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Tips For Buying Bathroom Fittings And Accessories

06/06/2018 R.C. Liley Leave a comment

Picking furniture for your bathroom can be a pretty daunting task. That’s why we’ve put together the below tips as a guide for buying furniture for your bathrooms, along with a few considerations to keep in mind when shopping for furniture.

1. The Size of the Bathroom

The very first and most important thing to consider is the size of the bathroom and the space available. Based on the style of the bathroom suite you choose, you need to figure out if your space will accommodate the suite style you prefer. Whether it’s a cloakroom, small suite or an ensuite bathroom, the size is the most important consideration. You should also carefully consider the storage options to ensure you properly use your space.

Trading Depot has what bathroom shower suites need and provides you with several options to choose from.

2. Suite That Suits Your Home

Style is another important factor. Matching your bathroom furniture with the style of your home can create harmony and uniformity. Contemporary bathroom furniture goes well with modern homes whereas a traditional suite suits older homes.

3. Different Pieces to Consider

While you can buy everything for your bathroom separately, it is a good idea to get everything from the same range, such as the bath, basin and toilet to give your bathroom stylish coordination.

4. Themes and Colours

Choosing the right colour is important for your bathroom as you want to create a calm effect. Try not to mismatch your colour theme.

5. Long-Lasting or Temporary?

How long will you want to keep the bathroom furniture for? Long-term fixes mean you need to carefully contemplate the style, comfort and quality of your bathroom furniture before installing in your bathroom.

More Tips for Choosing Bathroom Furnishings and Fixtures

1. Taps

Chic, glossy new fittings are a great way to update your bathroom and bring new life to a tired space.

In fact, despite whether you want to completely renovate your bathroom or just freshen it up, taps can add an entirely new lease of life to your bathroom.

2. Showers

Showers are considered rather extravagant in a bathroom and today, there is a wide range in the market to suit all kinds of bathrooms and budgets. A detached shower can add something special to your bathroom space, but if you don’t have the space, you can always opt for a wooden frame or standard shower with beautiful fittings.

3. Toilet

While a toilet may not seem like the most alluring piece of furniture, it’s arguably the most used in the home! Pick a toilet that is top-quality and will fit in your bathroom space.

4. Bathroom Suite

There are so many bathroom suite styles to choose from, that it will all depend on your budget, style and bathroom space. Your bathroom suite could incorporate everything from towel racks to soap dishes, foot stools, basins and everything in between.

Once you have carefully measured your bathroom space and decided how to decorate your bathroom, you will find that your choices are virtually endless.

Life, Parenting

Bathroom Puns and No More Bottles!

06/12/2015 R.C. Liley 8 Comments

Nothing like a few Friday bathroom puns to pass the time until you officially start the weekend, right? Obviously, I could do more than just bathroom puns, but then I’d never get crap done. Ba-Zinga!!!

Wow, we’re off to a great start already! I’ll be sure to keep things moving to avoid a clogged brain. Butt first, I want to share what makes me so happy to say “goodbye”. We are done with bottles!

As you can see, Avery was a little hesitant about putting them up, but I told her she has new sippy cups to use since she’s older. She asked to use a bottle just one more time, or maybe she was flipping me the bird…..

Whatever she was saying or telling me, the bottles are gone now and I’m happy to put them behind me. Her last use of the bottle is documented on yesterdays Milk Life #MilkDrive campaign post. Which, by the way, would be totally cool of you to help our Southern team of dads out and donate for the great cause. I mean, I am giving you bathroom puns here. 🙂

Yeah, please help families in need. Oh, and tell me where the bottles are hidden.

It seems like she should’ve been done with bottles already, but I think this is quite normal, especially for breastfed babies. Which, by the way, my awesome wife is still nursing like the rock star that she is! Now, about those diapers……

Ahhh, diapers, perfect segueway to bathroom puns; enjoy!

All of the toilets were stolen in the police station. Detectives have nothing to go on.
A man was having issues peeing and asked his doctor what it meant. “Urine trouble.” the doctor said.
Constipation is a pain in the ass.
My whole family has problems with diarrhea, it runs in our jeans.
Urinals are pretty tough, they take no crap!
You can never hear a pterodactyl urinate because its P is silent.
A house without a toilet? Seems uncanny.
Everyone had fun at the park, but after dropping my watch in the toilet, I had a crappy time.
The toilet was backed up from feeling crappy, but when I said it had beautiful porcelain skin , it was flushed.
Life as toilet paper has it’s ups and downs. You’re either on a roll or taking crap from some asshole.

True, some of these are corny, but I think a lot of us will agree that the cornier the better. Right? Anyone?

Well, I hope you don’t feel like this was a waste of your time. Enjoy your day and have a great weekend!

When did you get rid of the bottles for your kid or are you still using bottles?

Do you think it’s easier with or without the nippled containers?

Life, Parenting

10 Things Babywearing Dads Shouldn’t Say to a Teething Baby in the Bathroom

07/24/2014 R.C. Liley 1 Comment

Since my first post about 10 Things Baby Wearing Dads Should Never Say in a Public Restroom, I guess I haven’t learned my lesson. Although I don’t say the 10 things I listed then, I still catch myself talking to Avery in the public bathroom and saying things that might raise an eyebrow or two.

It’s been close to 4 months since that post, which means a lot has changed with our baby. One of the changes being her teeth coming in. As of now, she has her top and bottom two front teeth working their way out, and she lets us know about them multiple times a day. Any parent, I’m sure, knows……it’s “fun”. Please, since my sarcasm.

How do you not say something to those teeth?

Her teething has been going on for a few weeks now, and we are still going to the store where I still have to urinate frequently due to my massive caffeine consumption. No matter how much I tell myself to just keep quite while wearing my daughter at the urinal, I can’t stand the silence, so I break it by making some sort of statement to the sweet girl hanging in front of me.

Wouldn’t you know, the moment I open my mouth and say something, I regret having said it right then and there. Obviously, others are sharing the public restroom, so why do I do this so much?

I can’t think of a good reason, but it happens, and once again I’ve collected 10 of the things I have actually said and want to share with other babywearing dads now. Ladies, I’m not trying to omit you, but I’m only speaking from my own experience, and I also have trouble visualizing how a women can use the restroom and wear her baby, so please forgive me.

I can see it poking through.
You look so different now.
I know it hurts now, but you’ll feel better once it pushes through.
Here, chew on this.
Wow, that’s a lot of drool!
I cold cloth would be really useful right now.
It could take 2 years before you’re finished.
Remember, it’s not nice to use those on mommy.
I wish they’d all come at once so we could get this over with.
Oh, I need to take a picture of that one!

Yeah, maybe I should print these out and laminate them on a card to study from now on. But, I probably won’t do that, because as our daughter continues to change, so will the things I say to her in and out of the bathroom.

Sometimes I wish I made this stuff up. That would save my face from turning red with embarrassment after saying one of the above and having someone quickly walk out of a stall and then the bathroom without washing their hands. Oh well, it happens (right?), and I’m able to look back and laugh now.

Avery still has plenty of teeth to come in, so who knows what I’ll say next?

Can you think of things you’ve said to your teething baby that wouldn’t sound right to another person in the restroom? Has this happened to you before?