Bathrooms

Improving your Bathroom

The humble bathroom should ideally be an area of your home where you feel comfortable and relaxed. However, much to our dismay home designers tend to squeeze the bathroom into the smallest, coldest and darkest room possible so they can become the bane of our existence for many years to come. If you have ever crept to the bathroom on a cold winter's night barefoot and shivering only to stumble in a dark cold bathroom and meet a freezing cold toilet seat you know what we are talking about. There is good news however, with a little cash your bathroom can transform it into the perfect comfortable paradise it should be.

For those of you who already have a bathroom and no extra space to make it bigger such as building an extension or knocking a wall down, you don't need to give up just yet. Even with restricted space you can still create the perfect luxury bathroom heaven with a little design preparation.

Creating Some Space

If you need more floor space in your bathroom consider rearranging your bathroom suite. When purchasing a brand new suite you don't need to put them in where your other suite was. It may mean a little extra work is needed but something as simple as this really can dramatically improve floor space in your bathroom. In the worst case scenario you can also consider removing the bath and having a single shower cubicle instead to improve on space. Naturally this isn't a good idea if you love your bath too much.

Turn up the Heat

Try including under floor heating in your bathroom. This will mean no more cold floors and surfaces in the bathroom. Under floor heating will dramatically improve the overall warmth and comfortable feeling of your bathroom and is set to a thermostat so that you can always ensure your bathroom is the right temperature for you.

Add Some Extra Light

Even if you have a small frosted window with no curtains you can still improve on the lighting in your bathroom. Many people now install luxury bathroom lighting to improve both the atmosphere when taking a long soak in the tub, and the overall lighting of the bathroom. Yes you can have extra LED lighting in your bathroom safely and many have small coloured lights along the base of the bath tub to compliment their bathroom suite and decorations.

Storage Solutions

There are also a great variety of different storage solutions now available for the modern bathroom you may wish to consider. You can have cupboards underneath the sink, wall hangings, corner shelves and more. The possibilities are endless for your new bathroom suite.

When planning any changes to an existing bathroom there are four things you need to plan out carefully beforehand:

1. Measure out your existing plumbing, windows and doors and create an accurate diagram of their position in your bathroom.
2. Plan out the layout of your new suite and how to get them where you want them.
3. Plan out and construction work that may be required for the job including moving walls, knocking down walls, moving doors and the enlargement of windows.
4. Plan out any changes to the services you may need such as electricity, water and drainage.

More UK Home Improvement Advice and Guidance

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