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How To - Big Ideas for Small Bathrooms

Articles and editorial on easy ways you can keep your life in working order, especially when embarking on a new project. Everything from choosing the perfect faucet to the proper way to pamper yourself in your new spa-like bathroom. Just choose a topic below.


Choosing a Kitchen Sink
Choosing a Toilet
Choosing a Whirlpool
Choosing a Bathroom Sink
Choosing a Faucet
Generating Design Ideas
Big Ideas for Small Bathrooms
How to keep your budget in line
Finding a Professional
Pamper Yourself
Getting Comfortable With Color
Accessible Style
Big Ideas for Small Bathrooms
No room to dance?

At American Standard we like to think your bathroom should be the same size as your garage. We realize, however, that's not going to happen. Here are ways to turn a phone booth back into a bathroom.

Use lighter, cooler colors. They feel airy and trick the eye, which look beyond them. Wallpaper with a small pattern also helps expand the space. Try some on the ceiling. Or install tile with a subtle pattern that repeats on the floor. Go heavy on the lighting. A skylight, a bay window or a glass block wall could do wonders.

Choose reflective surfaces, such as a shiny marble vanity. By the same principle, put up the biggest mirror you can. Try a glass shower enclosure. Make sure it's shatterproof glass.

Emphasize the horizontal. A tile border will do just that. If you have a long, narrow room, paint the short walls a darker color to give them more weight. Tap unused vertical space for storage. Put a cabinet above the toilet, for example. Put up lots of hooks. Hang baskets.

Now here's the good part. If your bathroom is small, you can afford to splurge on the materials.