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Go green in your bathroom by opening up to the great outdoors. That’s what one couple from Cedar Creek did, and they couldn’t be happier with the results.Dan and Shirley M decided to take advantage of the gorgeous Cold Coast Hinterlands views surrounding their property when they did their bathroom renovations. What started out as a vague plan to put in new bathroom vanities soon spurned a whole rethink of the space. Now, this lucky couple can lay back in their bathtub and watch the green and gre …

An economical shower-over-bath can be served very simply by a bath spout, shower head or rail shower, and wall-mixer diverter to allow easy switching between the two water outlets.Whatever the range or ranges you’re selecting from with your bath spout and shower choices (like Damian, Samantha, Elle II, Pegasi), WHO has a coordinating wall-mixer diverter to bring your whole tapware look together.Even when baths and showers are separate, many people opt for a hand-held shower to use in the bath. A …

Freestanding baths owe their origins to the old-style claw-foot baths of the 19th and earlier 20th century. Made from cast iron, the problem for users of claw-foot baths was the same as with porcelain-enamelled steel baths – the bath itself drew so much heat from the bath water that even the hottest-drawn bath could rapidly start feeling cold. After claw-foot baths dropped from wide popularity for other than heritage-style projects, modern-day bath designers have taken the freestanding bath conc …

Bathroom design trends are always evolving, as with all interior décor fashions.You might be revamping a bathroom today according to some new fad, going all-out for ‘wow factor’, and maybe hoping to resell the improved property in return for profit.If this is your approach, as a rule-of-thumb, you should be planning to resell the property within 18 months of renovation completion, before décor fashions change again and this year’s ‘hottest bathroom trend’ starts to look dated. …

If you’re on a tight budget you’ll want to keep your existing water inlet and waste outlet locations exactly where they are. This is because moving any plumbing or drainage lines can be quite costly – particularly if concrete slab floors or masonry-type walls are a feature of your renovation project.If you have a little more to invest, you might like to move your plumbed items into more convenient or better-suited positions. You can start by using our Free Bathroom Planner. Simply outline y …