Bathrooms are one of the most notoriously expensive rooms in a house to renovate, but they can also be one of the most blissful rooms if they’re done right. I’m not going to try to convince you to install a new bidet or advocate the joys of rain-showers or those ones that have horizontal water jets and play music from invisible speakers that glow in the dark. I am however, going to suggest that there are benefits to jazzing up your bathroom that can make it a ‘relaxation-zone’.
Here’s a couple of my top tips – having lived in share houses and rental properties for years and years and years, none of these require house-flipping renovations:
+ Buy a couple of nice towels, the nicest you can afford and wash them regularly with fluffy-fabric liquid so they stay nice (I know you’re sick – but you know I’m right).
+ If you do buy new towels, consider splashing out and buying a couple of matching hand towels or face washers so that they can sit around looking pretty on your countertop when you’re well, but can swing into action on your sick days to act as pillow covers or a face compress.
+ Buy nice soap when you can. It might take a few goes to get a ‘favorite’, but try to find a brand that smells great and actually works like soap should while giving off its spa-vibes.
+ Keep the room well-ventilated so that it stays fresh.
+ Find a steam-loving pot plant (maiden’s hair ferns are good) to bring nature indoors. If your thumb isn’t particularly green, a good quality fakey is the way to go (I have a plastic succulent which sounds hideous, but easily passes the glance-test and makes me happy).
+ If you have a bath, then experiment with different bath salts. Maybe one that releases lavender scents is your thing, or else, try magnesium flakes to help your tired muscles.
+ Buy a candle that has an aromatic smell you associate with healing and light it up (whilst turning the main lights off) when you’re going to spend some time in the bathroom. BUT – only do this if you’re responsible enough to remember to blow it out! Never leave candles in unsafe locations and never, ever, leave them unattended. [Without naming names, I had a flatmate-friend who set up a candle on the plastic lid of the toilet while she was having a bath, and then, sleepily, oh so relaxedly, went to bed without blowing it out. It didn’t burn the house down or anything super dramatic, but it did burn a hole through the plastic toilet lid that filled the apartment with toxic smoke. Whilst the candle luckily fell into the water, the mistake still cost her some of the rental bond money!]
And one last tip for my fellow ‘sickos’ – look away if you’re squeamish…
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+ Consider nominating a dedicated sick-bowl that can live in the bathroom cupboard. I once had a friend admit her plastic salad bowl was also the kid’s vomit-tub. I’m not saying she’s unique, I am however here to say that most people don’t admit to that sort of thing in public if they want people to join them at the next picnic they’re hosting.
Not your normal interior design post, I know, but sometimes it’s good to keep it real… well, up-to-a-point-real, anyway.
Happy blissful bathrooming!
Take care, Linda x
The Mindful Migraine 
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