Bath Shower Home Design

Gender Neutral Restroom Sign, Baby Wale Restaurant DC Flikr. This story was reported by the  American Media Institute . Goodbye to the urinal? In many places, a gender-neutral revolution in bathroom design is afoot. Born in the offices of architects, the design upheaval is quieter than the noisy public debate over gender bathroom equality , but designers are clearly bending to political winds and client demand. Public space is being changed for generations to come. New designs without gender labels are already showing up around the country. The Fourth, a restaurant in New York City’s East Village, has only a single restroom , featuring three private, floor-to-ceiling stalls labeled “unisex,” three labeled “women” and one for the handicapped. All are accessed through a common door. The Fourth has no dedicated men’s room. Other private buildings in New York that feature all- gender restrooms include the Whitney Museum , relocated to a new Renzo Piano-designed structure last year in ...

If your bathroom is spacious then there are a wide variety of products and suites that you can choose from, designed to coordinate well. With smaller bathrooms and, in particular, en-suites you have to be that little bit more careful with your selections. The first thing to do is to decide whether you can squeeze in a bathtub along with a shower, toilet and hand wash basin . If you can, then select a coordinating range of products that will not steal all of the available floor space. Dealing With Restricted Height. View in gallery It is no good having to order a shower tray from a different range than your tub, for instance, just because you need a more compact one. If in doubt, give up on one element of the suite for a smaller en-suite. Be prepared to have no bathtub at all, or to have a shower enclosure that sits over the bath, instead of trying to cram too much in. White suites and white tiling will always give a sense of more space, especially if you have not already filled it all....

By NJOKI CHEGE More by this Author The bathroom seems like a safe place, doesn’t it? It is not. Far from it. On the evening of April 17, 2013, Oscar Anthony Mito became yet another victim of a slippery bathroom, which is silently leaving its victims paralysed. Or dead. “My family is one of the reasons I am still alive. Their care and support since that incident has been of great encouragement for me,” he says. Thanks to quack contractors and poor quality or inappropriate ceramic tiles , bathrooms are increasingly turning into cubicles of death. While there are no statistics on bathroom injuries and fatalities in Kenya, doctors say that it is now common for patients to show up in hospital following injuries sustained from bathroom falls. “Bathroom falls are common incidents especially in middle-class  homes,” says Dr Dennis Otwori , a medical practitioner at the National Spinal Injury Hospital .  Home owners, in the name of saving money, do not engage professionals, rather, hire quacks...