Bath Shower Home Design

Captain's Mast The following is from the journals of the Seward Police Department . Those who have been arrested or summoned are presumed innocent until found guilty in a court of law. July 5 0802 - A 911 misdial was received from subject at the Tony’s bar. She stated that everything was okay, and that she was by herself. She stated that she accidentally pressed the automatic 911 button on her flip phone. An officer was advised. 0805 - A purse was turned in at the grandstand that was found by the Van Gilder Hotel . The owner was contacted and stated she would come pick up the purse. The item was logged into lost and found. 1006 - A Seward Parks and Recreation camp host turned in an Alaska OLN that was left at the Marathon campground. 1035 - RP reported that there were four drivers that were leaving the Miller’s Landing Campground this morning and may be intoxicated. Officer found the suspected vehicle, however, the vehicle was obeying all the rules of the road and nothing suspicio...

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...

6/23/2015 By RHEA BOUCHARD POWERS This may sound a little silly, but I have this thing about shower curtains. The shower curtain on my bathtub needs to be pulled to the right. All the way to the right. Not normally a problem since it's just me and the cat and the cat doesn't shower. Neither do I, for that matter, being a devotee of the tub bath method of personal hygiene , but I digress. The point is, if the shower curtain has been pulled completely closed after use by a houseguest, or pulled open to the left, or pulled to but not all the way to the right it triggers a little flutter of unease in my otherwise calm psyche. I think of it as the "Psycho Effect," as in the movie "Psycho" and not as in a personal mental health issue . I saw the movie at the drive-in a very long time ago during its initial release and inadvertently tucked the shower scene away in the recesses of my ragbag mind where it remained dormant for many years. Since I was still unmarried...

The privacy, comfort, luxury and extreme sanitary conditions that we associate with our bathrooms today are the result of thousands of years of civil engineering and social change. Indoor plumbing, flushing toilets , heated water, water pressure , electricity and ventilation may be features we take for granted in our modern bathroom. But all of our bathroom’s high tech gadgets had a long history in the making. Although humans have always had the need to use toilet facilities and have used bathing as a way to cleanse themselves, it took centuries for our culture to bring these two important functions together into one convenient room. Let’s explore the fascinating history of the bathroom and see how much, or how little, has changed. Ancient Societies and Public Bathing When we talk about the activities we perform in our bathrooms today, we tend to speak of everything that relates to taking care of our bodies: washing, bathing, cleaning, relieving ourselves, manicuring our outer appear...