Blog — design

What is the best tap for a vessel basin?

Our customers have asked how is best to arrange a tap on a vessel bathroom basin. They can be quite tall and bend halfway at the middle of the sink which is lovely and sculptural. Or they can be medium height and spray the water at an angle, or simply install the taps on the wall above the sink.

For a gallery of ideas, Click here see how our customers have installed their sinks from Unique Sinks, or Read the article


Online gallery of outstanding bathroom design ideas

Houzz, the designers essential website for all things awesome in interiors has an online gallery of bathroom design ideas. Check out what they have put together and be inspired!

Click on this: Bathroom Sinks: 21 ideabooks


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Toilet Roll Holders: the weird and the wonderful...

I like to see a bit of imagination. And being one looking for a new toilet roll holder recently, I was disappointed by how boring they all are. So, of course, I took to my favourite place for ideas, Pinterest, to see what others have done to jolly the place up a bit. Well some that i found were atrocious, some very funny and many downright bizarre. 

Check out my selection of the weird and wonderful:

Bizarre Toilet Roll Holders

 


How to light your bathroom

How many times have you looked in a bathroom mirror and the lighting made you look haggard and horrible? Or maybe it was too dark to see the razor cuts on your face or the blemish you meant to hide?

I found this excellent article from THIS OLD HOUSE magazine in the US with great tips for designing the lighting in your bathroom. Here is an edited version of the story:

 

A Lesson in Bathroom Lighting

Your bathroom's becoming a refuge, so why not light it adequately?

By SUSAN ARNOLD, THIS OLD HOUSE MAGAZINE

When it comes to interior...