Bathroom Decorating Considerations

When you decide to redo your bathroom windows there are some differences to take into account that don’t enter into play in any other room in the house.

The variables of course are the higher heat, and increased humidity, or moisture that are part and parcel of the bathroom, which make selecting just the right furnishings imperative.

Vinyl or water repellent blinds work well in the bath area

Many people will make the mistake of treating the bath like any other room, which is bound to create some real problems, if you attempt to furnish it as though it were.

The bathroom will present some special problems, such as requiring some elements that will dry easily, don’t absorb water and will repel it if possible.

When you paint your bath, a flat paint or a paint that isn’t designed for the bathroom such as an enamel or high gloss latex isn’t going to do the trick.

Select paints such as high gloss or the enamel because they repel water, rather than permit it to be absorbed by the paint.

Furnishings likewise will take some special consideration.

The lovely pleated or tightly gathered draperies, unless the room has some significant methods of exhaust and drying itself, will wilt in the heat and mist of the shower, and no longer look lovely within just a few weeks. If there is no way for the room to dry completely each day, which is difficult if there are more than one or two who shower, then longer draperies or tightly pleated curtains are not the best answer for your bath.

Far better, to look into a water proof medium such as vinyl or well sealed wood blinds, topped with a valance that can dry more easily in the bathing area.

Oxford Bathrooms offer many amenities that work well in high moisture

In like fashion, the things you purchase to hold towels should be well sealed.

Raw woods and bamboo which is unsealed may look lovely but the looks will fade easily in the heat and moisture that the bath holds.

Stainless, chrome or brass are the best bet for the bathroom, in that they will keep their looks and last far longer.

While your bathroom does dry out at times, for the most part, a higher humidity level and a higher heat level is a permanent part of it, so planning for that is imperative when you take into account things such as curtains, blinds and furnishings.

Likewise if you have a chair in the bathing area, or a sofa in the sitting room accompanying it, its best to see that it is covered or padded with a tightly woven material, or a water repellent one, or is treated to make it so, to prevent it from becoming a mass of mildew laden cloth that won’t show off your bathroom in its best light and won’t be healthy for your family.

Ceramic tiles are good both in the tub and out of it

You will most likely find that tile is far more easily kept up and cleaned in the bathroom than carpeting, topped perhaps with a throw rug that has been stuck properly to the floor, leaving at least the area in front of the bath tiled so that the water beads up. Ceramic tiles are easy to clean, last for years and since they are grouted in place, there is often not the issued that you will have with the self sticking tiles of vinyl or wood.

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