POLL: How tidy is your primary bathroom counter?
Emily H
last year
My bathroom counter is loaded with products.
I keep a handful of products out on my vanity countertop.
No, I prefer to keep all of my products hidden away in cabinets or baskets.
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Comments (11)@Jennifer Hogan @Patricia Colwell @kandrewspa @cpartist Thank you all for chiming in! To answer a few questions and give some more collective context: 1. I whole heartedly agree with the dopamine hit when I am surrounded by my favorite colors. Not surprisingly, my favorite color is green, and it is the wall color in my bedroom (the room leading into the primary bathroom). The walls of my bedroom are BM Avon Green, which is quite dark and I love it every single time I go in there. While I would love to paint the bathroom walls green as well, I think it might be overkill, especially if it's a different tone altogether. I would love to do wallpaper but the choices are ENDLESS and I'm worried it will feel overwhelming to the eye. 2. I agree that Grand Millennial style is not very modern and I'm not describing this very well. If I had the time to research and money to spend, I'd go this route. The feel of my house is a bit more of a moody modern in style - I'm not sure what to call it. Maybe modern farmhouse? Our floors are natural white oak. Our kitchen cabinets are navy with black handles, to give some context (a bandaid fix for some 90's era yellowing oak cabinets from the prior owners). 3. I've read a ton of articles on mixing metals and i've looked at many pictures of mixing metals in bathrooms specifically, and I'm not sure I agree that you can't do it in a small space. The bathroom is gutted right now so I have no photos to show of what is actually in there. I did post photos of the vanity and fixtures in my original post....See Morethassos honed marble counter for bathroom?
Comments (18)Jan, I am not opposed to corian.I am not a snob to materials and products. Different materials work for different peopel for all sorts of legitimate reasons. I simply was not aware of it nor thought about it. I personally love real stone, real wood etc. Have never been a fan of imitation or look alike products. Needing white for esthetics, and Realizing real thassos isnt a good option, I was only shown quartz or glassos. Glassos is pretty, but its glass.. so a bit hesitant there. I never liked the looked of quartz, was bummed when I realized that was the route being recommended, and now after this experience, I am really turned off by it . How can every solid white quartz manufacrurer have these black specks all in the counters? It just kills the look if it constantly looks like there sre specks of things on it . I guess in marble looking or pattern quartz they go unoticed, , but in a solid white, no doubt they are there!! i inquired about a few of the white corians with my fabricator and he is checking if he can obtain it. He said he no longer sells it, but will check for me. Glacier white, sparkling white, designer white , modern white....See MorePrimary Bathroom: Toilet or Vanity in Front of Door?
Comments (53)When debating the size of the shower, make sure that you know the actual finished interior dimensions of the space. Things like any pony walls or newly created alcoves will eat away considerable inches of the finished interior shower space. My shower in the master is approx. 36 x 48. It's fine. Not too big and not too small. Long cold winters here in Wisconsin--I would not a larger shower (cold/ drafty) in this climate! (8' ceilings, too, vs a potentially drafty shower with your 10' ceiling.) IMO, two sinks in a 60" vanity is one too many. You give up counter space and, more significantly, cabinet space below. The supply lines, the drain and the bowl will reduce the usable space underneath the sink by at least half. Two people using sinks at the same time is a crowd. Worse in a small bathroom when the person using a sink nearest the door has to move to allow the other exit or entrance. Double the plumbing cost, double the cleaning required, double the potential plumbing problems and, twice as many faucets to replace if one goes bad or if you just want to change the look. With another bathroom down the halls, I would absolutely use only one sink in this bathroom. Two sinks make sense in huge bathrooms but preferably in two separate vanities with lots of space between....See MoreBest tile size for modern primary bathroom
Comments (7)To me the gray tile on the bottom doesn't look like it goes with the others, but because colors aren't always true when seen on computers, if it looks OK to you in person then no worries. If I were you I would just use all 12 X 24 size (except on the shower floor) to get a visually seamless, modern look. I believe the larger size is more difficult to work with for tilesetters so if you want to use that, ask the tilesetter how much experience they have had with it. Whichever size you use, go over how it will be laid out with the tilesetter before they place it so you don't end up with weirdly placed cuts or corner transitions. An experienced, quality tilesetter will be good at thinking this through, but this forum is full of posts from people who didn't end up with good results, so it pays to be careful. If you're not familar with this person's work don't leave them to do whatever for hours....See More- Emily Hlast year
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