Making a splash in the bathroom

Whether designing a new bathroom or upgrading an existing one, it is important to make clever design decisions.

While colour schemes and material choices are visually important, it is your bathroomware that will impact most on your day-to -day living.

The purpose of bathroomware is evident. It needs to be practical and functional to create a space where you can efficiently get organised in the morning, create a three ring circus with your children at bathing time and relax and ease away the stresses of the day.

By selecting refined components you can take your bathroom further – transform traditional bathroom elements into striking features within your home.

Contemporary bathrooms stress streamlined simplicity. There are many options to consider to achieve an alluring space. Interesting angles and high gloss finishes create an eye-catching high end look while straight lines and bold shapes offer a sleek minimal appearance.

It is undeniable that white is the classic bathroom colour, it creates a crisp clean look and can create a canvas to add hints of colours through tiles, paint and art pieces to really annunciate the tones in the bathroom.

If you are looking at updating your home for sale, there are two paths that can be considered, choose to form a statement with your bathroom de´cor, creating that wow factor that will draw people in, or choose more neutral colours for a safer option to allow the new owner to stamp their own mark.

The bathroom is one of the busiest and most important rooms in the house.

Bathrooms should not only look good, they also need to be looked after. Whether it is a luxurious master bathroom or a will make the space feel clean, crisp and larger than a closet.

● Consider wall alternatives that allow light into the water closet but still offer privacy, such as decorative screens or specialty glass.

To save the most money on a toilet, choose a basic gravityassist two-piece model in white (sometimes available at the same cost in almond or gray), and keep a good toilet brush nearby.

More effective pressure-assist flushing mechanisms, more color options, one-piece styling, elongated bowls, and 18-inch-tall bowls all add to the cost, so prioritize what matters most to you.

At the high end, you’ll find more designer colour choices (including deep tones), pressureassist flushing, and elongated bowls as standard; specially decorated motifs as part of a fixture suite; choices of handles in different materials and finishes; and unobtrusive push buttons on compact powder room, a welldesigned, When creating a separate toilet top of the tank. hygienic and properlymaintained room, here are some additional Toilets can be had very economically, bathroom can be a points to consider: but if you’re just beautiful place to eliminate stress ● Ensure proper lighting in the redecorating and the toilet is in of your day and relax. space, including ambient (such good shape, an attractive new

Consider these tips when planning as can lights) and task lighting wood or plastic toilet seat can your bathroom space: above a vanity, which can make the whole fixture look

● Pack features in the compact double as a decorative light if almost new for just a few dollars.

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● Plan your layout around installed. swear by padded toilet seats, but

plumbing and wiring ● Ventilate the space with a fan skip those with embroidered

● Look for opportunities for so you don’t close in stale air. butterflies or anything fussy.

storage ● Keep it simple and avoid busy They’re as un-chic as fluffy toilet

● Consider a separate toilet room design, sticking to neutrals that tank covers.