We recently blogged about why you shouldn’t keep reading materials out in the open in your bathroom. Yet we also blogged about making your bathroom a relaxation sanctuary. For a lot of people, relaxation and reading go hand in hand. We didn’t mean to be party poopers, and we do know the bathroom is a…
Last week we hinted at the importance of lighting in creating a mood in your bathroom, by suggesting you keep candles handy for spa nights. While candles are a romantic and cheap way to create mood lighting, there’s more than one way to skin that horse. And quite honestly, stark bright fluorescent light and candlelight…
Who doesn’t like a trip to the spa? It smells good. Sounds are gentle and subdued. The colors are easy on the eyes. The temperature is comfortable. The environment is a full sensory experience that does both the mind and body good. But a spa appointment every day—or even every week—is out of the question…
Nothing spoils a relaxing shower like a sudden spike or plummet of water temperature. Someone in your house flushes a toilet, turns on the dishwasher, runs a load of wash—and surprise!—your moment of Zen turns into a moment of seeing red. And “seeing red” can be taken quite literally here: Scald burns from hot water…
The bathroom, like the kitchen, is the most seen by visitors to your home. A simple “refreshing” of the bathroom can help keep you occupied during the next few months and change the atmosphere of one of the rooms people spend the most time in! Consider a new floor or a luxurious rug in front…