Bathroom Ideas and Designs

These bathroom ideas and designs I found from the web are for my dear childhood friend who is currently in the process of building their family home after years of saving and aspiring for a dream home. A beautiful interior design for a house is not complete without a nice-looking bathroom. She asked me to feature some beautiful bathrooms to give her an idea on how to design hers. I hope these bathroom pictures will inspire her and make her creative side come alive. I hope she will be able to provide her husband a bathroom that is gorgeous and sleek enough that her husband can even take his coffee inside it. These bathroom ideas and designs will hopefully excite Phine and help her choose the right color, look, and fixtures for her own soon-to-be delightful bathroom.

In the decades past bathrooms are allotted the smallest space for a room in the house, but not anymore. With the emergence of stylish bathroom fixtures and accessories, more and more people opted to give their bathroom space and elegance that was just accorded before for a living room, dining room, or bedroom. Many design styles for bathrooms have come up and are coming up still because of the new fascination of people to make their bathroom not only a place for bath and natural necessities but also a place that imbibes relaxation, aesthetics, and of tranquility. Today’s homeowners are also making a statement with the design of their bathrooms, their personality is oftentimes reflected in the look and style of their bathroom interiors.

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The Importance of using Complimenting Pieces

My childhood friend Phine and her husband is currently building their first house, her husband told her that he would give her a free hand in choosing the furniture and interior design of the house in one condition, that the bathroom must be really gorgeous, gorgeous enough for him to be able to drink his coffee inside it. Although I would not know why any person would pass up a chance to decorate or at least meddle with his better half in the decoration process of their love nest, but nonetheless he deserves to get a nice bathroom, he worked abroad and they saved for years to be able to build the house of their dreams.

Phine knows that I have a blog about beautiful things for the house, so she asked me if I could feature some really good bathrooms. She really loved the Stylish Sinks I featured not so long ago. I said that what is important in decorating or furnishing a space is the creativeness of the person doing it and the comfort of the people who will eventually use that space. Since she will be decorating the bathroom herself and choosing the materials to be used I caution her to choose materials or pieces that will compliment each other when put together. And it is always best to decide first the kind of interior design you would implement and then look for each of the materials needed first and when you complete all the materials, only then it is the time to buy them all. It is not good to buy a sink that you like first and then look for faucets and accessories to buy at a different time, because you might have a hard time looking for pieces that will compliment each other for the design you chose. You may opt to buy different pieces at different times but it may be time-consuming and nerve-racking to fit them all together. And of course there are always stores that have a display area where you can get an idea of what pieces go together.

Just look at these materials below, when they are on their own, you can not quite see the beauty in them, but look at the picture of the bathroom above, just below the title where all of these materials are put together, marvelous to eyes.

The photo above is “Inspired by the traditional elegance of early 1900s American design, the Bancroft Suite by Kohler embodies a nostalgic aesthetic that achieves universal appeal for today's bathrooms.”

Sorry Phine I haven't featured bathroom photos and ideas, next time you will see quite a lot of beautiful bathrooms with the design you chose. I just have to point out the importance of using complimenting pieces in interior design.

Marvelous Murals

A mural is a painting on a wall or ceiling. These marvelous murals from Murals Your Way will be a perfect addition to any dull wall in your house. The interior design of your home will definitely be changed for the better with these murals. Or you may choose a mural that will compliment your present interior design style. Any homemaker, mom, or housewife will definitely welcome these fabulous murals in her house. You may also brighten your children’s room by adding a children-themed mural like Dinosaurs and Solar System like the ones below. Aside from brightening their rooms, the bright colors of the murals for kids will help boost their imagination. And of course, murals will be perfect in your living area or any part of the house that needs livening up. It may also help you feel relaxed and just like any good art piece, it will make your senses filled up.

Island View

(Above:Island View Mural shown in a room)


The Creation of Adam

The Family

Can You Imagine

Vineyard Terrace

Dixie's Veranda

Overlook Cafe

Noah and the Rainbow

Planetary Photojournal Solar

Brooklyn Bridge

Dinosaurs

BalloonsMurals of sorts date to prehistoric times such as the paintings on the Caves of Lascaux in southern France, but the term became famous with the Mexican "muralista" art movement (Diego Rivera, David Siqueiros, or Jose Orozco). Wikipedia

Festive Christmas Flower Arrangements

There's nothing like a beautiful flower arrangement to brighten up your Christmas Day. These beautiful bouquets from teleflora will liven up any room or part of a room. The Christmas themed bouquets are also perfect gifts to give to a special loved one.

Gingerbread House Bouquet

Thomas Kinkade Country ChapelSnowflake Ornament Bouquet

Radko's Illuminated Christmas TreeSleigh Ride Bouquet

Sweet Santa Bouquet

Stylish Sinks

These Natural Stone Sinks from Boxart will be a great addition to any modern and contemporary home. Boxart is an Italian company that produces bathroom furniture and accessories in natural stones, glass, and ceramics. The interior design of your bathroom will definitely be a conversation topic among your friends with these very very stylish sinks. Just look at these sinks and you will wish that you are redecorating your bathroom just so you can have one of these stylish sinks.

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Beautiful Landscapes

Landscaping is an art form, and there is no denying that, for it fills the senses of a person who looks at beautiful landscapes the way a good painting, a beautiful music, or an exceptional sculpture does. Andrew O’ Sullivan, a TV presenter on ABC’s Gardening Australia, is an award winning landscape designer whose works are pleasant to eyes and peaceful to the mind. His design philosophy is PEACE, Practical, Environmental, Attractive, Cost Effective, Educational. Here are some of his landscaping projects.

Nightscapes

Exhibition Gardens


Leichhardt



Vaucluse


Bexley

Landscaping refers to any activity that modifies the visible features of an area of land, including but not limited to:

1. living elements, such as flora or fauna; or what is commonly referred to as Gardening, the art and craft of growing plants with a goal of creating a beautiful environment within the landscape.
2. natural elements such as landforms, terrain shape and elevation, or bodies of water;
3. human elements such as structures, buildings, fences or other material objects created and/or installed by humans; and
4. abstract elements such as the weather and lighting conditions.

Landscaping is both science and art, and requires good observation and design skills. A good landscaper understands the elements of nature and construction, and blends them accordingly. From Wikipedia

For more of Andrew O’Sullivan’s landscapes, click here.