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Bathroom Storage Ideas
Better Homes & Gardens Kitchen & Bath

While researching bathroom storage yesterday, we came across a very helpful article from Better Homes & Gardens with 26(!) ideas for finding new space in your smallest room......

5 Small Bathrooms with Smart Storage

Almost everyone feels that they don't have enough storage in their bathroom. On the other hand, you don't want to make an already small space feel cluttered by covering every available surface with ...

A New Use for Shaving Cream

Add this to the list of uses for shaving cream: Use it as a helper when cleaning mildew from grout. The thick consistency of shaving cream (not gel) helps keep bleach on mildew-y tile joints long en...

One IKEA Shelf System, Five Ways

IKEA's cheap but good Grundtal system of kitchen shelving has appeared on Apartment Therapy before in many forms. Today, we're revisiting this staple and looking at old and new ways to put it to wor...

Kitchen and Bath Ideas from Cersaie Booths

When we visit a trade show, we’re often just as intrigued by the booth designs as the products themselves. At the Cersaie tile and bath show in Bologna, Italy, we snapped a few photos of booths th...

Small Shelves, Carts, & Cabinets for the Bathroom
High & Low

If you have a small bathroom with a sliver of floor space under the sink, a small cabinet or cart can come in handy. We've used the round plastic Componibili from Kartell in the bathroom and loved i...

7 Trends in Bathroom Fixtures & Finishes
CERSAIE in Bologna, Italy

Talking about trends in terms of tile and bath fixtures is a little odd, since you really don't want to pick anything too of-the-moment if you're putting a lot of money and effort into a bathroom re...

Roundup: Bright Bathrooms

We always love finding a jolt of color in a small, unexpected place like a closet or bathroom. For inspiration, we've rounded up five different approaches to using color, from an apple green accent ...

Problem Solver: Compact Bathroom Wall Shelves

When you've got a small bathroom with a pedestal sink or a lack of medicine cabinet storage, a compact shelf can come in really handy. We've noticed them in a lot of small homes, installed next to t...

Individual Soaps: Make House Guests Feel Welcome

Even if you're not traveling this summer, you might have family or friends coming to stay with you for a get-away. Make your home feel like a four star hotel with these personalized mini bars. They...

On Sale: Pendant Lamps

We've said it time and again—good lighting is important. It's one of those things that can completely transform a room, especially if you switch out an ugly old ceiling light with a new pendant. I...

Shower Coach

Showering at a friend's home recently, I spotted something different in their shower: an hourglass. It's the "Shower Coach", a five-minute timer made to help minimize water consumption in the shower...

Roundup: Simple Medicine Cabinets

It can be difficult to find a simple medicine cabinet without a bunch of extras. We've written about the search before on Apartment Therapy, and there are a few sources that have come up again and ...

Indoor/Outdoor Showers
Dwell

We could close our eyes, blindly choose any one of the showers featured in Dwell's A Look at Open-Air Showers, and be pleased as punch. Each and every one is stunning in its own way. Oh, to shower e...

Outdoor Inspiration: Open-Air Rooms

Outdoor Month here at Apartment Therapy really gets us thinking about stretching the limits of outdoor living and decorating. Check out these luxe open-air rooms that are finished just as well as if...

Laundry/Bathroom Combinations from Innerspec

click thumbnails for larger pics Swedish real estate site Innerspec is always worth a look for inspiring interiors. Browsing the listings yesterday, we noticed a lot of available apartments with comb...

The $12,000 Toilet and Nine More High-Priced Potties
Chicago Tribune

click thumbnails for larger picsWe ran across a slideshow entitled "glamorizing the toilet" online at the Chicago Tribune site. It brings together a look at ten ultra exclusive? glamorous? EXPENSIVE ...

Quick and Easy Bathroom Problem Solvers

For fixing, repair, and cleaning tips, the Apartment Therapy archives are a good resource. We recently searched for a simple way to clean grout and...voila, we found it. While we were sifting throug...

Spring Green in Every Room of the Home

click thumbnails for larger pics Spring has sprung and spring green is catching our eye all over the place. That includes each and every room of the home......

10 Real Apartment Bathrooms
from Marie Claire Maison

click thumbnails for larger pics Okay, Kitchen and Bath month might be over here at AT, but we can't help but continue thinking of these two important spaces. In small apartments, both rooms require ...

Hot or Not? Shaving Pedestal

Just ran across this on the last day of bathroom month - a special shaving pedestal/razor holder to install in the shower. The copy states, " The sculptured foot rest's angled design allows you to bal...

One-Hour Bathroom Upgrades

Sometimes the simple things are the ones that make the biggest difference. To make a quick impact in the bathroom, take on a small project like installing towel hooks, replacing a switch plate cover...

Good Product: Fire Hydrant Showerhead

We have ridiculously low water pressure in our bathroom. Really, it's pathetic. And let's not even talk about running the water anywhere else in the house, let alone flushing the toilet. Just a trickl...

Drying Racks in the Bathroom

We tend to use our shower curtain rod as a drying rack for hand-washed clothing. It's not the most attractive solution, but it works. For those who want a more organized system, there are several wa...

Look! IKEA Gorm For Storage And Your Sink

In our internet travels today we came across a great hack for the IKEA Gorm shelving unit. Normally this isn't something we'd think about for use as a countertop, let alone a entire shelving unit an...

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