Bath Shower Home Design

<?xml encoding="UTF-8"???><?xml encoding="UTF-8"???> Marble Shower Walls Although there are various types of tiling designs available for home decor, marble shower walls are recommended if you want a classic touch to your bathroom design . Marble is a natural stone that is processed to create materials for architecture and design, and is a common design for kitchens, bathrooms and foyers. It can even be used outdoors, as in swimming pool decks . It is rather expensive, being one of the most elegant materials used for shower walls. Marble shower walls are a popular choice among homeowners who wish to improve their homes' aesthetic quality and make it look more appealing. Choosing marble for your shower wall There are several characteristics to consider when choosing the material to cover your bathroom or shower walls. Water resistance is one, as you don't want the covering peeling off too quickly or reacting to the water. Another is de...

Marble, although in a limited supply, continues to be a very popular material, especially in bathrooms. Marble bathroom counters , floors and walls are appreciated for their refined and elegant look. But before you fall in love with its beauty, you should take some time to consider all the important facts that are marble-related. First of all, marble may look durable and hard-wearing but it’s actually a very vulnerable material. It’s a soft stone so it’s very porous and absorbent so it soaks up stains very quickly. If you plant on having a marble shower or marble floor in the bathroom, you need to be extra careful. In addition to the fact that you can stain a marble floor easily if, for instance, you dye your hair in the bathroom, marble also gets easily damaged or etched by acidic substances or certain cleaning products. You need to be careful when choosing your lotions, shampoos and everything else as they can damage the shower floor. As it turns out, there’s more consider before ch...

Inspired by a trip to Italy, the owners of this 1970s detached house in Surrey wanted to redo their bathroom and include elegant grey marble in the new space. They also wanted to redesign the layout to create a more airy feel. First on the to-do list was removing the enormous, impractical corner spa bath that took up the majority of the bathroom. ‘We completely redesigned the space on paper, and found there was enough room to put a conventional bath on the right-hand side, which would instantly make the space seem bigger,’ says the owner. ‘The bath would be against the wall, which would enable us to put in an overhead shower , which we really needed.’ Grey natural stone tiles were chosen to add understated luxury . ‘The large ones suited the walls, and although many people put mosaics inside the shower, we decided to be different and put them on the floor.’ TOP TIP: To keep within their budget, the owners used tiles on two of the walls and opted to paint the other walls in a soft...

I think we can all agree that the bathroom can pose significant “decorating” challenges to the layperson. Would you agree? It’s typically such a small space designed largely for utilitarian purposes. While many large and spacious sitting-room- esque bathrooms exist (and good for you if you have those!), they aren’t the norm. In general, bathrooms must squeeze a lot of function into a rather small footprint . View in gallery View in gallery It is this challenge that makes bathroom decorating so important. It’s a space that many people use, so it should be pleasant and well styled. But “decorate” can feel like a loaded word sometimes. In its utilitarian role, a bathroom calls for non-traditional forms of decorating. In fact, I’ve discovered that, often, successful bathrooms are less decorated and more designed. In this article, we’ll look at several ways of how to decorate a bathroom without clutter. View in gallery How to Decorate a Long, Narrow Bathroom A common bathroom layout is ...