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So you just painted your bathroom and it looks great! No more pulling the shower curtain to hide your ugly peeling walls. Congratulations! You did a pretty good job but before you begin to pat yourself on the back, take a look at your bathroom ceiling. Oh, oh, you forgot didn’t you! Professional designers know that it takes more than four walls to create a room. Unfortunately when remodeling their bathroom, the average home renovator neglects to take their bathroom ceiling into account. Regrettably discolored ceilings with peeling paint can undermine the hard work you spent on your beautifully painted walls. And even worse, most painting mistakes trace back to a lack of prep work. But take heart! Fortunately painting your bath ceiling is just another project for the courageous bath remodeler to tackle when beautifying their unsightly bathroom. Read the rest of this entry »

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At bathroomgurureview we understand that not all bathrooms give the desirable impression you would like them to. You’re unhappy with how your bathroom looks. You think it’s ugly. You wish you could demolish it and renovate the whole thing. Unfortunately, you don’t have a big budget, and you don’t have a lot of time. Your best choice is to re-paint. Freshen up the room with a new color. Maybe you will discover the tone that helps to balance out the room and smudge out that ugliness that was once glaring at you every day. With this definitive guide to painting your unsightly bathroom, you will learn which tools you need, what paints to purchase and how much this is all going to cost so you can better plan out your budget. Follow these easy to understand washroom painting directions and you too can transform your unattractive bathroom into a room that is inviting and admirable. Read the rest of this entry »

Personalizing your bathroom walls with stenciling is an economical way to decorate your bathroom if you are on a budget, and who isn’t? Researchers have shown that people spend a large portion of their lives in their bathrooms. Research has also shown that the mood and decoration of a bathroom can unconsciously change the disposition of those entering it, even if they don’t initially notice it. So why not express your creativity by stenciling your bathroom walls and at the same time improve the mood of those entering therein? Adorning your bathroom walls with stencil patterns is not complicated, and can easily be done in a single afternoon. Stenciling bathroom walls doesn’t require anything more than creativity, paint, brushes, and the stencils you want to decorate with! If you’re not experienced and have never stenciled before, then we recommend getting some cardboard, to practice on, before actually starting stenciling bathroom walls. Read the rest of this entry »

Installing a new floor underlayment may be necessary if your bathroom floor is old or has suffered water damage over the years. Underlayment provides a suitable installation surface for you to apply the perfect finish to your bathroom floor. So if you are planning to install new tile flooring in your bath, you will have to prepare the appropriate floor substrate that can withstand moisture without compromising the quality of your flooring design. Cement Backer Board is the logical choice. Tips like, installing underlayment with the face grain running across support joists will make your bathroom floor renovation project turn out right. Continue reading this underlayment installation tutorial and you will be provided with all the necessary information to install a stable surface to mount your bathroom floor coverings with the care of a seasoned professional. Read the rest of this entry »

Non-slip surfaces for bathrooms aren’t really an option. Bathrooms and kitchens have two of the most dangerous slippery surfaces in the home. In kitchens, the danger is spilling slippery fluids on the kitchen floor, in bathrooms it’s slipping in the tub or on wet slick tiles. Your bathroom also contains fixtures to crash into, and they’re not mobile, so any anti-slip floor treatments to eliminate or reduce falling would be a God send. Slips can happen at frightening speeds, and the surfaces are hard and unforgiving. Preventing slips, trips and falls in your bathroom through proper preventive maintenance and the application of anti slip floor coatings is a must. A slippery floor is not the sort of situation you want happening to your guests, yourself or an elderly family member, and your
home insurance may need a tune-up or a check to cover it. Read the rest of this entry »

When I came across Cerastone at the Calgary Home and Interior Design Show I was curious because I assumed that the stone in front of me was all natural but I suspected there was something different about this display so I stopped by to investigate. After talking to Don Waldorf for a couple of minutes, a Cerastone sales rep, to my amazement I soon realized that these stones incredibly were manufactured stones. Boy was I shocked. I couldn’t even tell the difference! The Cerastone motto is surround yourself with the beauty of nature which is why all their products are inspired by naturally occurring elements. The Cerastone product line would be a great way to create a feature wall in your bathroom so that you could bringing the feeling of natural stone into your bath. Read the rest of this entry »

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Though carpet is an unusual choice for most bathroom floors, who doesn’t like the feel of soft carpeting under their bare feet? Unfortunately as appealing as this sounds, carpeting has a tendency to hold moisture which can breed mold and mildew creating a very unhealthy and pungent smelling environment. Over time this moisture can seep into your floor boards and cause wood rot which may invariably lead to structural damage and challenge the stability of your bathroom floor. Not a pretty picture. Read the rest of this entry »

The largest surface area in your bathroom is your walls next to your bathroom floor and ceiling. Walls can be light and neutral or bold and exciting depending on whether you want them to recede or boldly make a statement. Variations in color, motifs and texture can bring mismatched fixtures together or break your design coherence. Paints, wall coverings, tile and laminates such as wall paper can be your best friend or literally be an eye sore. Read the rest of this entry »

Hey did you hear that…..If you didn’t, listen real close, how about putting your ear to the wall to see if that helps. Still nothing? Good. One of the most over looked attributes about your bathroom is sound control. Its probably not the first thing that comes to mind when designing a bathroom but if your bathroom is a high traffic area or people work at different times of the day, then the times that people use your bathroom could possibly become an issue. So how do you keep the noises within your bathroom from drifting into other parts of your home? One way to counter the problem is through Read the rest of this entry »