We just finished renovating our master bathroom... playing off the huge amount of natural morning light the room gets we went with "light and bright". Overall it's a very neutral space with some bright splashes of color and I love it.

I blogged about it here:
http://www.modobjectathome.com/2010/03/our-budget-basic-master-bathroom.html

where do I click on the website to find out the price of that faucet?

@Thorndale - you feel wrong! Underfloor heaters are passive radiant heaters that don't need to heat a room to as high a temp as other heaters to achieve the same effect. Heaters that warm a room from a single point need to heat to a higher temp for the opposite side of a room to feel warm, but still create hot and cold spots. Also, underfloor heating can be generated from water, oil or electricity giving you a wide range of power options, including solar. General consensus is that it is a more efficient way to heat.

I am seriously bothered by the upside down plant. Plants don't grow upside down, they grow UP and are actually genetically coded to do so. The plant is only going to go into some sort of weird state of torpor while it figures out how to change directions and then start re-growing the way it was meant to - up. Not to mention you stand a very huge risk of spilling topsoil everywhere. ... particularly with things like orchids that grow in very loose wood chips and moss.

There's a video for how to use the pot here: http://www.boskke.com/products.html
I'm still not confident the plant will last more than 3 months.

Hi Thorndale,

I did a lot of research on radiant heat until I realized what a pain it would be to install in my bass-ackwards house.

But, if done correctly, it can be very green.

1) If your feet are warm, you can get away with a lower air temperature

2) thermal transfer is more efficient when conductive than radiative. While you have to heat the air eventually via radiation, heating the floor itself, once steady state, doesn't take much more energy, and the additional area means the air heating is more even

3) There are a few ways to set up a radiant heat system. One involves using the hot water that is waiting in your hot water heater for you to need it...it just keeps recirculating. Other ways include using roof mounted water tubes to collect heat from the sun and using gray water (sometimes already warm) from your shower and sink.

4) Because radiant heat systems can be localized (just the bathroom, or just a nursery), you can get away with using less energy to heat one room and not have to turn on the whole-house heat. Especially if you use an on demand heater, it can warm up fast, just be that one room, and the rest of the house much cooler.

5) Heating the floor means the heat is down with people, and rises to the ceiling. Not a problem if you have floor vents for forced air, but basement rooms are very inefficient because of the ceiling vents.

In general, radiant heat can be done wrong and be horribly inefficient, but the cost to do it well and reduce energy costs is relatively minimal compared to the overall cost. Find an installer if you're interested!

Fallentree - I totally agree with you. It looks bizarre and just wrong. More messing with nature for no good reason.

Also, on the product website, most of the photos show the hanging plants in rooms with more than enough space to put the plant on the floor...