Kitchen Bathroom: Things to Know While Planning

When you are planning on renovating your home, two of the biggest considerations that you need to think about are kitchen and bathroom fixtures. Your kitchen and bathrooms are two important rooms in your home.  The rooms are capable of sharing numerous characteristics including tile flooring, cabinets, counter tops and faucets and other fixtures as well. Here are some things that you need to know when it comes to planning your kitchen bathroom spaces.

Top things to consider:

• Coordinating Counter Tops
• Coordinating Tiles
• Coordinating Faucets
• Coordinating Fixtures

Step #1: Consider Your Counters
Coordinating counter tops may save you time, energy and effort.  Choose a counter top style that works well for both your kitchen and bathroom.  A coordinated look between the two rooms gives a smooth transition between the two areas.

Step #2: Consider Your Floors
If you are attempting to coordinate the style between your kitchen and your bathroom, another consideration that you are going to want to make during the planning process is to coordinate your flooring. While your flooring does not have to match perfectly between one room and the next, you may want to consider matching your kitchen flooring and your bathroom flooring, especially if the two are connected.

This will create one fluid movement from one room into the next.  The look of coordination can be stunning.  If the color combination in your kitchen is different from your bathroom, you may consider incorporating similar flooring styles rather than perfectly matching flooring. For example, tile both the kitchen and the bathroom with white tiles, with smaller accent tiles in a color that coordinates with each room. The two rooms can have different colored accent tiles while sharing the same basic color scheme.

Step #3: Consider Your Faucets and Fixtures
Another consideration for coordinating your kitchen bathroom spaces is to coordinate the faucets and other fixtures.  Choose a metal that you like, such as brushed steel, copper or nickel, and use the same types of fixtures for both rooms. In the bathroom, you can update your shower head, tub faucet, toilet handle and sink faucets and in the kitchen you can update your sink hardware and even your cabinet and drawer knobs and pulls as well.

When planning your kitchen bathroom spaces, it is important to consider the elements of your kitchen and bathroom.  Create a fluid overall coordination and be unique. Planning out all of these various details of your kitchen and bathroom spaces is the best way to make sure that you are satisfied with the results of your hard work and effort.