The humble toilet has come a long way throughout the years. There have been quite a number of advancements in its design and technology. We look at the most popular types of toilet suites homeowners choose to install when renovating their bathrooms and some of the latest designs and features that are available today. Back to wall close coupled toilet suite - bathroom renovation by Master Bathrooms & Kitchens. Back to wall close
Lighting in the home is more than just functional, it has the capability to turn a somewhat ordinary space into an extraordinary feature with literally, just a flick of a switch. Stunning free standing bath with feature lighting - bathroom renovation by Master Bathrooms & Kitchens. While most homeowners are aware of the importance of lighting when renovating their homes, the bathroom quite often remains to be a room where lighting is overlooked.
Cleaning the shower recess is a task we all loathe doing. Our showers are by far the most difficult area to clean in the bathroom. We spend time scrubbing away at dirt and soap scum, choke ourselves with harsh chemicals and buff away watermarks to make our screens crystal clear, only to find it a complete mess again at the end of the day. This does not need to be the case. Making just a
The bathroom is a busy place and busy areas can be thrown into disarray quite quickly. We all want our bathrooms to look neat, be organised and a be a place of sanctuary. This can be difficult to achieve when our bathrooms are in a constant state of chaos. Storage areas within our bathroom can seem to be quite limited due to the size allocated to the room upon build. Without adequate, organised storage, our
Design in bathrooms has changed considerably over the years. Once upon a time, feature tiles were considered a simple picture tile that was used sparingly, with a single tile placed strategically on one or two walls of a bathroom. Border tiles were commonly used to add character to a bathroom and were tiled in a single row that spanned the entire perimeter of the bathroom walls. Often listello tiles were used either side of the
Why you should stop using bleach in your bathroom Bleach and ammonia based products are commonly used for household cleaning, particularly in bathrooms for their disinfecting and whitening abilities. Though quite popular and common products, they are extremely toxic and may not be quite as effective as we think. It is thought that bleach is a wonder product for mould, although it does nothing but whiten mould spores, so you will find mould appear
Cleaning our bathrooms is something most of us do on at least a weekly basis. Disinfecting our toilets, wiping blobs of toothpaste off vanities and scrubbing shower scum from our showers are all part of our normal bathroom cleaning routine. We perform these tasks to effect good hygiene and because they are most obvious if we don’t. But what of the cleaning tasks that are not so obvious? We are all aware of just how
Without doubt, one of the most common problems almost everyone experiences in their bathrooms from time to time, is mould. Especially in the shower recess. Mould is the dreaded fungus that we try and avoid, often to no avail. Walk into any supermarket cleaning aisle and you will find an abundance of products that sole purpose is to help us eradicate this nasty problem. However, most of these products fail to do anything other than
When renovating a bathroom, homeowners are faced with a plethora of design options and colours. Choosing a colour palette, tiles, tapware and fixed items, can be overwhelming to say the least. Whilst it should be a goal when renovating, to “update” our homes so they reflect a more modern design. It can be all too tempting to become caught up with the latest bright, bold colours and trends and quite possibly in doing so, date
Just like clothing fashion trends over the years, there have been many trends that have come and gone in interior design. Kitchens are no exception. The pokey little kitchens of yesteryear are a far cry from the functional beasts we see in contemporary homes today. The average homeowner creates or renovates a kitchen once, at most twice in their lifetime due to both the cost and inconvenience of undertaking this task. So great is the pressure
