Where
To Not To Find Ideas For Remodeling Your
Bathroom
If you happen to mention that you are
considering doing up the bathroom, you will be flooded with ideas
for remodeling your bathroom. It does not matter if the idea
giver is a contractor or not – they have an opinion and they will
give it, whether you like it or not. Some people think they
know everything just by watching something on television about
it. Although home renovations shows like “This Old House” has
helped many people with economical home repairs, it also has made
armchair experts of thousands of others.
Here is how not to find ideas for remodeling your bathroom.
Anywhere Alcohol Is Involved
Traditionally, it was in taverns or pubs that
you found builders and contractors. They would purposefully
sit in there knowing potential customers would be looking for them
there. If they weren’t in the tavern, then they weren’t
looking to take on any more work at that time. Nowadays, no
respectable builder or contractor drums up business this way.
However, you will find plenty of ideas for remodeling your bathroom
– usually all the wrong ideas. After a few beers, however,
even ideas like replacing the shower unit with an elephant and a
bucket start to make sense.
Anyone Who Ends With “Trust Me”
The words “trust me” do not mean what they
once did, especially when they are connected with any ideas for
remodeling your bathroom and not their own bathrooms. Over
the generations, “trust me” has become short for “be my human
guinea pig.” Even if your best friend, even if your lover,
even if your mother ends any ideas for remodeling your bathroom
with the words “trust me”, just nod, smile and then mentally wipe
all the ideas from your memory banks.
Anyone In A Suit
Unless the person in the suit has just come
from a wedding or funeral, disregard any ideas for remodeling your
bathroom form a person in a suit, especially if that suit happens
to be a lawsuit. If the person in a suit has recently changed
jobs from a builder or plumbing job, then pay attention.
Their ideas could be looked into, but be sure that the building
codes or material prices haven’t changed since they were remodeling
bathrooms. If the person in a suit is an architect,
completely ignore all of their ideas for remodeling your
bathroom. They have history to keep in mind – not your
bathroom.
The Bathroom Planner: Hundreds of Great Ideas for Your New Bathroom
Used Price: $0.29 Average Customer Rating: 3.0 Review (rating: 2): I had high hopes for this book as a resource in redesigning the bathroom in my newly-acquired house. Alas, for anyone who's had anything to do with bathroom remodelling, this book is way more cute than it is substantive.
It's got cute little split pages so you can play bathroom dress-up and determine your style. They're fun, but they don't give you much of an idea of anything, really. More of a kid's game than a design aide.
It's also got cute little press-out baths and sinks and loos that you can stick on squared paper so you can allegedly develop alternative layouts. The problem is, the cute little press-outs are far from comprehensive, and lack images of smaller-than-average tubs, or petite toilets or corner sinks. The text mentions items like soaking tubs and specialty sinks that aren't included in the stick-on figures
Anyone Who Ends With “Trust Me”
