| Everyone wants a nice big bathroom in their house. | | | | the wall freeing up more space in the middle of the |
| They want a big shower and tub, plenty of leg room | | | | floor. You will no longer have pipes behind the toilet |
| and enough storage for everything that goes in this | | | | taking up valuable space that can be used. |
| room. But, we do not always get what we want. | | | | Do you have a vanity cabinet in your bathroom? Do |
| Just like the song by the Rolling Stones says. You | | | | you really need this thing in there? Is the sink in the |
| may be stuck with a very small bathroom. If this is | | | | top of this vanity? If you want more room, get rid |
| the case there are some things you can do to make | | | | of it. Convert your sink to a wall mounted one and |
| this room look bigger than it really is. Sure it would be | | | | get rid of that vanity. This will open up floor space. |
| nice to do some construction and make it bigger, but | | | | You will have open space under the sink now to. The |
| that can be messy and really costly. So here are | | | | more of the floor you can see, the bigger and less |
| some ideas you can use to make a small bathroom | | | | cramped the bathroom will appear. When you replace |
| bigger. | | | | the sink, get one that has a single handle to control |
| Do you take a lot of baths? Most people on shower. | | | | the water flow. The less things you have sticking |
| The exception for need a tub would be if you have | | | | out, the more room you have. |
| small children that need to get a bath. IF not, then | | | | If your bathroom has dark spaces, this will make it |
| lets continue. One thing you can do is to replace the | | | | look smaller. The more space you can see, the bigger |
| tub with a stand up shower. This will be about half | | | | the room will look. To get rid of the dark spaces try |
| the size of the tub. This will give you more room in | | | | putting a light as close as possible to a mirror. The |
| your bathroom. It will take some capital, but the | | | | mirror will reflect the light all over the place. You could |
| result will be well worth it. If that is not in your | | | | always add another mirror to. Mirrors give the look of |
| budget, try putting a clear glass door on your existing | | | | making a room seem bigger than it really is. Just take |
| tub and shower. By using a clear glass door you will | | | | notice to how many small stores use walls of mirrors |
| open up the room a little. you will be able to see the | | | | to give the illusion that the place is twice as big as it |
| space behind the shower and tub door. This will make | | | | really is. |
| the room look bigger even though you still have only | | | | The next thing you can do is make sure the window |
| the space that was there to begin with. | | | | or windows in the bathroom are exposed. Do not |
| The next thing you might want to check out is the | | | | cover them up so no light gets in. Pick a curtain for |
| toilet. Yes, your thinking what the heck can I do with | | | | this room that will let the light in. Try and find one |
| a toilet to give me more room? What you can do is | | | | that is relatively see through. Again, this will make the |
| go from one that is attached to floor to a wall | | | | room look bigger than it really is. Pick a light color as |
| mounted toilet. This will move the toilet back against | | | | not to make the room have a dark spot. |