1. First of all bathroom is a place of the highest humidity in the house. That is why it is important to know what types of mirrors are suitable for bathrooms and powder rooms.

2. Secondly bathroom mirror is very often used as a make up mirror, so it must be illuminated enough.

3. Lighting bathroom mirrors is important not only for make up and shaving. Most of as have small bathrooms and mirrors, especially large wall mirrors allow to make the space look bigger and wider. As you know light colours make area look wider, so lighted mirrors allow bathrooms to seem larger than they are.

Mirrors for bathrooms can be different by shape and type. It can be a large wall mirror, some small framed oval mirror, the cabinet it is fitted in to, vanity mirror or illuminated bathroom mirror. Which type to choose? First of all, it is always better to buy bathroom furniture, mirror and other units all together. It is a problem of small areas when units with different design, age and colours can just look messy and untidy. If you decide to change your bathroom design you have to change everything, including tiles! Secondly, when you buy some furniture units for bathroom and accessories that include mirror, think what is more convenient for you. Somebody likes cabinet mirrors, somebody vanity mirrors and somebody just do not care what mirror he has cause he even do not brush his teeth.  How to know what type of mirror I like? Probably you remember what mirror you have had in your parents home, or maybe in a rented apartment. Did you really like it? Or you always wished something else? Remember houses of your friends. Shop around and check different models, including lights on it. Unfortunately when we speak about convenience we can not trust professional designers. They work only when we need some modern solutions.

There are 3 types of bathroom mirrors.

1. Mirrors that are fitted into doors or cabinets.  they are called fixed mirrors and usually are not so comfortable in use cause every time you want to look into it, you have to close the door or to open cabinet. Or to hold it’s door in the direction you need. Of course depending on new models they can be comfortable, so just shop around if you need something like that.

2. Wall mirrors. Wall mirrors can be large ‘ from floor to ceiling ‘ and small oval ones. Hanging wall mirrors both convenient for use and easy to install. You can always change the place of it or to change mirror yourself if you do not like it any more.

3. Vanity mirrors. Small vanity mirrors are very useful for make up in the bathroom.

As as have already mentioned, choosing a mirror for bathroom is mostly a question of convenience and comfort. And remember, that when you buy a mirror it is a must to learn how to clean it. Bathroom mirrors become dirty quicker than in the other rooms. If you do not want to have scratches on it later, use only cleaning materials and solutions that are suitable for glass and mirrors.

Is it worth buying water saving shower? I think yes. You can open water flow as much as you want. You can open it a little bit and try to wash your head with it. It will take you about 10 minutes. And you can open the water as much as possible and taking a shower will take 5 minutes or so. This is just a sample, i just want to tell that if you use water saving shower head, you can open water as usually and do not care how much water was spent. Just enjoy your life.

Well, water saving showers are not something that you can find in every house, so maybe you even do not have any friends to get to know more about it. At least you can find reviews online before spending money. If you think you need it buy it.

What is more, to my mind, it is a very useful thing for big families where children like to spend time playing in the bathroom.

Anyway, if you have already used water saving shower let us know how efficient it was and if it worth buying it.

Two main rules that may be important before you choose the colour:

1. Do not choose black colours for floor and walls. I have already mentioned disadvantages of black tiles in my previous article.

2. If you do care about Feng Sui, you must remember that according to it, bathroom belongs to water so decorating in blue is not good, cause blue is also a symbol of water. According to Feng Sui, ideally will be to have brown and light brown colours that will be a symbol of ground.

Remember, that there is not a must to follow Feng Sui. It’s up to you which colour to use, blue or pink, this is your house and if you feel yourself comfortable use blue. I just want to mention Feng Sui for those who is crazy with it.

Why choosing a colour is so important? Tiles is not something you can change everyday. It ‘s not a carpet or curtains. Yes, nowadays there are guidelines online how to tile a bathroom, but if you are not a professional, this will take time. This is different just to install ceramic tiles on to the walls and floor and to clean walls and floor from old tiles. Maybe it will be useful to ask all the members of the family which colours they like and to choose something nice.

 Colour ideas for tiles. Choosing light colours is always better than dark ones. Bathroom is usually small and darker the colours- smaller it looks. Dark colours also hide dirt and you can not really know how clean your bathroom is. Light and neutral colours are always the best choice. Why choosing neutral colours? Later you can change your bathroom design without changing the colour of tiles. Choose some light brown or beige, light blue, light pink, like green. You can always find suitable furniture and rugs for these colours.

Be careful when choosing gold and silver colours for bathroom. If you are interested in these colours call for a professional designer otherwise instead of luxury view you will get some dirty yellow and grey decorations that will look sad and poor.

Corner bathtubs. Corner bathtubs usually have two unfinished sides and two or one finished depending on bathtub shape. There can be triangular shape, box shape and most common rectangle shape with is most suitable for most types of bathrooms with standard sizes.

Recessed bathtubs. As well as corner bathtubs recessed ones are suitable for small sized bathrooms, when the space is very important. As compare to price – it is one of the most affordable types of bathtubs and widely available in markets as compare to other ones.

Drop – in bathtubs. This type of tub can be both set into the floor or into a platform. There is a big choice of shapes for this type of bathtub so you have a chance to make your bathroom look really different from others, though such a bathtub needs some more spare place and suitable floor for installing.

Freestanding bathtubs. This type of bathtub does not need a corner, to be installed in, it is independent and stand on four legs. Freestanding bathtubs need  both space and money. They are not cheap at all, and you bathroom must be big enough. Advantage of this tub is that you have more choice when designing and decorating your bathroom, you do not need a wall for it and you can decorate the wall. To my mind it is one of the most beautiful types of bathtubs, and what do you think?

Does not matter what type of bathtub you buy, the most important thing is it’s quality. Modern materials for bathtubs ( and also sinks and toilets by the way ) allow to keep them clean longer and need less maintenance and repair as compare to old ones. In my next article I will tell you about different bathtub shapes, sizes and materials and whirlpool tubs.