Not long ago the bathroom was judged solely to be a functional room and it's layout and decor were not given much thought by the average builder. The result was peeling wallpaper, splash design tiles in mint green or yellow, wood latte bath panels, make shift presses built around the basin pedastal for some storage, lino on the floor and black spots growing on the ceiling. Creativity and Design were certainly not words associated with the average bathroom.

Bathroom Design is now one of the biggest decisions in designing or re modelling your home.

It is a good idea to note the needs and wants of everyone in your home before looking at a design in order to incorporate both luxury and practicality.
Think about your personal requirements and other users requirements;
i.e. bath or shower, space, storage, heating, lighting, child proofing, accessibility etc. everyone has different needs and you need to consider who will be using the bathroom.

Have your budget in mind;
It is important to know how much you have to spend on your new bathroom so that you can choose from materials within your price range.

Step 1
Size and Shape: Decide on the size and shape of your bathroom. This may include knocking down walls and or inserting walls to get the desired shape required.

Step 2
Windows: Decide on the size, shape and location of windows required. Ensure that the windows are large enough to let in sufficient light but not too large as to take up a whole wall.

Step 3
Appliances and Accessories: Once you have decided on the physical size of your bathroom you can now decide on what appliances and accessories would match your design. This is not an easy task and it is derived from what uses the bathroom has and who is primarily going to use it. If a bath is required should it be free standing or along a wall, do we also want to include a shower unit as part of the bath or a stand alone unit. What type of toilet,wash hand basins are required and where should they be located. Also should we include a heated towel rail and where is the best location for it.

Step 4
Wall tiles and or Floor Tiles: The next thing that you have to decide is tiling. Again there are many different types of tile eg ceramic , stone etc. Should you tile all of the walls or half way up a wall. What colour and shape etc. Again this is not an easy task and time needs to be taken in order to match the overall design of the bathroom.

Step 5
Lighting Methods: Light is very important in any bathroom. Light can have a huge impact on the ambience of a bathroom. Again there are various options such as up lighting , down lights or a combination of both.

Step 6
Installation : When you have gone through steps 1 - 5 you now have to find out how the job is going to be carried out and who will do it. Look for an installer, who will do the whole job for you as it saves you sourcing a plumber, electrician, carpenter, tiler etc. and trying to co-ordinate them to be there to do the job at the same time so as not to have your house disturbed for a long period of time or to avoid running the risk of having an unfinished job and no come back. At Bathrooms Ireland we can help with all the above steps including professional and fully insured installations. Please take a look at our Testimonials to see what people have said about us. We can help you with the complete design and even give you a printout of the job before any work has commenced. We do this by using our 3d design software which creates a photo like image of the design and lets you see what your bathroom is going to look like when the work has been completed.

Step 7
Removal of bathroom debris and rubbish; If you are removing an old WC, basin, shower and/or bath and all your old tiling, and you will have to discard all the packaging of your new materials, you will need to hire a skip. Again we at Bathrooms Ireland will do all of this for you leaving your home as clean as it was before we arrived.