Are you someone who likes to be creative with your interior design projects? Well, something that you may have never considered using beyond the bathroom are shower curtain rods for your decorating ideas. You can use the same rods that keep your bathroom dry during a shower to create beautiful decorative poles all over the House.
Even though you can buy a rod for a couple of bucks, or maybe even a buck at the dollar store doesn’t mean that they can’t look like a million bucks when used creatively. How great is it that a college student with no cash can still create a fabulous look in the dorm on the cheap, as well as be able to impress his or her classmates.
If you’re looking to hide a not-so-pretty wall or closet space in the bedroom, then look no further than the shower curtain rod as your savior. The best bet would likely be the pressure style rod, which you just twist out to the size you need and it will be easily held in place by the pressure. Just be careful with the weight of the drapery that you use with this style, as it usually doesn’t hold a lot of weight. For example velvet would not work without a rod that screws into the wall.
In the bedroom there’s another idea to consider beyond closets. How about a nice soft headboard or canopy over the bed? Simply suspend a couple of rods from the ceiling and hang across and down a nice sheer fabric with a simple little dip in the center. As for the headboard, you could, just let some fabric hang down at the head of the bed to cover the headboard.
If you have a pantry in the kitchen that you’d rather not be seen at all times then using a shower curtain rod and some kitchen type fabric will work wonders here. If you have the classic kitchen style café curtains then you can easily coordinate the materials as well.
Do you have a sunroom that’s not properly vented and just gets too hot?
If you get a pressure type rod and at both ends of the overhead window slip through a fabric that’s been stitched to have a pocket, you can then pull the fabric taught or leave it loose if you like, but either way you now have a fabric there that’s going to dimmed the sunlight as it makes it way into your sunroom from the outside. Now the room’s temperature can be much more easily controlled.
Bathroom remodeling doesn’t have to be a boring old mundane project anymore. You can now purchase an “s” shaped rod that will give you old claw footed tub a way to have a shower head and spray nozzle. If you want to go even a little more out of the ordinary then using a suspended rod that hangs from the ceiling by chains is a great option for you. You can have some extra fun by using different materials for hanging the shower curtain itself, rather than the plain old store bought plastic rings that you usually see.
If you use your imagination and continue to be creative you can no doubt think of endless ideas for using shower curtains in your home.
John Ca. Baker
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Bathroom remodeling ?? Please !!?
Hello people!
I am considering purchasing a major fixer-upper home. The original part was built in the early 1900′s, and the bathroom is literally atrocious! That is the perfect word for it, it is really really bad, and is the only bathroom.
Quick description: It is basically like a hallway, there are two doors, and you could walk right through it. If you sit on the toilet, which is up against the wall on the left and shut both doors, you can literally lean across and touch the other wall. The current owners actually have the toilet paper hanging from a hook on door in front of you, if that can give you an idea of how tiny this room is. There is a small sink and a tiny tub, which is in the back of the room and goes from wall to wall.
Now, there is a room adjoining the bathroom that is pretty big and right now it has the water heater, washer and dryer, etc in it which I was thinking maybe I could pull that one wall down, rearrange some things for extra space ?? My Dad used to be a plumber and said it would be possible.
Any ideas? Is it too much work to pull the wall down? And how much is it really going to cost? I’m assuming I will replace all fixtures, etc. Also, the floor needs to be ripped up as it is rotting.
The house is really great and has wonderful potential, its really just the bathroom and the kitchen that need to be redone, but these are the most expensive rooms and I’m very nervous.
What can I expect?
Thanks!
A lot depends if it is a load-bearing wall. Some walls support a wall on the floor above. Other walls do not. If you remove a load-bearing wall, you have to install a beam in that spot. If it is not a load-bearing wall, then you can just remove it without any problem. Your bigger problem may be the plumbing in the bathroom such as the four inch pipe that the toilet flushes into. That will be a job moving that around.
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