‘Bathroom Suites’ Archives
Bathroom Design Ideas
The following is a series of bathroom design ideas from First Bathrooms. The first design we're going to look at is one which conjures up images of calmness and gentle relaxation. Japanes bathroom design ideas are noted for their simple concepts and warm soothing colour schemes. While it may seem a little daunting, it is fairly easy to create a [...]
Add Bold Tones To your Bathroom
Bathrooms dont have to be bland - add character together with your favourite bold shades of colours. Touches of bright, vivid colour will pep up plain white ceramics, and give you a lift at the begin of the day. Be daring with colour - think zesty citrus brights in eye popping lime and retro orange, or luxurious jewel-like shades such as [...]
Use High Gloss To Enhance Light In Your Bathroom
High-gloss surfaces have magical space enhancing powers within the bathroom. They can make a little bathroom really feel larger, increase light levels and add additional sparkle. Naturally water resistant they're excellent for moisture-prone areas and are also easy to maintain. Probably the most widely utilised shine-enhancing supplies in [...]
Weirdest Public Toilets – Ever!
Friday is here so time for a light-hearted toilet post from me! I thought I'd take a look around the web and find the craziest pubic toilets ever, some are cheap toilets and others adre designer toilets but they are all slightly strange! The first is from Amsterdam - would you consider using it? I don't think I would although the view [...]
Inspirational Bathroom Furniture
Every now and again I like to take a look at something different in the world of bathrooms and while not to every ones taste you can usually find one or two things that are springboards to other more conservative bathroom furniture designs. This pink and black range from Laufen is one piece of bathroom furniture that I found particularly [...]
Water Closets
Water Closets Shapes Or Sorts And Sizes Obtainable A modern water-closet is produced up of 3 pieces of "ware"; the closet or pan that we sit on; the cistern that carries the flushing-water and flushing mechanism; along with the cistern lid. You can find six simple kinds of water-closet, which are described as: close-coupled; low-level; [...]
Sanitaryware
Sanitaryware has grow to be the generic term for the elements of the bathroom which are usually manufactured from vitreous china: the toilet bowl and cistern; the basin and pedestal, and also the bidet and urinal. Vitreous China is also known as ceramic and as pottery. Today sanitaryware is produced almost exclusively in a white glaze finish. [...]
The Secret To A Great Bathroom
The secret to a great bathroom is often not in the accessories or fixtures and fittings, it is down to clever selection of colours within the bathroom. First you must ask yourself - which colours are best suited to a bathroom environment? Blue is a popular colour because it creates a calm setting and also associates the room with water. It all [...]
The Old Tin Bath
No matter what kind of toilet the property had - privy or out-house - in most homes taking a bath was a weekly affair making use of a tin bath that was brought into the residence ever friday from its storage location hanging in the shed; it was strategically positioned in the warmest place inside the residence, in front of the range, for [...]
History’s Effect On Bathroom Design
There is some architectural evidence from 3,000 years ago indicating that homes within the Indus valley (modern day day Iraq) were constructed with their own drainage pipes top out of the property. A thousand years later, the Romans brought the idea as well as the technologies of crude sewers, together with central heating, to Britain. [...]
