4 Toiletries on display
The Bilious Bathroom! Who wants to see your every ailment? Not us! Just before we left our beloved Britain for Canada, we were visiting friends for dinner. In the bathroom, we noticed an open-front cabinet that positively groaned under the weight of tonics, tinctures, pills and potions for all manner of -- mostly unmentionable -- conditions. We actually made our excuses and left. We simply didn't fancy dinner cooked by those potentially afflicted hands. Our advice is simple: mix open storage with closed so your Chanel toiletries will be on display but your hemorrhoid creams won't. It's all about piles of style rather than, well, just piles!
5 Wallpaper
OK, OK -- these days manufacturers offer wallpapers that can live with humidity without any problems. But we tend to avoid papering our bathroom projects as there are so many fab paints on the market that effortlessly deal with hot and steamy areas. The last thing you want is for that glamorous and expensive paper to peel off as soon as you run your first bath. We like to add extra colour and drama with towels, changeable artworks and an assortment of storage boxes and jars, all of which can be rearranged or amended as tastes change.
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2 Comments
we are renovating a 1970's bathroom (blue) and wanted a contractor to do it . We have $ 7,000 to do it and it's very small ,but the prices have all been over 15,000 so now we are going to do it with help here and there. Any suggestions on part one the rip out .tile and walls have to be stripped to the studs Thanks John from Pickering ont. jdoyle0521@rogers.com
John: While watching a couple of recent HGTV renos, it was stated that a small bathroom shouldn't exceed 10,000 max and that was a complete gut. It was stated that it should be a 50/50 split (material and contractor cost). More estimates are required.