Home Improvement

[Guinevere]

Oh but good lighting makes all the difference. Beautiful lighting is art. I had so much fun choosing lighting when I did my kitchen and guest rooms repairs. I hunted and haunted lighting stores, home improvement shows, on-line sites, and more. In the end, I bought from a combination of places. My favorite piece is my kitchen pendant, shown here (and the photo doesn't do it justice, you need to see it with the light on, and the pattern in makes on the white ceiling -- gorgeous):

[Guinevere]

But harder to get to those hard to reach areas (unless you're acrobatic).

You can always put in a junction pipe and run a hand-held Klingon remover in addition to a straight down showerhead. In fact, it's like having a really forceful bidet in the shower space....

And LJ, those kind of waterfall showerheads have been available for years (without the lights). You do have to be careful about the distance of the pipe from the wall - you can get some serious deflection if the showerhead is too heavy for the length... of pipe... from the wall.

We're putting one shower head straight down from the cieling and one on the wall, per normal. Mi esposa is dead against the hand-held and I'm not that enthusiastic.


yrs,
rubato

My swede has a thing for those hand-helds. I think its the "euro" look he likes . . .

[MajGenl.Meade]

They are essential for those hard to reach places...

[rubato]

Oh but good lighting makes all the difference. Beautiful lighting is art. I had so much fun choosing lighting when I did my kitchen and guest rooms repairs. I hunted and haunted lighting stores, home improvement shows, on-line sites, and more. In the end, I bought from a combination of places. My favorite piece is my kitchen pendant, shown here (and the photo doesn't do it justice, you need to see it with the light on, and the pattern in makes on the white ceiling -- gorgeous):

I know. Lighting is important. I'm happy to spend for better aesthetics, one reason mi esposa and I get along very well, but the universe is large and daunting.


yrs,
rubato

[oldr_n_wsr]

You can never have too much light. With proper wiring (aka many switches) you turn on or off as you like. Better to put in more and not use it then to not have it and need it. Retro fit is a bigger cost and mess than installing it in the first place.

I have done two full ripout bathroom remodels. My wife was the "architect/interior designer". I was the "labor" (no one touches my house again, bad experience with a contractor on the extension).
One I did 15 years ago, The other about 10 years ago. She's already hinting at a redo. Hopefully just some fixture upgrades and maybe new floor tile and paint rather than a full blown remodel.
Bedsides, I won't have any time in the coming months as the daughter goes to closing on her house tomorrow and I will be busy doing work over there.