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If you have been following my blog, you will have learned a few tips and tricks on redecorating your home with less stress and without spending a fortune
Decorating your bathroom can have the same effect. The bathroom is actually one of my favorite places. It's my alone place where I can kick back, relax in a nice bath and release pressures of the day. However, lets face reality. If you have a family, turning your bathroom into a lovely and serene environment can be a challenge. Keeping it that way can be an even bigger challenge. But, if you are lucky enough to haveyour own bathroom, the challenge has been drastically reduced. If not, lesson number one is teaching your family members to respect the space. You mess it up, you clean it up, plain and simple!
Recently, I moved into a new home with two bathrooms. My girls have one and the other is in my bedroom and a dream come true as they are both full bathrooms. My first goal was to turn my bathroom into a spa like experience. My primary reason for that was me moving from Burbank where I had a great choice of spas at my disposal to the sticks of Georgia where, lets just say after being here 4 months, I have yet to find one.
So, of course I set out to work trying to create my home spa experience without spending a fortune. The first task was to lay the foundation. The foundation for me were the walls and the floors. Now, I use to be one of those people who loved bathroom rugs, but let go of the idea years ago when sharing bathrooms with men and children. To me they were more work than I could keep up with, they held odor and they faded after constant washing to rid them of odor.
So, my starting place became the walls. If you read my previous blog, we spoke of colors and how various colors can affect our moods. So be sure to refer back to the previous blog for a reminder of what you want to feel when decorating your bathroom. My color choice happened to be purples in various shades. Purple stands for royalty, spiritualiy and are romantic yet delicate. These are all the feelings I tend to explore when retreating to my bath treatments. In addition, I wanted to mix the color green in there to add life.
The first thing I did was find warm and soft pastel colored purple floral wall borders with soft green vines. My favorite place for border shopping is http://www.borderstore.com/ . Mainly because they are inexpensive, they have a huge variety, they offer unique products and you can search by color. In addition, they are online and I can order right from my computer and receive exactly what they have shown.
In my originality, I decided not to place my borders at the top or the bottom of the wall, bt rather place them in the middle of the wall so that the visual would serve it's purpose as a soothing experience.
My next focus was the counters and cabinets. As we know, when using wall borders, there's always scraps left over. And since I chose a floral border, I cut the flowers out of the scraps left over and placed them all over the vanity and the cabinets. I also included the toilet tank and seat since I decided not to use bathroom rugs. Upon stepping back to review my work, it was as if the transformation had magically taken place and gave me the desired effects I'd been looking for.
The next thing I did for my bathroom was place a beautiful full green fern on the vanity area. That was indeed my missing touch of green. If many of you know about ferns, they thrive primarily on mist as a source of watering. The bathroom is the best place for this type of plants as the steam from your showers and baths will give you a beautiful, full luscious display of what a fern is really suppose to look like.
My next decor of choice were candles, and an oil burner which I found at http://www.stylistemporium.com/peteho.html . My reason for the candles and oil burner were not merely for display, but they indeed serve a purpose. The candles add a sense of serenity to the atmosphere and the oils in the oil burners provide an amazing aromatherapy, spa like experience.
My final touch in finishing my bathroom decorating was my large wicker basket on the floor with an array of purple, lavendar, light green and olive towels rolled up. These were my do not use towels, for the exception of a guest.
Of course there are so many things you can do with your bathroom and the aforementioned were just helpful hints. Remember , for ambiance add flowers, hanging plants, an inspirational framed poster and perhaps sayings. Make your bathroom beautiful and conducive so that it can help you do the work of releasing tension and poison toxins from head to toe.
For those of you who are new to hydrotherapy, it is often used to restore and purify with the use of water as a natural treatment. There are a few tools which will enable you to achieve this goal. Here is a list of my favorite items:
DreamLine Hydrotheraphy Shower Massage Column - Shower Head (easily attachable)
Loofah Brushes
Natural Bristle Back Brush
Eucalyptus Oil or Pepperment Oil (to open your pores for detoxification )
Lavandar Oil (for relaxation at night)
Almond Oil (softens skin)
Vitamin E Oil (for glowing radiance)
Candles
Epsom Salt (draws out toxins -use care if you suffer high blood pressure)
Dead Sea Salt
Taking warm water soaks can provide relaxation and clarity to the mind. Taking salt baths draw out egative toxic states, stress and anxiety, providing a calming serene state. You can easily convert your newly decorated bathroom into a hydrotherapy room by taking 1-4 pounds of epsom salt or 1-2 pounds of dead sea salt and putting it in your hot water bath. Start by lighting a white candle for clarity or a blue candle for serenity. Enter your bath with your salt water and lay back, relaxing and clearing your mind while releasing the days stressful events. As you relax for approximately 20 minutes, you may want to then add a couple of drops of lavander oil. Lean back amd breath in deeply thru your nose and then release. Do this deep breathing a couple more times and you will feel an amazing difference.
While soaking in the tub, drink a pint of lemon water. This will assist in releasing toxins and also kep you hydrated. You will notice how much you sweat. this is a good thing as your body is releasing all the toxins accumilated in your body. In addition, perform a deep, self massage from head to toe.
This is one form of detoxification, however, it's not a one time experience as it does take time to release your body of toxins as it took you a while to accumilate them. However, this will make you feel great and get you on your way. Your newly decorated bathroom and new relaxation tips are sure to give you the lift you need for our next redecorating topic.
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Join us next week, when we move forward to the bedrooms and how to create the room of your dreams.
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