from the sun, then get some solar panels to power your heaters, though that may not always be possible being high-drain appliances, they can tax heavy on your solar power system. More power can be derived in certain areas from wind power generation systems which functions in the same way as a solar system replacing the solar panels with a wind turbine. They are both free and non-carbon emitting for green and helpful to the environment.