In many cultures around the world and throughout history, bathing has been a ritualistic act. A bath cleanses impurities and calms the spirit. Immersing oneself in water can feel exhilarating beyond belief >>>...
A steam bath is not the same thing as a sauna. Each has their ups and downs, but both are therapeutic and medicinal. The steam room is the one where the heat is carried on thick clouds of mist emitted from steam heads, and although it might feel more intense than a sauna at first, it is actually a little bit cooler >>>...
Birds are beautiful in a garden, or just outside your windows. They can make lovely song, and they eat bugs who make less lovely sights and sounds. So it's worth a little effort to attract them to you, with bird feeders, bird baths, and bird houses >>>...
I think that heat+water is possibly the best combination ever devised, excluding the summer in the deep south. Other than that, you name it - hot baths, hot showers, steam baths, saunas, hot springs - and I love it. I'm not alone, either >>>...
In the 40s, society was recovering from the Great Depression and the second World War, and fashion and style came back with a bang. People finally had enough money to renovate and go shopping and they all wanted a taste of the American dream. Here in 2011, what better way to celebrate surviving our country's most recent recession than by renovating with a 1940s theme in mind!
A glistening brass finish on the fixtures and decadent period lighting will achieve the vintage Hollywood glamor effect brilliantly >>>...
Arriving nicely dressed to work every single day might be the key to success, but appearing well groomed is easier for some than others. It depends on a person's type of hair, whether or not he has tattoos, or has a talent for ironing or suffers any chronic acne. Life can be cruel >>>...
There are quite a few advantages to having a white bathroom vanity. I've talked about a few of them before: white is a light, bright, open color and can help open up a room and make it seem larger. Because it's also the most neutral color, it's easy to change the look of your bathroom without having to swap out your vanity or worry whether your new colors will clash >>>...
Major bathroom remodels are never cheap, and redoing a big bathroom is even more expensive. But if you find yourself on a tight budget, you don't necessarily have to sacrifice quality, or even the scope of your project, to get the job done. For anything you might want to buy, chances are there's a whole range of similar items in different price ranges >>>...
I've talked a bit before about the pitfalls of a modern bathroom decor - it can be a little cold and a little impersonal, both of which can be difficult to fix and difficult to avoid in the first place. But it isn't always true, and certainly doesn't have to be. In some ways, a modern decor is an invitation to have a little fun, you just have to keep in mind that "modern" doesn't necessarily have to be formal >>>...
Modern bathroom design is all about beauty in simplicity - a fairly monochromatic palette, minimalist lines, and geometric shapes. That said, there are a few great ways to break the "rules" and make your modern bathroom design really stand out. In a modern bathroom, you expect all smooth, unbroken lines, so when you add something with a little more color - like a signature vessel sink - it immediately adds a visual point of interest to your bathroom >>>...
