Bath Shower Home Design

Frances Leckie, editor of Independent Living, looks at developments in bathroom and toilet technology that enable you to make your bathroom fully accessible and give you independence. #DHgurus You probably won’t be too surprised to learn that bathrooms are the most common type of home adaptation. It may be the smallest room, but it can certainly provide some of the biggest obstacles to independence and dignity. It is a safe bet that if you have problems with mobility, dexterity or flexibility that make daily living tasks a challenge, then a standard British bathroom is also going to cause problems. Fortunately, accessibility and style are easily available, thanks to the fashion for wetrooms. This has  made level access and wheelchair-friendly showers a feature of every bathroom showroom on the high street. But that isn’t the whole story – there are many other products to consider in the quest for a perfectly customised bathroom . Stylish grab rail supports GripSure grey ribbed grab ...

We've covered most rooms of the house (kitchen, bedroom, home office and even a home theater) here on the Inside Man, but one room we've inadvertently ignored is the bathroom (perhaps to avoid the toilet seat debate ). Consider it ignored no more with this selection of masculine bathroom accessories . Here's a roundup of necessary no frills bath accessories from shower curtains to toothbrush holders and magazine racks to bath mats that will create a finished bathroom with any feminine flowers or ruffles. Shower Curtains : • Cityscape Shower Curtain from CB2, $39.95. • Organic Color- Block Shower Curtain from West Elm, on sale for $39.99. • Marimekko Hetkiä Moments Shower Curtain from Always Mod, $55. Magazine Racks : • Slat Rack from CB2, $89.95. • 2d: 3d Wall Mount Magazine Rack by Blu Dot from Design Public, $99. Bath Accessories : • Stone Resin Bath Accessories from CB2, $4.95 - $9.95 • Bamboo Bath Accessories from Crate and Barrel, $3.95 - $34.95. • Dark Stain C...

Photo illustration by Slate . Images via rune hellestad/Corbis via Getty Images; Visions of America/UIG via Getty Images. The same week that a statue of Robert E. Lee led to the death of an innocent woman in Charlottesville, Virginia, I watched him oink and squeal in a race for the fate of the country. Lee, this time, was a piglet—part of Dolly Parton ’s Dixie Stampede, a Medieval Times–style dine-in attraction where seven nights a week and at occasional weekend matinees , the South rises again. Advertised as an “extraordinary dinner show … pitting North against South in a friendly and fun rivalry,” Dolly Parton ’s Dixie Stampede is the Lost Cause of the Confederacy meets Cirque du Soleil . It’s a lily- white kitsch extravaganza that play-acts the Civil War but never once mentions slavery. Instead, it romanticizes the old South, with generous portions of both corn on the cob and Southern belles festooned in Christmas lights . At its sister staging in Branson, Missouri (the original ...