Bath Shower Home Design

After a few days of chaos, stress, illness & fun, it feels great to take a moment to decompress & share something I’ve been excited about completing – our half bathroom. In the midst of chaos, I find sanity in organization, peace in pretty. Even if the rest of me feels out of sorts, at least this little half bath doesn ’t. I often start projects – multiple at one time, never truly finishing one. Do you do that? I decided that this Spring, I would take some time to complete each space, giving each the finishing touches I always intended to, but neglected to do in favor of a new project {#celebratehome}. Our tiny little half bath is now everything I dreamed it would be! Here are a couple before photos for reference: The space was tight, dark & dated. The countertop over the toilet made me claustrophobic & the white carpeting, well, you know. We started remodeling the half bath immediately after moving into our home. We opened it up by removing the existing vanity ...

Some kids can be so mean for no reason. I know, because I was one of them. Back in primary school, there was a sweet, shy Indian boy in my class whose mother slicked back his hair with coconut oil every day. For some reason, kids found that to be hilarious and a neverending source for mockery. I’m not even sure who started it, or where we learned that outlook but now I know — unfortunately and sadly — so much of that mockery was borne from racial difference and already at age six, seven, and eight, tiny seeds of prejudice ]were already taking root in our minds. Now that I’m all grown up, I realize how embarrassingly ignorant we all were. That boy’s mother knew what I have only now come to realize — coconut oil is amazing stuff. It’s considered a weight loss aiding superfood to those who ingest it, and a multi-use moisturizer for those who use it externally. If you haven’t added it to your beauty arsenal, I recommend you swing by your neighborhood fancy organic grocery store , stat....

Property Details Situated in the popular and sought after area of Castle Heather , benefiting from a wide range of local amenities , this property enjoys a prime position just outside the city centre of Inverness. This comfortable, spacious four bedroom, one and a half storey villa offers a large lounge, modern and roomy kitchen / breakfast / family room, four good size bedrooms (master en-suite), study / bedroom five, family bathroom, downstairs cloakroom and plenty of storage space. To the outside, is a double, attached garage, large rear garden with decked areas and pleasant frontage with drive and front garden. The property is well presented and in walk-in condition. It would make a lovely family home or has potential as a B&B (subject to permissions). Inverness city centre is a very short commute and offers an extensive choice of shopping, leisure and recreational activities associated with city living. Local amenities situated nearby include a Bar/ diner, a pharmacy, a...

One great thing about frugal living is that being frugal tends to lower your impact on the environment. In honor of Earth Day, we have collected some money saving tips and articles that are also good for the environment. Ride A Bike Get a bicycle. Goodwill stores often have nice used ones for $10 or so. Make sure it's the right size for you, it's comfortable and you know how everything on it works. Then put reflectors on it, a basket on the front and/or back, get a lightweight lock, and go for it. Optional: light, and rear-view mirror on handlebars. And please always wear bright-colored clothes when riding, or at least tie a bright scarf on the back. Thrifty, green people know how to avoid accidents. By Jantoo Cloth Bags For Groceries A few stores in my area, like Fred Meyer, have been selling sturdy reusable cloth totes to use instead of paper or plastic bags. They have nice handles, sit flat and are good for the environment. So I always remember t...

Picture by: icollect247 Fels Naptha! I had never heard of it until about 15 years ago and now I can’t live without it. My mother introduced me to it when I owned a used children’s clothing store. She told me that both my grandmother and great-grandmother always had a bar in their wash rooms. If you have never used it I suggest that you pick up a bar. You can find it in the laundry isle of most grocery stores and it only costs around $1.00 per bar. This little bar is great for so many things. Check out this list of uses that my family and I have come up with. Bathroom Bathtub/Shower – to clean, rub a wet bar of Fels Naptha on a sponge and wipe down  the tub/shower. Rinse. Grout – to clean, rub a soft brush across a bar of Fels Naptha before scrubbing the grout. Sink – to clean, rub a wet bar of Fels Naptha on a sponge and wipe down the sink. General Cleaning Aluminum – to clean and shine, rub a damp rag across a bar of Fels Naptha and buff the aluminum to a shine. Dish Soap – to make yo...

I’ve heard it said that grandparenting is the golden ticket — you get all the rewards without the responsibilities. As I watch my own parents and in-laws as grandparents, I’ve come to the conclusion that this saying is pretty accurate. For the most part, parents are the ones doing all the heavy lifting (i.e. disciplining, homework, diffusing tantrums, making them eat healthy on occasion …), whereas grandparents get to enjoy more of the fun stuff — the “highlight reel” type of moments (i.e. giving them special treats and taking them on exciting adventures). As a result, I’m pretty sure our parents were just as excited as my husband and I during our first pregnancy. As I prepared our baby girl’s nursery, our parents were excitedly discussing plans for creating their own little nooks for her. And as I gleefully added items to my baby registry, my mom was busy starting a children’s book collection and my mother-in-law was storing all the hand-me-downs from friends who had already joined ...

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In our new series Pregnancy Diaries , we ask expecting women to jot down every pregnancy-related detail of their lives for a week. (Special thanks to New York mag and Refinery29 for the inspo.) Work-related conundrums, struggles with IVF, and a whole lot of nausea, ahead. For our eighth entry, we have a 33-year-old part-time publicist from Connecticut who’s 25 weeks along. She and her husband of almost eight years have a “spirited” two-and-a-half-year-old girl, and don’t know the sex of baby number two.  How long did it take you to conceive?  It took just a couple of months to conceive baby #2. My cycle has tended to fluctuate month-to-month since having my daughter, so it was a bit of a challenge to track accurately. We’ve been incredibly fortunate and have not experienced any fertility issues to-date. Any other details relevant to your pregnancy? Our daughter was born three weeks and one day early, and I gave birth less than three hours after my water broke. This is known as precipit...