The installation systems mentioned made wall mounted bathroom equipment feasible. With small commitment, ready for mounting units (steal self-supporting frame for single or track installation completely isolated from condensed moisture, interior packing, reinforcement, screws etc.) are simply installed in any place. With the help of this universal mounting system it is possible to plan bathroom elements placement without any difficulty, rearranging closet basins, sinks etc., making replanning in record-short terms (for example, erect an additional wall and form a “corner” for a closet basin). Independence of the already existing connections for all bathroom equipment is another benefit. The entire installation process takes only a few days. Gouging and placing works are needless. The system is mounted on already existing walls. (There even is a special reliable installation system for fastening this equipment to plasterboard wall).

High resistibility and reliability are distinctive features of wall mounted models. However, there remains some psychological barriers: they look so fragile. They are certainly beautiful, healthful and elegant, but… All the same, in such a crucial moment one wishes to seat on something more reliable that will not let down. Will this beauty carry? Experts affirm that the closet basin carries the load up to 880 pounds.

What kind of design does it have? Highly diverse. In the collections offered, along with examples of design art, there are models with delicate, slightly rounded shape, close to classical one. There are models with very accurate and compact contour in minimalism style. From sophisticated matt tinges of jasmine and pearl to dark-blue, black and chocolate colors. Materials – faience, glass, metal, wood. For any design ideas and any wallet.

Wall mounted bathroom equipment is not always expensive. There also exist inexpensive models of economy-class level. Though, the cost of the installation system is added. As an alternative, one can be offered special brackets, to which closet basin and flash tank can be hung up. These brackets are sometimes supplied as a unit of a model. Nevertheless, an installation procedure is something remarkable! Experts recommend not to economize on it, as serviceability and service life of your equipment depend on the right installation. Only a company that has an experience in this field is able to select equipment, install and service it further, can equip your house or office with such system. A reputable company will never offer you modern equipment and high level service for a “knock-down” price. Deal only with professionals.

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Planning and location of the sanitary equipment is preconditioned by the location of lifting pipes, as well as run pipes of hot and cold water. The most fixed is the connection of the lavatory pan to the discharge stack. This part is usually hidden in the box that is hardly pleasant to look at. If the stack has been already built, it is better not only to hide it, but also to use it with utmost rationality, for example, to hide the toilet bowl into it. If you resorted to re-planning, the range of decisions widens considerably. Rational location of the sanitary equipment easily to free some useful space. Modern sanitary equipment allows to mount the wash-bawl and lavatory pan on the one low partition from different sides, which provides the economy of space and functional zoning of the water closet. There are modern models of lavatory pans with deep washing off, which is fixed directly to the wall. Such decision helps not only to save area, but also increase the convenience of washing the lavatory pan.

The partition can also divide the bathroom and the sink, or the sink and the shower cabin, which is thus reliably insulated. The principal advantage of such partition is that it conceals the pipeline system.

Installation of pipelines of the sanitary equipment also is possible in adjacent to walls low pedestals of the bathroom. It reduces the time and cost of construction jobs, in this case it is possible to do without the brick-mason and plasterer. Built-in objects of sanitary equipment have various design. The most popular are shells with jogs up to 1 m, their upper surfaces of which can be used as shelves. The pedestal elements can be faced by tiles, wall-papers or decorated by wood.

The area can also be divided by more functional things, for example, by furniture; in the small lavatory, the toilet and wash-stand zone can be separated from each other by the narrow toilet box with the sliding section, and this box would be located on the electric heater that adds the electric heating system for floor, or on the other item, used in the bathroom. For complete comfort, the distance from the partition or wall of the box to the lavatory pan is to be not less than 10inches. The assembling unit of the sanitary equipment with the facing panel, built-in in the corner, occupies the minimum useful space.

Corner decisions open large prospects. In the corner one can perfectly locate the laundry washer and small angular storage place over it, sometimes the bath, wash-bowl, lavatory pan can be assembled there, vacating their “traditional” places.

Corner shower cabin allows to achieve comfort on the minimum area. Such variant is optimum for cramped premises: the centre of rotation of the door can be customised, it is also possible to purchase cabins with corner entry, with sliding doors and with round and pentahedral shape. As it is made from natural glass, it does not encumber the area. In very small bathrooms it is possible to restrict yourself only to douche and to give up the build-in receptor. As a result, the room will seem more spacious. Such douche can be separated from the bathroom only by a light glass partition, which protects the premise from splashes.

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Surely, wood is not too fit for making bathroom fixtures, but a general trend to sacrifice more functionality for glamorous exterior brought blocks of rich woods back to circulation. Moreover, a certain role was played by a change in the social outlook, and by the aspiration to bring to one’s life more of naturalness and, of course, a fashion for all real. As a result, wood has become a terrific lure for effeminate consumer. A possibility to have in one’s bathroom a rare, stylish and actually symbolic object has totally compensated for some non-practicality and complicity of care.

Not only wooden bathtub, but stylish bathtub.

During several last centuries practically all the vessels, which crossed the expanses of the seas and oceans of the Earth, were being built only from wood. This centuries old experience was picked up by the modern producers of wooden bathtubs. They use for their production only those species of woods, which naturally possess a high stability towards moister attack, like teak wood blocks, mahogany, wenge wood, larch, i. e. those, which historically were most valued by shipbuilders. A costly and sophisticated modern bathroom technology, with the help of which the bathtubs are protected from ruinous impact of moisture, is a fruit of handling development for ships and yachts hulls. A special chic is in trying to preserve wood in its primeval beauty, to minimize all perceptible coatings. Smooth and streamlined, these bathtubs are made from excellently fitting fragments, they are polished and in some cases covered with additional varnish, and as a result, they form an absolutely whole structure. A beautiful texture of the block becomes a further decorative factor. Naturally, every producer keeps the details in secret.

But some secrets leak out.

Bathtubs by their exterior often remind graceful barks and yachts. An interesting fact: one of Italian factories, which in its time built yachts, was now retrofitted to produce bathtubs!

Very logical that this very outline has become one of the most popular among designers. These bath tubs are especially good for new bathroom designs, styled in such popular now trends as Zen, ambient and minimalism. They not only daintily accomplish the interior, but called in the first place to attract major attention namely to themselves, and they are the main style-forming factor in the bathroom all in all. Usually, such a bathtub is placed in the middle of a bathroom, often on a podium, so as to arrest the attention of all who enter.

The other rather widespread types are massive rectangular bathtubs, performed from a block of natural wood, or specially treated plywood. It might seem at the first glance that they must be not that comfortable, but it’s not true. In order that a person felt comfy inside such a fairly hard and deep rectangular structure, a smoothly bent bed with a headrest is placed there.

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In order for the transparent wall to serve you for a long time, it is necessary not only to select glass bricks of the appropriate color, structure and size, but also to assemble them correctly. In particular, the ideally even wall will be formed only with usage of correctly chosen mortar and intricate plastic spacing cross-marks. Special angular blocks, which can be coloured in all tones, will help to smooth out acute angles. By the way, the ordinary glass block cannot be the last in the construction – it needs some support, for example, other walls or butt bar from bricks, metal or wood.

Glass blocks can be build at any plane – horizontal, vertical and sloping. However, there are some restrictions. In particular, glass ceiling can’t be loaded from above and the area of glass cannot be more than 15 sq. m. If you dream about laying of rounded or undulating constructions from transparent bricks, it is necessary to remember that their rounding must have a sufficiently large radius. Otherwise gaps between elements will be too large and building durability will decrease. In particular, it will not be possible to construct a narrow round column from glass blocks.

Glass ideas for a bathroom.

Many people face with the situation, when in the bathroom there is not enough space for storage of both necessary items and different knick-knacks. There are shampoo bottles, creams, a hair dryer and just bathing things, and even ordinary toilet paper needs its own place. With the lapse of time, you have more and more such things. And all of them need a separate place.

Some bathroom items should be held far from prying eyes, but some of them, on the contrary, can beautifully decorate the bathroom design. Such bathroom toiletry goods can be placed on ordinary glass shelves, located in the safe and comfortable place.

Setting of such shelves is absolutely not difficult and gives no troubles, but on the contrary, in short time it will transform your bathroom. To fit properly, bathroom shelves are to be ideally leveled relative to the floor and to each other. If there is one shelf on the bathroom wall, small slope 2-4 mm cannot be especially noticeable. But if you have several bathroom shelves that are located closely, these 2-4 mm can quite disfigure the effect.

Designer ideas can not only decorate the bathroom, but also bring benefit.

It is always pleasant to change something around yourself. And for this you don’t need to trash the entire house. Good example is the glass bathroom shelves. For implementation of this planning you don’t need to move furniture, break walls and incur heavy costs. Quickly, simply and attractively.

Unlike other rooms, bathroom needs bright light, space and air. Therefore, experiment more during the choice of interior. A bathroom has long ago ceased being only facility for washing our body. Now it is a physical therapy device for support of tone, the element of aesthetics of interior and the place for joint pastime. Although, in fact, it remained what it was for many ages – a water reservoir.

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“Flexible” organization of useful space will help to increase roominess. For example, a turning box can be mounted in the corner of the shower cabin. The full-equipped bath can be combined with the shower cabin. It is desirable to face all part of the space with the same material, in order to achieve visual unification.

The colour in the bathroom is mainly determined by wall and floor tiles. Here there works the common rule for all types of premises: light tones and transparent materials visually extend area, dark tones diminish it. Do not use the tile of dark or extremely bright tones and the tile with a large pattern. Sparkling surfaces are not suitable too, they make things seem heavier. It is better to choose mat surfaces of tiles and furniture. Floor tiles, faced bias, visually widens the premise.

The illumination of the bathroom must be reasonable because it is not a surgical operating-room. The lamp in the mirror zone is functional.

Furniture and equipment. It is important to use the possibility for storing things, without sacrificing free space in the bathroom. Compact baths, shower facilities, mirrors, boxes, small furniture are developed especially for small bathrooms. Compact light furniture from the same collection adds lightness to the premise. Shelves on roller bearing from the chrome-plated metal with wire mesh sliding containers can prove to be practical and comfortable. The area under the desk top of the wash-stand and over it, is maximally used for mounting of shelves and boxes.

It is even possible to hide the washing machine under the desk top.

If there is no place for the furniture at all, we will maximally use the area of walls, i.e. wall niches and shelves.

Mirrors are considered to be traditional methods of visual widening of the area. In our case we can’t do without mirrors. It is most appropriate here, it is functional, aesthetical and visually widens the area. It is possible to make it versatile: it can not simply hung on the wall, but serve as the door for the closet for small things. If the bathroom it not sufficiently illuminated, the mirror with the changing angle of the slope fastened on wall can bring additional convenience.

Heating elements, heated tower rails, without which we can not imagine a bathroom, also require space. Let’s think whether we can make them multifunction. For example, we can transform the heated tower rail into the system that supports the small shelf for necessary trifles and serves simultaneously as the supporting system for the folding screen (it can be an effective and practical alternative to the shower-curtain).

Small space obliges you to think over the design to the smallest details, in order to turn the bathroom into an aesthetical and functional room. Our allies are colour, light and shape. If the primary variant of planning does not correspond to your objectives, the planning can be changed within reasonable limits, in order to achieve maximum comfort.

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First of all, one should estimate the work volume. The key questions here are the following:

- Will you make the reshaping of your bathroom?

- What are the conditions of your ceiling, walls, floor. Inspect your bathroom for signs of damage and estimate how to rectify any problems before fitting new vanity unit.

- What kind of the bathroom equipment do you want to place there and how will it be arranged? (Sometimes changing angle or place of one or another object allows to use the room more effectively).

- What kind of lighting will there be – wall, ceiling, or complex?

- What kind of tiling – floor tiling, walls tiling?

- Where will switches and outlets be placed?

- In what way will room ventilation be realized?

As a rule, reshaping is made for an increasing of a room area. Such a bathroom reshaping usually gives 1m2 or more of additional area.

Practical implementation of your plans for the bathroom renovation should be carried out in certain sequence:

Draw a plan of your bathroom that is going to be renovated. One should not save on paper, as all the sanitaryware and water pipes, electric wiring, places of installation of bathroom equipment, lamps, switches and outlets should be indicated in the scheme legibly. The most important is accuracy in drawing walls, door (taking into account opening) and placing bathroom, toilet and sink. If after the bathroom remodeling you find that your bathroom pedestal sink does not match the bath, or that the W.C. bowl hinders using the washing machine, your good mood will be ruined, and another bathroom remodeling will take more money.

Doing the most dirty work: demounting the closet basin and the bath, knocking down the walls or removing the whole bathroom unit, doorway widening, and, finally, rubbish clearing. During demounting process, big dust volumes are arisen. They should be removed. Don’t forget to cover the books on the non-glassed shelves, furniture and clothes reliably. Put heavy duty cover sheets or dust sheets on the household appliances, computers, printers, faxes etc. Before entering the rooms, arrange plastic sheet sluices, covering passageways in height and breadth.

What do we see after demolition of the bathroom walls? Firstly, pipes going in different directions. Secondly, a lonely towel drier. Thirdly, electric wiring that laid in the hollow walls of the former bathroom. It should be treated very carefully: release the wires, insulate them and hang up to the main ceiling. Set the modern ball lock valves on the cold and hot water pipes, and don’t forget about filters for mechanical cleaning.

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So, you have decided to change the appearance of your water closet. The first and the most important thing for you to know is that you can’t do without planning decisions. Simple relocation of sanitaryware equipment will not increase the amount of so needed space. Let us consider several variants of design of bathrooms for premises with small area. We offer for your consideration variants that use the system of installation. The essence of this system lies in moving the waste tank, pipes and fixture of the lavatory pan into the wall with the help of the special fixation system. As a result, there appears additional free space. You will easily be able to get to the farthest corner of the bathroom and keep the floor clean. Moreover, this technology enables to keep peace and quiet in your bathroom and neighbouring premises. Additional surfaces revealed by installation will be not only practical in terms of hygiene, but will also make your bathroom more modern and beautiful. Usage of non-standard elements and complication of form of the premise will also help to use the area rationally. For example, the sink, shower cabin or washing machine can be concealed in the niche of the wall. Very interesting is the variant, when the bath is located in the corner, diagonally, which vacates the space along walls and also makes the premise look elegant.

A podium is of great importance for appearance and comfort of the bathroom. Stage hoisting is intended for making the way in and out of bath easier. Depending on the style of the design, footsteps can have various shapes, whether a classical flight of stairs or a pleasant flexible line. However during the choice of any variant it is necessary to take into account that facing tile for footsteps is to have nonslippery properties. If we make use of these small tricks, we will get so needed additional space where we can locate a bidet and laundry area, for example. However, be reasonable about additional functions for your bathroom and not showing excessive zeal, remember about free space, required for moving about. Some standard flats have such tiny bathrooms that no alterations and relocations, without radical changes, will add the needed space.

In more commodious bathrooms, the design fantasy can create such pirouettes that you can hardly imagine. We will illustrate our statement with an example of a fascinating and non-standard planning. Construction of the free-standing wall can not only add originality and style to your bathroom, but can also block the view of the toilet. As a result, there appears additional surface, which you can rationally use. In this case it was suggested to mount the wash-bowl with sufficiently large mirror on it. From the opposite side of the free-standing partition you can make open shelves for storing bathing accessories and various domestic trifles.

By the way, zoning of little water closets is best done by functional elements instead of bulky partitions “eating away” the area. Decor of the bathroom in the “empire” style is another illustration of our statement. Columns, supporting a cap, walls, finished by the Venetian plaster, original lights, mosaic panel over the bathroom, ceiling from built-in glass with double highlighting give the premise the look of a unique architectural masterpiece. Let us underline that finishing of walls can be absolutely different in any variant of planning, starting from paving of one-colour tile over all perimeter and ending by an art panel or by the combined variant: tile + paint. It is better to choose water heat-insulated floor as the floor coverage for the bathroom. The floor ceramic tile that variety can satisfy any taste also did not lose its actuality. It is better to cover the overhead surface by stretched ceilings (refer to the previous article) or ceiling panels, these constructions are durable, aesthetically beautiful and quickly mounted. And spot lights, which fill the space with pleasant light, give an ideal fit for them. Certainly, the above-mentioned design decisions are only a few examples of bathroom planning. Surely, the designers of leading repair and construction companies during the development of interior will take into account SPECIFICALLY YOUR tastes and wishes. And after stepping on the threshold of your new bathroom, you will switch into a wonderful mood and will exclaim in rapture: “Long live the scented soap and the fluffy towel!”

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The third and most popular type of wooden bathtubs radically differs from all the preceding. In the first place their main feature is not a stylish modern bathroom design, but something quite the contrary. They are deliberately archaic, cottage style, which attracts none the less, and sometimes even stronger, than the quaint but a little cold minimalism. These are really direct heirs of those same primitive small tubs and bathtubs, in which in all continents and all history the mankind have been bathing.

The bathroom production technology for these bathtubs is at the same time simple and complicated. On the one hand, they are direct descendants of a cask, because they represent a bottom and sides, made of separate boards, fixed by copper or brass bands. The tightness is reached mainly by precise adjustment of all elements to each other, and use of modern sealers is only an auxiliary factor. The method of waterproof wood processing here is approximately the same as with casks.

The form of the bathtubs of this type is usually circular or oval, which is determined by production peculiarities. Tubs strongly remind their prototype, and look like supernormal casks. All in all, for example, “an ofuro” bathtub in a modern version practically doesn’t differ from those in which in their times lavished samurais after battles.

By the way, bathtubs and fonts, created after a fashion and style of a cask, are equipped by hydro and air-massage, which makes them even more attractive. And it’s in the first instance not a designer’s whim or a stylish decoration of the interior, but rather a pragmatic thing, devised to be constantly exploited in a usual regime. But don’t indulge a vain hope – bathtubs-casks are not that cheap.

Drawbacks and unquestionable benefits.

Feelings, bestowed by bathing in tender and natural ancient hugs of a wooden bathtub, are incomparable. It’s really the thing for which it is worth to take certain expenditures, sacrifices and efforts. What can be matched with a pleasure of touching a polished rich wood… The delight is intensified by a subtle aesthetics of the event. The aura emanated by a live wood block, can’t be imitated or faked. Contrary to the wide-spread opinion, it’s now technically possible to build in a wooden bathtub hydro and air-massage systems, and also to equip them with chromotherapy appliances. Nevertheless, a number of rather strict restrictions do exist.

As we know, the functions of bathtubs in our houses are often not limited to their direct purpose and are somewhat widened, i.e. people not only bathe in there themselves but wash their four-legged friends. So well, in case of a wooden bathtub it’s absolutely out of the question.

One must choose cosmetics with a special thoroughness. Caring and cleaning a precious article should be done strictly in accordance with manufacturer’s instructions. Properly, for major hygienic procedures, one should better have a separate shower-cabin, and leave the bathtub exclusively for pleasure and relaxation, and as far as possible not use it severely. Strange as it might sound, it’s too good for its direct purpose, that is, for simple bathing.. .

There is no telling, that now wood together with cast iron, acrylic and steel is a usual material for manufacturing bathtubs. It’s still another item, it’s chic. But a wooden bathtub cannot be considered a special exotics, a rare exclusion from common rules, like it was several years ago. And if only recently there existed only one or two models, and each was a unique rarity, now producers of costly bathroom fixtures have formed a sufficiently big offer, and in various bathroom style solutions at that. This, of course, is expensive, and will be always expensive, but where there’s a wish to possess a desired new bathroom design, no other obstacles exist!

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The “antique” furniture.

Ecologically clean materials slowly, but really pick their way to the bathroom. If it is the furniture, it must be wooden and covered by moisture-proof lacquer. And if it is made from wood, it must look noble or “antique”. The cost of the matter: as a rule, such bathroom furniture is manufactured according to the individual order and is very expensive.

In the shower as if in a sauna.

If you selected the shower cabin, the fashionable shower is the shower with hydro-massage or the steam effect. Not cheap. But it is healthy, as in such shower cabins one can have acupuncture, spinal and leg massage by streams of water. As well as aroma and ozone therapy. The timers will control your stay there.

Stone bathtub – warm and inviting.

If you miss the cast-iron warm bath of your childhood, but want to have modern stylish new bathtub, order a bath from the artificial stone (polymeric resin, in which crushed stone (granite or noble onyx) is added).

A stone bathtub is lighter than the cast-iron one, can have any desired form, keeps the temperature well, needs no coverage (after casting the product is simply polished). It is robust and only a little less harder than the natural stone. The bathtubs are resistant to the household chemistry (one can wipe them even by acetone and nothing will happen).

Comfortable mini sinks.

The less space the sink occupies in the bathroom, the more timely and modern it is. Due to various forms it perfectly fits into corners and niches. Designers developed another innovation – on wide boards of the “mini sink” one can place a lot of jars and bottles.

Smart taps.

Touch-sensitive or thermostatic mixer taps will look ideal in a modern bathroom. But pay attention that in fashion now are smooth and rounded shapes. Touch-sensitive mixer taps are equipped with an infra-red device. The sensors switch on the water, when you put your hands close to the tap. Thermostatic mixer taps have two handles, one of which regulates the head of water, and the other has a scale, with the help of which you can set the required temperature. If the temperature of the incoming water changes, the water will flow slower from the tap, but the temperature, compensated by the sensor, will remain unchanged. If this or that flow of water is suddenly cut off, water will simply stop coming into the tap.

Lighting of the bathroom should be as intensive as possible and light in the proper way the individual standing in front of the mirror. Bathroom spot lighting will suit perfectly, if it is installed on both sides of the mirror or above it. The diffusers from clouded glass will have an auspicious effect on your health, saving your eyes from blinding light. Bathroom water prove spot lights are completely safe to use in your new stylish bathroom.

A flower greenhouse in the bathroom.

Various designs a bathroom plants make the bathroom a place for relaxation. But house plants are for some reasons rarely placed in bathrooms, despite the fact that these premises are in a dire need of softening the firm walls by the gentle verdure of plants. In fact, with the help of verdure you can make your bathroom a truly luxurious place. There are many variations of the bathroom design: from luxuriant verdure to several emphasized green spots.

A big window in the bathroom is the ideal chance for planting greenery. In the warm and moist climate of the bathroom it is best to keep plants, which came to us from tropical countries. A small bathroom window somewhat limits the choice of plants, but in this case more suitable for the bathroom will be more endurable plants. If there is no window in the bathroom, don’t be discouraged. There are ways to keep plants even in this case: you can buy special lamps for flowers, they are like small daylight lamps, but have a different radiated spectrum. If you illuminate the plants with this lamp in the bathroom without a window, the plants will feel comfortable.

In a big bathroom with a good window you can create something like a jungle or in extreme case, a small bathroom garden. Luxurious ferns, huge leaves of philodendrons, motley aglaonema will change your bathroom design so much that you will hardly recognize it. Sprawling arecas and chamaedoreas will help to soften the cold glitter of the tiles.

The role of bathroom in the modern house does not only yield to the utilitarian purpose. It is especially pleasant to take a bath, coddling in sweet-scented foam, when around you there is not only warm water, but also the bathroom atmosphere that helps to relax.

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After setting the illumination and selecting optimum colours for the bathroom, we will pass on to finishing materials.

The basic rules of designers are as follows:

1. Any line in the interior divides the area in two halves.

2. Large elements in the small room visually diminish it.

3. Horizontal lines increase the premise width, but diminish its height. Vertical lines have the opposite effect.

Now we will be more specific.

Up to now, the most popular finishing material for the bathroom is tiles. They are beautiful, comfortable and practical. But tiles have one peculiarity – the joints between separate tiles. According to the paving technology, it is impossible to do without them. In such cases the colour of the grout for these joints is to be maximally close to the basic colour of the tile. It allows to avoid a great number of horizontal and vertical lines.

The second rule is relevant not only to furniture and sanitary equipment, but also to the size of tiles, paved on the floor and walls. For little premises it is better to use the mosaic or tiles of the smallest possible size.

The third rule is the universal rule of stylists and designers. It is the same for clothes and design of the room. If you want to make the room wider – use horizontal stripes, if you want to make it higher – use vertical stripes. But do not forget rule number one.

Through the Looking Glass.

A mirror is an indispensable thing in a bathroom. In fact, it occupies almost no space, but extends the walls. It is the optimal decision for increasing the area of small rooms. So it not only widens the room, but also reflects the light.

Designers use a fascinating method for further optical increase in the area. They hang mirrors opposite each other. And if the mirror wall increases room only by two times, two mirrors extend the bathroom infinitely.

Furniture and sanitary equipment.

The more the number and size of the furniture, the smaller the premise. This principle is very plain and easy to understand. But if we can’t do without furniture, perhaps, it is possible to solve the problem. Try to use furniture from glass.

Do you want to have the chair in the bathroom? No problem, just choose the chair with thin legs and a transparent back. But it will be better to replace the chair by a light stool or ottoman. There are models that are screwed to the wall and occupy even less space.

You want to place household chemical goods somewhere, but the closet occupies a lot of place. Hang up open shelves on walls. The vertical shelf will raise the ceiling, the horizontal one will extend walls. Do not make wide shelves, the depth 15-20 cm will be quite enough for you.

Think, maybe you will remove the stand from under the sink and replace it by something less bulky. Now a great number of variants are available. For example, a small bathroom sink occupy the minimum space. Such a sink has the same advantage and disadvantage – its size. And when the water is flowing from the tap at high pressure, your floor can be wet as if in the swimming pool. The next optimum variant with regard to size is the hanged sinks. Its pipes can be built into the wall and do not occupy space. The next variants are sinks on a pedestal and semi-pedestals.

What occupies the greatest amount of space in our bathroom? Certainly, it is the bath. So we have one more standard method of increasing the bathroom – to replace the bath with a shower cabin. For greater visual increase of the room, try to select a cabin with maximally transparent walls or keep cabin doors open.

What shall we do with the lavatory pan? We know well the standard models of w.c. pans, as well as the amount of space they occupy. But there are more compact models. These are lavatory pans with a hidden side, i.e. floor or suspended pans. A new model is corner lavatory pan, someone may find it optimal.

Little cunnings for extension the area.

Specialists say that a bathroom is the room, where one can stay on their own. Since his attention is not occupied by anything else, he starts scrutinising the interior. Nothing can irritate the individual more and even more diminish the area as disorder in this interior. It makes the little premise smaller.

The followings small pieces of advice will help to extend the area:

1. Build in all pipes into walls yet on the stage of repair in the bathroom.

2. Try not to hang towels all over the bathroom as sails, after drying it will be better to roll them and store somewhere on the shelf.

3. If you like to decorate your bathroom, instead a multitude of small things use one, but of larger size.

4. Keep balance, do not encumber shelves by cosmetics (it is recommended not to keep it in the bathroom) and other nice trifles.

5. Remove everything what is possible to remove from the field of vision. Take some time for bringing the linen closet in order. Remove things, which you no longer need, from the shelves. Vacate the space for things that are permanently needed and used.

6. If you have a bath and use curtain for douche, use the curtain of the light colour, maximally light and transparent. After taking the douche, do not close the bath by the curtain, but move it to the wall.

7. If you have a window in the bathroom, try to extend it, beautify it by the light tulle and let the sunlight into the premise. This improvement will allow you to place the flower in the bathroom, but it must be moisture-resistant.

8. If your bathroom has no window, hang the picture on the wall with the view on mountains, the sea or the garden. This enables to extend your bathroom visually.

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