How to Make Your Apartment Bathroom Look and Feel Larger
Posted on March 14, 2008
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Unless you live in a custom-built home, you probably wish that your bathroom were a little bit larger. While it’s not a problem for homeowners to completely remodel and redecorate, apartment renters are rather limited in their bathroom decorating decisions.
There’s still a lot you can do to upgrade your apartment bathroom without replacing tiles, removing fixtures or knocking down walls. These simple apartment decorating tips can make your bathroom look and feel larger quickly, easily, and best of all, cheaply.
Choose the Right Colour Combination
You might not be able to tear down the wall – but if your landlord gives you approval, you might be able to paint over it. Choose pale, soft colour schemes for your bathroom, as they tend to give the illusion of more space. Bright, strong and exciting colours (such as red) should be saved for accessories and towels that will make the white, pastel or neutral background “pop”.
Just like the walls, the floor will appear to open up if it’s done with a light or neutral colour. If you’re renting an apartment, you won’t be able to replace the flooring – but you can put down a large, light-coloured rug if your bathroom has dark or unflattering tiles.
Mirror, Mirror …
Mirrors provide the illusion of expanding a small space without adding a single square foot. You might want to consider a couple of smaller mirrors arranged artistically throughout the bathroom to really open up the space.
Cut Out the Clutter
A clean, neat bathroom will always look bigger than a cluttered bathroom. Yes, this means you’ll have to spend some serious time organizing your stuff, and as most apartment bathrooms are already short on space, you’ll have to get creative with your storage in order to make the most of what you have.
First, cut down on the number of towels, rugs, pieces of art and decorative accessories. Then, store everything you don’t need out of sight. Consider keeping any supplies that aren’t frequently used in closets and drawers – tall and thin cabinets always come in handy when space is at a premium.
This doesn’t mean you have to hide everything out of sight, though. There are plenty of attractive smaller storage options that allow you to put your items in place and on display at the same time, including over-the-door racks and suction-cup-mounted trays.
Keep the Visual Pathway Open
Finally, here’s a simple way to increase the amount of space in your bathroom with a single swoop of the arm – push back the shower curtain to one side when it’s not in use. If you can see all the way to the back wall (instead of just to the curtain), your eye will think the room is larger.
Work With What You’ve Got
Remember, if you’re living in an apartment rental, decorating the bathroom can be a challenge because you ultimately have to work with what you’re provided, not against it. You can’t tear everything down and start completely fresh – but with a little bit of planning, some creative organizational skills and clever use of colour, you can easily make your apartment bathroom seem more spacious than it really is.
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Where do I even start, with decorating our apartment?In November, we moved into a really nice 3-BR apartment that has lots of empty white wall space. Well it's been four months and we still don't have much of anything on the walls; it looks in some ways like we haven't really "moved in". The problems are, 1) I don't even know where to start, with making it look homey and pretty; and 2) Wall art and pictures, etc. are SO expensive that we can't afford much. What can I do to make our home look more decorated and lived in?
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I think you have a great start!! Interesting character, propelling story, nice description all in all you have a wonderful story line. It has a good hook to get the reader's interests and keep them reading. You might pick up a book on writing novels or stories. Right now I am reading Dwight V. Swain's "Techniques of the selling writer". It is interesting. But there are tons of books on writing out there. Although honestly, I think you have probably been reading.
It is just little things. In one paragraph, "She thought about these details…", every sentence starts with the word "She". (Personally, when I have a first draft I like, I go back over the story using the highlight feature on my computer. Then I have it highlight every time I start a sentence with “She”. They all pop up yellow, if I have used it more than twice in a paragraph, I can spot it and rewrite it. Then do it again with another word I feel I may have over used like “had”.)
In this paragraph you change from third person to first person. "She was putting her escape plans into effect. Thanks heavens I probably won’t be staying here much longer. I can go stay with Dad or Auntie and really work on my paintings." or left off that Candace is thinking this.
Another sentence "As a child, she had been fascinated occasionally by a beautiful dress for a special occasion, but as soon as she hit her teens, she started buying baby doll dresses and seventies-style clothing from old thrift shops or else, the mall." is too long. By breaking it up you might be a stronger impact. Also "occasionally" and "occasion" is the same sentence sounds redundant.
Grammatically, you have a tendency to drop the second set of quotation marks after a tag line of the dialog. Small stuff.
I would be interested in reading more. I hope that is the kind of response you are looking for. Really, it is great!!! If you don’t like or disagree with anything I suggest, hey it is just my opinion. Feel free to ignore it. Just keep writing!!!
Good luck
Ok, the thing with this story is that it's very straight forward. You just told the story in simple sentences.You told her history, what was happening now, and everything just in sentences, without any description. Have a little diversity in your sentences so your readers don't get bored. Write them with vivid description, so the readers can see the picture in their minds. They can imagine all that's going on, well that's the beauty of reading, right? Make people go through emotion in the story, make them laugh, cry, feel connected with the character. No, it's not too long, I find you might want to make it longer! That way, in the beginning the readers could fall in love with the character, so when she feels something, so will everyone else, That's the warmth and love and reading, you can go through those emotions. Okay, I hope this helped, good luck with writing!
all i know white represents purity and green represents jealousy oh yeah an a snake represents evil and the devil
try mine please
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Well I read it! I liked it too! Although I don't know about it getting published, it's an interesting read. Only a few spelling errors and if I found this on some online fiction site like http://www.fictionpress.com I would definitely put it on Story Alert so I could know when the next chapter was out.
Maybe you could post it online instead, so you could get more feedback and actually know what the readers are thinking. (I've noticed that since there are so many random stories (a lot bad) on there, it takes a little time for people to find any of those little gems hidden away. Let your story become a gem!)
I'd go with the second one. Adding on to the house would be a lot of trouble and annoyance. Plus, there will probably be more expenses that come up as they build. You may not even like the result. The second house is finished. You know what you're getting. You won't have to change the flooring either. If you really want to, you could turn the basement into a guest room eventually. Meanwhile, you have lots of room for guests with a little improvising. And it's new! Anyway, that's my opinion! Do you really love one house more than the other? Is the homeowners association or other such expense more at the new house?
I really thought about helping you out here, just because it would be fun to write. Then I looked at your profile and see that:
1. You answer other people's questions so obviously without care and thought and apparently just for points so you can go ask more questions.
and
2. The people that are gracious enough to assist you or answer your questions most of the time don't even recieve the courtesy of you selecting the "best answer" but they are instead selected by voters.
So instead I decide that if you are not interested in doing the right, then why in the world should anyone be interested in helping you?
Pretty good! Are you on any writing sites? I would like to read more. I joined this writing community called http://www.chapteread.com. I think you might find it useful. They have great writing tools and posting features for getting critiques and reviews. The other writers give helpful advice. Worth checking out!
I LOVE YOU SO MUCH!!!!
IM 16 AND I LOVE WRITING…HOW COULD YOU THINK OF A STORY SO REAL I SAW EVERY THING IN MY MIND…MARRY ME!!!
YES PUBLISH IT IT WAS BEAUTIFUL!!!!
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Wow I think its very good. I think you should defiantly finish it! If you enjoy writing you should defiantly persuade a career in writing. Yes some people may consider it a bit disturbing but many books that made millions were disturbing books. A lot of people read that kind of thing
: )