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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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.
Our house was built in 1948. The main floor bathroom is the classic toilet, sink (undersized) and tub/shower combo. Problem: the room is 4' deep x 7' wide!! We want to replace the tub/shower with a custom shower stall but are having trouble with deciding what to do for a shower door. We are thinking about tempered glass but the room is so tiny there may not be enough room the the 'swing' of the door. Any suggestions please? We already have a full bathroom on the second floor but that one is mine and I don't share very well.
Our house was built in 1948. The main floor bathroom is the classic toilet, sink (undersized) and tub/shower combo. Problem: the room is 4' deep x 7' wide!! We want to replace the tub/shower with a custom shower stall but are having trouble with deciding what to do for a shower door. We are thinking about tempered glass but the room is so tiny there may not be enough room the the 'swing' of the door. Any suggestions please? We already have a full bathroom on the second floor but that one is mine and I don't share very well.
You can do it yourself. Make sure you use a waterproofing base layer under the tile - like Kerdi - and if you are tiling the shower base the Schluter kit from Home Depot is excellent. Also be sure to use cement board instead of drywall in the shower/bath area. BTW - are you the same John Doyle from McLeod Crescent in the 80s, with a sister Sandra?
I still do not like white for a bathroom. Can't find much else. I guess the stylists rule. Too bad we listen to them soooo much. Try to find a magazine that pictures rooms with GOOD art or any art on the walls or use of antiques. What happened to individual good taste. The make-overs look very similar, just tweeked according to your budget. Eventually the best ideas will evolve, they always do.
Colin and Justin would freak at my "old fashioned 20 year old bathroom fixtures. Would love for them to do over my bathroom though...I wouldn't give up my huge soaker tub in cream color for nothing. Besides not everyone can afford a $10,000.00 room make over. I am in the process of doing my own reno's and agree that paint is a wonderful refresher as are new towels and accessories. One day I will tile the walls around the tub but not until I can afford it. Besides who knows what's going to be "in" 3 years from now.Fads come and go just like the dollars when designers tell us whats in and whats out. I am an individual and don't want the same as everyone else. Look at granite counter tops for example, next year they'll may obsolete.