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Creating a wet area in your bathroom

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For those who are fed up with the confines of a shower cubicle creating a wet area in your bathroom can be a great solution.

Being able to shower without a curtain or door adds a whole new dimension to the showering experience. Many people are choosing to renovate or create a bathroom that is a wet area, allowing total freedom from curtains and doors.

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Here’s how you can bring this new decorating solution into your home:

  1. Consider placement carefully. Doors and curtains are there to serve two purposes, to give us privacy and also to keep water under control. Place your wet area in a location were the neighbours won’t be forced to join you in your ablutions and ensure that your room is designed so that splashing water won’t destroy other fixtures and fittings.
  2. A half wall or step down shower will help eliminate flooding worries.
  3. Choose the right showerhead for the purpose. A wall mounted showerhead angles water and can cause problems with leaks, but a showerhead mounted from the ceiling directs the water onto you. A showerhead that emulates rain can be a delightful choice.
  4. Drainage has to be well thought out. The floor of your open shower area has to angle towards the drain to ensure that there is no issue with standing water, which can affect the structure of your building. Also, for safety reasons you have to ensure that there is no danger of slipping on slick layer of water. You can choose to have more than one drain for added safety.
  5. And, as with all things, there is another option. If a full open shower area is not practical for your space, consider a rimless glass shower door. The removal of the rim from your shower area gives the illusion of more space and light without the expense and time of a full or partial renovation.

Bringing the beauty of plants into your bathroom

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Many of us enjoy the serene atmosphere that a well-placed plant can add to our bathrooms, elevating them to a home spa where we can relax and enjoy peace and serenity.

The creators of this beautiful bathroom mat understood that pleasure and have taken it to the next level. The mat is made from foam, plastazode, that does not decompose or rot.

moss bathroom

Each cell of the foam contains some living moss. This designer piece not only adds beauty but brings function as the humidity from steam and the water that drops from your body as you step from the bath or shower flow into the moss.

Unique and environmentally friendly, this living carpet actually helps reduced humidity in the air. So, even if you live miles from the nearest forest you can have walk barefoot on beautiful moss. Removing moisture from the air is good for your home and it feels great underfoot!

Enjoy art into every area of your home

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Most of us enjoy a beautiful painting or print to adorn our walls, adding style and elegance to our living, dining and family rooms. But what about the areas of our homes that are less traditional in terms of displaying a piece of art?

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Your outdoor living space might seem an unusual place to display a prized work of art, but with proper protection from the elements and the correct glazing this can be a great way to bring your personal touch to an outdoor area.

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Kitchen

A great way to bring some of the outdoors into your home, and to add a design touch without using up the precious wall space, is to place a selection of prints or photographs into your kitchen by having them screen printed onto glass fronted cabinet doors.

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Another way to add beauty to your kitchen is to group some elegant mirrors or exquisite frames in one area. Bring serenity into your kitchen by using symmetrical grouping.

Bathroom

Your bathroom is your home spa and a carefully selected piece of art can help you set the perfect atmosphere for a relaxing soak. Make sure that your artwork is protected from steam and moisture to protect it from damage.

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Laundry

You spend time a lot of time in your laundry area while you wash, iron and fold, so why not add something beautiful and unique to the walls to add some pleasure?

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Create your own art from pretty children’s clothes, that your children have now grown out of to bring back some great memories. Take all of those loose buttons from the drawer and use them to form initials.

Have these framed and glazed in interesting frames and enjoy them as you work.

Create Your Dream Bathroom with the Reece 3D Bathroom Planner

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If you are planning to build a new bathroom or renovate one in your home, it is now easier than ever thanks to the new 3D Bathroom Planner from Reece. This is a new, innovating online tool that helps you plan and design a new bathroom based on your own thoughts and designs. What was once difficult to translate from your own thoughts to reality is now far easier thanks to this new 3D Bathroom Planner.

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What is the Reece 3D Bathroom Planner?

Essentially, this is a tool that you can use to build your new bathroom in an online environment with all the Reece bathroom products included. This means that you can recreate your bathroom and mix and match different Reece items until you get the look that you desire.

Once completed, you can save what has been created to use as a guide for building or renovating your bathroom. The process is made so easy thanks to the 3D platform which allows for a much better feel of what the bathroom will look like when completed.

Plus, by choosing from the complete range of Reece products, you can not only preview how they will look, but also choose the different lighting, tiles and fittings as well to round out the bathroom. With this tool, you can not only move around the products, you can change the lighting, adjust the color and patterns of the tile, and even add more unusual features to match what you want to accomplish.

The Advantages of the Reece 3D Bathroom Planner

Naturally, the biggest advantage is that you can better plan your new bathroom or finalize what your remodeling efforts for your bathroom will be.

Easy to Use: This online tool is designed to be simple and straightforward so even people with little experience can quickly understand and use the 3D Bathroom Planner. Before long, they are moving and switching products inside the 3D environment.

Better Planning: While most bathroom constructions or renovations are fairly straightforward in terms of planning, it can be difficult to accurately imaging the space and how new products will fit. With this 3D Bathroom Planner, it becomes much easier to see exactly how different items will integrate with your new bathroom.

Remove Intimidation Factor: When planning a new bathroom, it can be quite intimidating to relate just how everything will fit together. However, this new online tool removes all that by presenting an accurate three dimensional image of just how it will look. This means whether you do the renovation or building yourself or hire a professional crew, you will have a plan that easily demonstrates what you want to accomplish.

Finally, you can view your completed design from any perspective. Whether you choose overhead, from the side or the interior, you can save your plan at any angle. Plus, you can incorporate the specific dimensions of the room, including power outlets, plumbing and door spaces to account for the entire bathroom.

The Reece 3D Bathroom Planner lets you design your dream bathroom thanks is simple, straightforward approach that provides excellent results. Plus, you can share the plans of your dream bathroom as well, including all floorplans, multiple views and elevations as well.