All this month we're making a few wish lists when it comes to our own personal thoughts on the ideal bathroom. For me, bathrooms are a place where several basic tasks throughout our day happen and we've always thought that if we could build any bathroom we wanted, it could kind of resemble the one from our local highschool.
In our dream bathroom we'd actually like to include stalls like you have in commercial facilities. With dreams of kids running around and multiple people in our home, the idea of having one utilitarian bathroom is rather refreshing. Lockers would also be a nice touch to keep personal belongings in!
First Row, Left To Right
• KOHLER Branham Urinal: There's a more simple way to cure the age old argument about forgetting to put the toilet seat back down, just install a urinal!
• BoBrick B-166 Mirror with Shelf from Partition Plus
• The Verge Two Station Lavatory from XPB Lockers. It's easy to clean and comes in an array of colors.
• Lewis Pendants from Schoolhouse Electric.
• Wood/Metal Hybrid One-Wide Single-Tier Locker from School Outfitters
Second Row, Left To Right
• Thick & Thirsty Organic Towels from Gaiam
• Rolling Laundry Basket from Steel Canvas Basket
• Glass Accessory Holders from CB2
• Countdown Clock from CB2
Curious to see what our other Apartment Therapy Editors dream of for their own bathrooms?
• Janel's Modern Meets Traditional Mashup Bath
• Aaron's Industrial Luxe Bath
• Kristen's Black, White and Modern All Over Bathroom
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seriously, a urinal? gross.
The muji aluminum clock I think is more fitting for a minimalist bath: http://www.muji.us/store/electricity/aluminum-wall-clock.html
How is a urinal gross? It only gets peed in.. you'd think that'd make it *less* gross than a toilet..
modern, minimalist back to basics bath = high school bathroom?
i'm not feeling the faux-granite sink, or those mirrors. why not an old porcelain sink and urinal, frosted glass pendants, etc.. but maybe that is just my circa 1920 high school look.
I'm not feeling you on this one. The idea of a "public restroom" style WC in my home is moderately horrifying.
Yeah, I would TOTALLY incorporate a urinal in my dream home bath... if only for the water conservation aspect of it.
I've had that same laundry cart bookmarked for maybe two years now. I posted a link to it in the recent laundry hamper roundup. Now that we finally have a laundry room, and on the same floor as the bedrooms, I think my laundry cart dream will become a reality.
The urinal looks like it's worse to clean than a regular toilet!
ghunt, that particular sink comes in several different color options, some of which are solid colors... they just didn't have a picture for me to use.
A urinal?! Please don't let "public restroom chic" becoming a thing.
Since when are urinals *only* for public restrooms?
Squarah - I don't think it will be catching on anytime soon, it's just my own personal taste.
I think anti-urinalism is sexist.
I had to clean urinals at work, no fun....and my husband has never used one so I don't find disliking them sexist at all. Besides, who has room for both?
Um, cleaning TOILETS at work is fun?
But, more importantly, your husband has NEVER USED A URINAL?????
If I had the space, I'd totally put a urinal in our bathroom, but one of the wall mounted ones for the tall men in my house. But then, I'd also like a bidet in my ensuite too.
I'm a woman and even I have peed in a urinal!! (I'm not going to go into details...)
I agree with the pro-urinal crowd. My partner is 6'6", and let's just say a urinal at an appropriate height offers a *vast* improvement on the alternative during (and after!) use.
I'm not against urinals, a wall mounted one would be cool in our bathroom! But, I don't get the whole "public bathroom" as modern minimalist. I guess to each his own, when it comes to bathrooms!
Btw, I think this aesthetic TOTALLY works when paired with otherwise luxurious (and organic) materials... white marble, frosted glass, bamboo cabinets...
Like a ManSpa. :)
What- 20 comments and no segue to urinal cakes?
I don't have a pan that small?
Had one for lunch?
Thank you.
I love the idea of a urinal. I would like to make one of our bathrooms a little like a locker room for my boys. a walk in shower, a urinal, and a huge industrial sink. If you keep it clean, I think it would be fabulous!
high school locker room? baseball stadium chic?
Wow... urinals you guys? Tacky tacky.
All jokes aside, why NOT a urinal? What makes it "Tacky tacky"? Do you realize how many "Did you leave the seat up again!?" bitchfits it would prevent???
If urinals weren't so very strongly associated with public bathrooms, things would probably be different. But like it or not, a urinal is going to make a guest thing of nasty public bathrooms and consequently gross them out, even if it's sparkling clean. If people had always kept a urinal and a toilet in the bathroom, probably none of us would think anything of it.
Also, there have never been any seat-left-up incidents in my house in the 5 or 6 years my husband and I have lived together. That's because he's never left it up--ever. Is it really so difficult a feat for other men?
A toilet just makes more sense because BOTH sexes can use it, not just one. It's just more practical. Even with a urinal, you would still need a toilet for bowel movements, so it's also just seems like a waste of money.
Do you have any idea how much water a urinal saves?
But thanks for clarifying that I'd still need a toilet. No wonder I get such strange looks at the gym when I'm sitting in the urinal!
Wait, is this true?
Couples, or no, women I guess it would be, ACTUALLY fuss about the toilet seat up?
I thought that was like one of those movie/sitcom moments made to show how, um, the word escapes me, SOMETHING women are...and I chalked it up to male directors characterizing women as that SOMETHING?
Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa?
Holy Toledo, if that is going on widely, I believe the "urinal in the home" situation is going to be pretty much the way it is now. Forever.
I LOVE AT.
I would love to put urinal in my next bathroom remodel. Less splash from all the guys in the house.
Yeah, I think it's our lack of experience with urinals that prejudices us ladies against them. I mean, my only experience with them is in creepy unisex gas station bathrooms. So, negative associations. Also, I think we're used to a little more distance from our urine. Toilets seem safely close to the ground--and they have a lid you can close. Urinals are dangerously close to eye and hand level.
Of course, for dudes, that's a good thing. We're just not used to it, I guess.
I guess I'm in the minority here, but I've always thought it would a be a great idea to have an institutional-style bathroom, with two toilets in their own little stalls (but with walls that go all the way from ceiling to floor), two showers, a tub or two, and a line of sinks in the main area. It seems efficient to group everything together.
Put me in the "anti-urinal" group for the sole reason that we have two cats absolutely fascinated by bathroom fixtures. They will assume we installed that urinal for the sole purpose of entertaining them. A cat curled up in the sink at tooth brushing time is bad enough--I can just picture my husband's reaction upon needing to go and finding a cat curled up in the urinal.
I would love to put in a a urinal if we had space in our bathroom! While my husband never leaves the seat up, he is 6'5" and it would be a lot easier for him to use than the toilet (cleaner too). They also save a ton of water. I would rather clean a urinal than deal with the issues of pee and tall men. I am not sure why people think it is so gross.
a few things I totally don't understand...
The toilet seat up/down issue: when my daughter was 3 or 4 and would get up in the middle of the night to pee.. then it was an issue. Sleepy child falling into the toilet at 2 am is unpleasant. However.. I'm a big girl, I know how the seat works. Now we just keep the lid shut to keep the kitten out of it.
Unisex bathrooms being creepy: wtf?
I love Heather77's idea of the "institutional bathroom", since we only have ONE in the house, that'd be fabulous!
I lived in 4 person dorm suite one summer, and it had its own bathroom with a toilet stall and a shower stall with small changing area. My 3 dorm mates insisted on using it one at a time, and always closed the door when I showered (in 95 degree heat and humidity with no bathroom fan). Whatevs.
Like the other patrick, I am loving the tampon vs. urinal conversations. It's a bathroom. Where one goes to take care of excretory functions. It's would be different if we were talking about putting this stuff in the living room, but they go in the BATHROOM.
Me, I'm going to put the relaxation area w/ tampon holder right next to the urinal.
ps, at eye level in front of the urinal goes the "Inspire, Motivate, and Realize" sign.
d4kk1tt3n, Dude, unisex bathrooms aren't creepy. Gas station bathrooms are creepy. That's what I was trying to say. That my only experience with urinals is in rather unsanitary circumstances. It's not the urinals' fault. I don't blame them. I was just trying to explain why you might be seeing the "ew" comments from the girls here. Plain old bad associations.
I've never complained about a toilet seat being up, i too thought that was a sitcom thing.
I thought it was a sitcom thing too until I fell in a toilet with the seat up...
I'm a changed woman.
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I wouldn't need a urinal in my house, but as far as the seat down debate, I prefer it down for various reasons. One, I have two cats and I don't want them falling in the toilet (it's happened). Two, I just think a seat and lid down looks tidier.