1 Collect Bathroom Ideas to Decide on Your Layoutįirstly, consider your space.There are many beautiful bath alternatives to select from if your design includes one. Is it rectangular or are you working with a long, narrow room? This will determine how many wet walls you can accommodate, and if a bathtub can fit. For example, in a narrow room a freestanding bathtub may not work, and a one-wall layout that lines up shower, toilet and vanity on the same wall will make sense in most cases. (It’s also the most budget-friendly option in terms of plumbing). Maybe separate rooms for toilet and shower make sense? Maybe you want to work with a window above a bathtub or in the shower. You may live in an old house where you can keep some of the original character of the home, or you may be working with a small apartment space. All these considerations are vital in deciding on which layout will work best for you. Have a look at some popular ideas to get started. Once you’ve gathered some inspiration, have a think about who is using the room, and how they will be using it. A single guy needs a lot less storage than a teenage girl, and a family bathroom may need to consider elderly family members. Making your bathroom wheelchair accessible could save you thousands down the line. You may also want to accommodate a washer and dryer in the bathroom, since it’s where clothes are taken off frequently. Ensure no-one will slip and hurt themselves, and consider that many little tiles will make for many little nooks for grime to accumulate, whereas big surfaces like a sink that is integrated with the vanity counter, or a big mirror will make wiping down the surface much easier than having sinks sitting on top or an intricately designed mirror.Hector Portillo works primarily as a painter, but he is also a skilled upholsterer and carpenter.
“I think it was for sale on the market for like three years, maybe longer.”īut where others saw hopeless blight, Portillo saw his potential dream home.
He came to Memphis from a small town on the northern coast of Honduras more than two decades ago. The quiet, polite young man initially found work as a bricklayer, but after a few months, he was unsatisfied. He switched to painting houses, both interiors and exteriors, and began a long and fruitful career as a contractor. And sometimes you learn from those experiences.” “I like what I do,” he says, “because you have the opportunity to go to everybody’s houses and see how they live, what they have, and how they put things together. While working on hundreds of homes, he developed an eye for color and composition. “So you start looking around at what they have, what goes with the floor and furniture and the artwork, and say, ‘Let’s just narrow the choices, pick three or five.’ And we find the color that they want.” “Sometimes I go to houses and they have like 20 samples of paint on the walls, and they get confused,” he says. “All the houses are different - we have bungalows, Victorians, and new houses, So it’s very mixed, and you can also paint the color of the house the way that you want it, and nobody’s going to complain. You can look pretty here.” - Hector PortilloĪs his skills expanded into carpentry, upholstering, and faux finishing, he cultivated a loyal clientele of designers, contractors, and homeowners. Eventually, the young man who had come to America with nothing bought a condominium in Bartlett, and, as his business and savings continued to grow, he started looking for something bigger, and more permanent, where he could fully exercise his skills and creativity. The media room is a relaxing space on the second floor. Portillo installed all of the home’s flooring himself. “I would drive through the neighborhood,” he says. “I actually wanted to live in Cooper-Young, but it was too late for me to get a house there. I wanted to live over here because it’s kind of artistic, and it’s close to Park and Midtown.
With the theaters and stuff, it’s more fun.” Portillo was also searching for a diverse community, and found it in Binghampton. “That’s what I like about here,” he says. I feel more accepted here than other places.” “It’s a small pocket, but we have a lot of different people from different countries, like Mexicans and Asians and, you know, I’m from Honduras. The area’s architecture can be as diverse as its residents. “All the houses are different - we have bungalows, Victorians, and new houses,” he says. In other places, you can just be beige or shades of gray - not like here.” “So it’s very mixed, and you can also paint the color of the house the way that you want it, and nobody’s going to complain.
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