The bathroom can be a very costly room to make over if everything in the bathroom was purchased as a set. Designer News and Catalogue Company's Deborah Burnett demonstrates that it doesn't have to cost a fortune to jazz up a bathroom. To produce an eclectic look, she showed how to redecorate with discounted store merchandise, all in coordinating earth tones and purchased from several different departments in the store.
Eclectic Bath
On a small telephone stand from the housewares department, Burnett placed an interesting trivet along with a burnished plate and stand from the same department. To hold cotton balls and swabs, she added glass jars purchased from the kitchen department, while handmade soaps were placed on a glass plate laid on the trivet. She spruced up the floor by adding a sisal rug, found in the store's garden department, which serves as a wonderful under-layer rug for a plush pile runner from the housewares department. A washable woven cotton throw rug served as the bath "mat."
More Bath Ideas
- Hang two shower curtains and liners, instead of one, to get a more full, rich effect.
- Fashion shower curtain rings from drapery department rings by tying twine to the loop in the rings and securing the shower curtain/liner to the twine ties.
- Scour the house for potential items for bath decor. In her mother's attic, Burnett found and a grapevine wreath that she hung in the bath and placed a clock in its center.
- For towel displays, try a hall tree with towels hanging from the branches or cinch a typical rack of towels with a belt or scarf.
Tip: The key to eclectic decorating throughout the bathroom is to maintain a color scheme and vary the textures.
Resources Comfortable Living by Design
by Deborah Burnett
Humble Abundance, 1999
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You Can Do It! Decorating
This is a videotape decorating series that shows how to use affordable products and what you already have to create professional-looking decorating results.
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Guests Deborah Burnett
ASID Registered Interior Designer/Licensed Building Contractor, Design Services, Inc.
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