Facial washcloths can seem like such a minor thing, even in your bathroom, but they really are an important part of getting your bathroom up to tip top shape. Having a washcloth just for the face is sanitary, practical, and yet another opportunity to organize things in a way that makes sense and provides a …
No one wants pests in their bathroom and while slugs can be less obnoxious than clouds of bathroom gnats and less jarring than seeing a snake trying to come through the toilet or drain, they’re still not something you want to see infesting your house in general and your bathroom in particular. Generally speaking, this …
Many first time homeowners might be surprised to learn just how many different type and styles of bathroom sinks there are. It’s not something many of us think about until the first time it actually becomes an issue whether due to needed repairs, inheriting a bad fit for what you need from your bathroom, or …
I grew up in the country and so learned a lot of tricks about dealing with pests and problems that many of my friends who grew up in better city neighborhoods never had to deal with. Regardless of where you live, at some point you’re likely to run into the problem of small bugs appearing …
You would think a drain would be a simple concept, and the general idea is. While most people struggling with a drain are trying to unclog it without having to pay a professional plumber to do it, sometimes you have the opposite problem where there’s a drain without a plug – which makes bathing very …
Admittedly, this is a question I also had back in my apartment days. It was nice to be lucky enough to live in apartments that actually set up proper bathroom vents that worked and were well-maintained, but considering you’re in a building full of apartments, how do you know smoke, dust, and debris from other …
Sometimes local slang is a bit odd, or at least comes that way once you stop to think about it. In the United States the words “bathroom” and “restroom” are used as interchangeable synonyms. They both mean the same thing, but that seems a bit odd, doesn’t it? Who would want to spend time in …
One thing you definitely don’t want to hear when sitting down in your own bathroom is a loud crack or snap. Then you start shifting…hopefully not too far, but the day is already gone sideways in a bad way. Whether you call yourself obese, big-boned, big, or you don’t care for pleasantries and just call …
Stains in the bathroom are nothing new. In most places the water is going to be hard enough to leave a ring or residue over enough time and that’s even before adding in things like dirt, muck, and whatever else needs to be washed off from a shower. Whether cleaning up a bathtub or sink, …
If you are having a bathroom fan installed, or doing so yourself, it’s important to decide ahead of time whether or not you need to put in an isolator switch for a bathroom fan. This is a question that has a couple different ways to look at it based on priorities, but generally: The short …