Bathroom Design Ideas

When you are trying to sell your home, it is common practice to ‘dress’ the house, so that it appeals to as many people as possible and nowhere is this more relevant than in your bathroom. A house that is on the market needs to be as neutral and uncluttered as possible and the bathroom is often a place where bits and pieces can accumulate without you even noticing. Therefore, the first thing you need to do is hide away all the bottles of shampoo, conditioner, shaving equipment and make-up. People will want to come into your bathroom and imagine how it will look with their own items in there.

Next, you need to ensure that the bathroom is clean, not just every day tidy, but absolutely bright and sparklingly clean. If your bathroom is extremely clean you send out a signal that you have cared for the home and that it has been well looked after, so enticing the prospective buyer to look on it in a more favourable light.

If you do have any very decorative items or objects that make a very bold statement, then they should be removed and put into storage until your house is sold. They will simply draw the eye of the viewer and, whilst they may love it, on the other hand they may find it completely unappealing. So err on the side of caution and be very conservative, then when the house is sold, you can re-apply your design flair to your new bathroom.

Fitting a bathroom cabinet seems quite easy. You buy a cabinet; if it is self-assembly then you take it home, fit all the bits together and then fix it to the wall. What else is there to it?

In fact there are some considerations that you need to take into account. First, is the cabinet replacing an existing one, in which case you will already have the holes that held the wall plugs and screws that supported it. It is unlikely that these will be suitable for the replacement cabinet, so you may well have to drill new ones. If you do, be sure to block up the old ones first.

If you do have to make new holes, will you have to drill through tiles, which can be tricky? If you are very nervous about drilling through tiles, can the cabinet be located elsewhere, where you can avoid the tiles?

Next, consider the height the cabinet should be on the wall. If there are two or more of you in the home, what is the ideal height for all of you and do you want to make sure the children can’t get into the cabinet? Before you even pick-up a drill, you all need to agree at what height the cabinet should be.

Finally, cut no corners when it comes to fitting the wall plugs etc. The cabinet needs to be supported, because it may look and feel quite lightweight when it is empty, but once on the wall and filled with all sorts of bits and pieces, it may become a lot heavier. If it doesn’t have the correct support it will simply work loose and fall from the wall.

The beauty of a countertop wash hand basin is that it can be fitted into a space that is very constrained and so are ideal for the smaller bathroom, but similarly will also look elegant yet modern, in a larger area.  They can also be fitted onto a vanity unit, which gives you adequate storage space underneath, whilst not detracting from the chic feel of the basin.

Countertops also hide any plumbing, so the basin looks more freestanding than if it were fitted in the traditional style.

Most basins are available in white, although some manufacturers also make Old English white basins, which are off white / cream in colour. Continental manufacturers also produce some coloured versions, ranging from a creamy toned ‘stone’ to one in a deep, grey-black graphite colour, so the choice is quite limitless.

The countertop basin is also well suited to having a very stylish lever and central tap fitted, to emphasise its modern appeal, but with the lever tap actually accentuating the style of the basin, thereby creating a finished look which is very chic, but coordinated and smart.

Like many design solutions which are available today, the countertop basin can also be installed in a dual setting, where you have adjacent basins, which can be used at the same time.  These often come complete with customised vanity units, which can be as modern or as traditional as you wish and can create a very unique feel to the basins and the bathroom as a whole.