Bath Shower Home Design

Follow Zillow on Facebook The doorbell rings. You haven’t had time to tidy up, so you’re hoping you can confine small talk to the foyer. Ten minutes later, your guest turns to leave but asks, “Can I use your bathroom?” It’s a familiar scenario, yet designing a powder bath can seem daunting. How do you combine style and function in such a small space? If you’re on a tight budget, should you pour resources into 30 square feet or focus on larger rooms? Designer Jaque Bethke of PURE Design Environments , Inc. says regardless of space or budget, the powder bath is a room that shouldn’t be ignored. “It’s the soul of your house,” she said. “It’s the room that everybody who is a stranger and those who intimately know you might see.” Here are five tips from Bethke and other leading Zillow Digs designers for tackling small bathrooms . Set the scene “The most critical thing is to consider how the bathroom will be used,” Bethke said. “Entertaining? Children? Will it be used every day or just by...

Meet my family, in our annual “Turn the Couch Around Easter Photo.” Notice that I am the only female in the picture?  Yep, I am surrounded by boys. Even my dog and cat are males. This picture is a slightly more accurate representation of what things are usually like around here 🙂 So now that you have a good picture in your mind of the daily craziness that is my house, you will understand why one of my missions is to have my house be as kid-friendly as possible. By “kid-friendly,” I don’t really mean toys everywhere and washable fabrics . . . What I’m really going for is a home where the basic functions can be worked by both adults and children. I want to teach my kids independence, and that they are capable of doing things without always asking for Mommy and Daddy’s help.  Plus, sometimes I just need a break from the craziness 🙂 The bathroom is traditionally one of the  least kid-friendly spaces in any home .  There are all sorts of gadgets in bathrooms which are hard for kids to m...

Spotlight / By Craig Kellogg / April 26, 2017 Small Bath Takes a Moody and Chic Turn" class="post__title" tabindex="-1"> A Small Bath Takes a Moody and Chic Turn Project : Turn a master bath into a guest bathroom in Murray Hill, Manhattan Before : With a baby on the way, owners Jeanne and Philip needed to convert their 1,000-square-foot apartment from a 1-bedroom into a proper 2-bedroom, 2-bath. What had been the master bathroom would be transformed into a guest bath. Previous owners had repurposed an adjoining closet as a large walk-in shower, but the remodel would reduce the footprint of both the bathroom and shower. After : The Sweeten design and build teams  took care of architectural documents for the co-op board and expedited city permits . The family’s goal was to turn the guest bath into an ADA-compliant space that was needed in the apartment. During demolition, however, they realized an existing step-up was necessary, for the sake of the underlyin...

The following is from Adam O'Riordan’s short story collection , The Burning Ground. The Burning Ground is a collection of eight stories about men haunted by their past: from a painter tormented by memories of a lover to a father trying to rekindle a relationship with his son. Adam O’Riordan’s poetry collection In the Flesh won the Somerset Maugham Award , awarded to the best writer under the age of 35. He is an academic director at Manchester Metropolitan University . Alannah would always come at two o’clock as she had on her first visit. But they never talked about how they might exist outside of the confines of the studio. Then at Easter a fortnight passed without her visiting. He had delayed his own trip to see his sister in Harrogate. By the third week, when two o’clock came he was pacing the studio, snapping the slats in the battered brushed-metal blind, peering down on to the parked cars on the street below. He had first met Alannah and her husband at the same party. He had...