Ideas for Better Bathrooms

Eleven Bathroom Renovation Tips About.com
Making a bathroom homey will not only add to your family's enjoyment of the bathroom, but if done properly a tasteful remodel of the bathroom can also add to the value of your home should you even decide to sell. Here are 11 tips for your bathroom renovation project on About.com. Here they are: for an older look, consider built-ins such as recessed soap dishes and medicine cabinets; wood floor is not practical by they add great character; use a white to cream color palette to make a small bathroom look larger; understand the importance of lighting and add maybe add sconces around the bathroom mirror; maybe add a dimmer switch to add mood, such as for a late-night bath; use white or cream colored fixtures (toilet, bathtub) because other colors could look dates in a few years; consider a deocrative chair or cupboard as a design element if space permits; have plenty of hoods to hang things; don't position a toilet to face the door (it's bad feng shui); think of mirrors as design elements, so possibly add additional mirrors; and consider a beadboard to create an atnique look and to protect the lower section of walls from splashes.

Home Decoration on iVillage
Photos and text on iVillage's home decoration section help to set your mind spinning with new and exciting ideas as you look at exquisite designs for the bath, the kitchen and the dining room. One of the latest fashion trends is for an all white bathroom. Learn how to accent that all while bathroom and bring it to life with small touches of color. A fichus tree, hyacinths and an asparagus fern can add just the right splashes of color. A drab countertop can be livened up by the simple addition of a white cotton skirted vanity. An old beveled mirror and old fashioned-looking cameos hung on the wall can add class and beauty to any bathroom decor. View the photos and let your mind be set free to design and redecorate your own bath or kitchen space.

Adding Bath Accessories
Learn how to install towel racks, soap dishes, toilet paper holders and handgrips. Site gives simple step-by-step directions explaining the use of bathroom adhesives and toggle bolts on lath-and-plaster walls. Site offers insider tips to help people tackle bathroom enhancements. A list of bathroom hardware installation tools is provided to assist people with do-it-yourself bathroom projects.

Good Things for the Bathroom
The Bedroom and Bathroom Decorating section of MarthaStewart.com offers a lot of ideas for the bathroom. For example, learn about how to make color-coded towel tags so your family and guests don't confuse their wipe towels. Of course, Martha Stewart always shows you how to do something, so these articles tell you the tools and materials you need, as well as step-by-step instructions. Another "good thing: for the bathroom is organizers, such as medicine cabinets, draw dividers, towel bars, a terry-cloth caddy, towel ladder, uniform plastic bottles, bathroom cubbyhole shelves, magnet organizers, toiletry organizer, sliding trays, planter shelves and more. There's also features on Clean, Green Bathrooms and Our Favorite Bathrooms.

An 80s Bathroom
A funky do-it-yourself project perfect for hip apartment decorating on a budget. The decorators turned a Hello Kitty Japanese pop bathroom into an 80s love den. Using semi-gloss latex paint, brushes, a pencil, ruler, a blown-up grid image and freehand drawing techniques. The decorator painted a bathroom mural to liven up this room and installed some extra lighting, as well as using small bathroom accessories to give the bathroom an 80s style.

Refinish an Old Bathroom Rather Than Replace
HandyAmerican.com has an article that shows you how to save money by repairing and refinishing, rather than replaces, old bath tubs and bathroom fixtures. Replacing old fixtures like the tub, sink and tile can be expensive and difficult. But refinishing options are available to homeowners on a budget, and deliver striking results at a fraction of the cost. If the surfaces are made of porcelain, ceramic tile, fiberglass, acrylic, cultured marble or laminate, you can now update your bathroom and save time and money. Discusses refinishing existing bathroom fixtures and appliances, which can be customized with color. When looking for the right refinisher for your bathroom-remodeling project, remember to do a little research.