Bathroom Design Mistakes (& How To Fix Them!)

[@tinkershell1856]

“ Every day is a new adventure to see if you can make it out of the shower alive and I don’t think that’s an adventure you’re ready for” 🤣

[@cathywithac3793]

So many gems today, as always!😂

[@tinkershell1856]

@ yes! 😂 Also, I LOVE your KZbin name. I’m Shelley with an E! I am forever correcting people.

[@mariabarradas4235]

LOL...I know right?

[@laguvids]

Love this bit 'cuz it's so true 😆

[@Gracundrprssure]

…I laugh throughout every video!

[@danaglk8276]

I came here months ago for interior design advice, but I stayed for the comedy- nick is just pure joy to watch!!!

[@carolynclark1242]

“Assume the worst in yourself in how you’re going to organize.” His snarky truths hit me in all the right ways!

[@sarah-phillips]

The scripts of Nick's videos are a lovely source of joy in my life. This man needs to be on a home renovation show to be the consultant to say "that's a terrible idea, but you do you" and then people are cleverly tricked into picking not stupid things.

[@cocoandwheeler]

Great idea!

[@antonetteficano345]

I get such a kick out of his humor. He can have his own show!

[@sciez22]

The general ambience of Nick's videos boils down to "You do you, but on second thought, maybe don't! ❤❤" Love you, Nick!

[@AM-wz8qr]

"You should floss." One of many gems which make us love these videos. ❤🎉

[@PatriciainOz]

I feel that Nick has seen the Costco Sensodyne pack in my bathroom now ...also its in a cabinet ;)

[@LottieSue]

We has a pedestal sink in the powder room, with just the sink, toilet, and a very small cabinet that would only hold toilet paper. That's all that was needed and it worked out fine.

[@teresabell1014]

Love my pedestal sink because of my wheel chair, it allows me to maneuver. I do have a large wall cabinet just outside the bathroom in the master bedroom. It works well for my situation 😄.

[@tealkerberus748]

An excellent point that needs to be made more often. Disability is the one minority group that anyone can join at any time, and if their houses aren't fit for a disabled person to live in - whether using a wheelchair, or blind, or with extreme fatigue, or any other disability - then they're going to have to deal with either renovating or selling in a hurry on top of coming to terms with their new lifestyle. All my house designs are structured around the idea that every house can expect a disabled person to be living in it at some stage in its design life. If a parent in a wheelchair can't cook and serve dinner and then read the kids goodnight, the house failed.

[@artemiswilde7528]

Nick Lewis Quote of the Week: “No cute tile is going to save you. I mean no beautiful grout that you saw, like a glitter grout that you found on Tik Tok is going to. It’s not cute by the way.” 😂😂😂 Honourable Mention: “Something like a large format tile, something in a glossy porcelain…Every day is a new adventure to see if you make it out of the shower alive” 🤣

[@YeshuaKingMessiah]

Oh goodness I died at that (Making it out the shower alive)

[@Babyduck-s7q]

True...as I live in the Netherlands, the floor tiles in our showers are their own exercise programs..🤣..I can also say the size of our bathrooms does indeed lend to creativity when adding or having any type of storage...

[@cathywithac3793]

When Nick mentioned the expired crap in the bathroom storage, like expired hand creams and twelve sticks of deodorant, it was as though he had a window into my soul.😆 I also have a big conch shell that someone gave me thirty years ago!😂

[@firestick4991]

I have shampoo/conditioner/lotion bottles that are old enough to get a driver’s license. 🤣

[@nicolad8822]

Everytime I visited my mother, I threw something out of her bathroom.

[@marianfrances4959]

😂

[@butterfly9274]

🤣🤣🤣

[@jeanvignes]

That conch shell is precious, especially the big ones from Florida from decades ago. They are now a protected endangered species. They were over-fished to the point where a large one is a treasure. Just don't go all nautical themed in there and it can be an elegant addition. I have a completely plain and natural eight inch diameter oyster shell with all the beautiful mother-of-pearl inside that my mother picked up along the Gulf Coast about 80 years ago, and it is a family treasure. She always kept very pretty rough and delicious scented hand-made balls of soap in there (sandalwood? cedar?), but I think it is beautiful just clean, shiny, and empty on an open shelf, perhaps next to a potted plant or a geode or unusual driftwood, in a triptych.

[@jennifermichel3314]

Assume the worst in yourself - solid advice 😅😅😅

[@BarbaraThorndyke]

No ideal/fantasy selves in bathroom design 😂

[@jlanderson21257]

"Don't get me started on vessel sinks"....love that. Moved into a house that had a copper vessel sink. There is NOTHING WORSE, unless you living in Montecito and have full time maids to blot out the sink every single time someone turns on the water. And water splashes out of the vessel...they are the WORST.

[@cathleenm9986]

I’m oddly sad when Nick said he would never come to my home and see my bathroom 😂

[@katiehouse6502]

maybe you can get him to roast it on here lol

[@franziska919]

I know! 😂 I was like.... are you really sure....? 🥺🥺🥺

[@luzy]

Right?

[@rebeccamohammadi9653]

Lol. Me too.

[@bfranklin1052]

Loved it all. You even slipped in a little good hygiene advice, 'you need to floss.." I come here for all the things. 💕

[@cvonsutphen]

*Lighting above the Shower* . My home was built in the mid-60's, the bathroom was upgraded when I purchased. For the love of all things about aging in place, PLEASE put overhead lighting in the tub/shower area.

[@awilkes1071]

Wish we had done this

[@jmbii9545]

The three tiered carts with dozens of bottles are the most traumatizing to me

[@japspeedgirl6216]

Same, bestie, same!

[@autumnmoonfire3944]

I have a three tiered cart thing, but the bottom two shelves hold rolls of toilet paper and the top has a basket with hairbrushes in it. Additionally my makeup lives in a caddy that is normally stored in my walk-in closet. Makeup dislikes humidity, I don’t use mine on an everyday basis. So in the closet it goes. I’ve had my makeup in some kind of caddy I could put away for a long time.

[@raimeyewens7518]

I have a large free standing tub. I have one of those between the tub and the wall. I’d rather have my toiletries on the shelf within reach than sitting all over the tub edge. To each their own though. ✌️

[@louannhuber2651]

I saw a lot of the three tiered shelves/carts at HomeGoods yesterday.

[@BallerinaKristina]

The three tiered carts on wheels may not be the most aesthetically pleasing I agree, but as a disabled woman it is an accessibility feature for me.

[@jackieclark817]

The most sarcastic sardonic interiors person on KZbin. And I am here for you Nick! Seriously the best bathroom design critique ever!

[@MasterClasster]

Serious personal pet peeve of mine in bathrooms is shower DRAIN placement. It drives me crazy when I go to a hotel, friend's house, etc and the drain is right in the middle of the shower stall and I have to constantly stand with my feet spread out and walk around and over the drain to avoid stepping on it. Please contractors, just put the drain in a corner and slightly slope towards it. Right in the middle is SO awkward to not step on. Yuk.

[@PolkaLuria]

Is that because you are worried your feet will stop the waterflow into the drain, or because you are worried the strainer at the top will break if you put weight on it, or because you feel the drain is dirtier than the tiles next to it so you wouldn't want your feet to touch it, or are the drains you think of uncomfortable to step on? Or something else? I have never put any thought whatsoever in if I'm stepping on the drain or not in the shower, I probably have one foot on it all the time, so I didn't understand this comment.

[@MasterClasster]

@@PolkaLuria It's a bit of a combination of all of that. I prefer to have my foot on solid consistent surface like the tiles rather than a very hard drain that has holes or is a grate which is uncomfortable on my foot. But mostly it's about the 'yuk' factor. It's like if you have food in your kitchen sink, it's not the same as if that same food was sitting on the sink drain hole. I realize the underside of my foot isn't going to exactly suck up a bunch of bacteria off the drain but it still feels a bit gross to stand on the drain where all the soap and dirt and hair go and bacteria accumulate. With these centre placed drains, I'm constantly standing around and over them trying not to step on them. It just feels so awkwardly placed, I can't relax.

[@emys.5076]

Hair and gunk often accumulate in the drain, and the mere thought of stepping on it makes me shudder.

[@nelliebly6616]

​@@PolkaLuriaI dont like the draft and stench,flowing right up,under the nose...and "other "holes...😏

[@janiceestes9518]

@@MasterClasster I take off the cover of my drain every month and scrub inside of the drain hole. I make sure the pipe is pure white, Disinfected all the time. But then again, I am a swimmer so most of my showers are taken at a club. I am 70, never got any foot/nail problems. You must wear shower shoes. And I buy a replacement cover yearly for the shower unit in my home.

[@p.j.b.9999]

Great advice, as usual. I love the asides! I would add that consider the color in your not-so-great lit bathrooms. The makeup you put on while a green or yellow wall is reflecting on your face can scare people when you go outside.

[@lisaburt7118]

Love this one Nick. We remodeled our main floor bathroom last year, and one thing I'm so glad we included is a shower head that doubles as a hand-held sprayer. I LOVE these for cleaning and rinsing our walk-in shower. This was such a revelation I ended up putting them in our other bathrooms. Also, IMO, it's a mistake when renovating a bathroom not to think about safety as we age. Our remodeled bathroom was done for my husband who has mobility issues. Our new walk-in shower is small but we installed a wall-mounted, fold-down teak bench seat that flips up when not in use (fantastic space saver.) We also added a large grab bar in the shower, and another one just outside the shower so my husband can hold on to it when he's getting in and out. It also doubles as a towel bar.

[@jlacasse3750]

Great video Nick! We recently added a timer to our bathroom fan so we do not need to return to turn it off. It was such an easy improvement to the light switch (available at Home Depot, no electrician needed to install).

[@tealkerberus748]

A humidity meter on the wall can also automate the fan for a shower room - it will switch the fan on and off as needed.

[@TheGlobetrekkinGal]

Oh, Nick... In addition to your delightful design guidance, you being your fabulous, slightly saucy self is much-needed sanity salve these days. Thank you! 💙(P.S. But I still love my oval glass coffee table! 😉)

[@nuthinbutlove]

I will always love my oval glass coffee table ☺️

[@DragonflyDamsel]

I like it in someone else's house😂 But not for me. Too much dust and glass sweat rings. Also an accident waiting to happen if it breaks😮

[@thiamc4382]

Design for your worst part of yourself 🤯 a great mindset. Thank you!

[@Imzadi]

We did not have room for large vanities and thus extra storage space in our master bathroom remodel. We opted for the Kohler medicine cabinets. Oh my gosh, mind blown. They are incredible. I will never go back to not having a huge medicine cabinet. We did get one of the largest sizes and it is just so much storage and so functional and so practical. I can’t recommend it enough.

[@juliemarshall7458]

Thank you for championing the medicine cabinet. ❤

[@Esoup100]

I installed 2 medicine cabinets in my renovation. Can’t imagine a primary bathroom without one!

[@AlohaARMYAudra]

The side comments you mutter under your breath in between…I’m DYING!! 🤣🤣

[@Motherhubbard170]

quick and deadpan :) but we hear them which is why we never FFWD our Nick

[@antoniahicks320]

One of my daughters stayed in a high-end hotel on a business trip. Beautifully done bathroom - with gorgeous tile floors. Yep, she slipped and messed up her back. For myself, and my late husband, when we moved into our new home several years ago, we had my 92 yo mother with us and had her bathroom set up for safety. At the time, we decided to have our bathroom set up for our future, which happened faster than we anticipated. So, our low threshold step in showers have bars to hold onto, and "little perches" to sit on. I have some relatives who, although getting old(er) like us, remodeled their beautiful bathrooms, but no bars (that could have looked like really nice towel bars)! Horrors. That would have "spoiled the effect" they were going for! Oh well, it's their beautiful tiles that may get cracked when they go to install them later on. Yep, largish tiles in the shower - and on the floor. (Poles work well also. You can say you are going to practice pole dancing or something.) You do have to think about these things for all ages, like broken legs / arms / hips, unexpected surgeries that leave one weak and shaky especially if you are planning on living there for a long time. Even youngish people have these issues. Even some hospitals don't take these things into their plans. Yep, I'm an RN and lately I have done Home Visits for people of all ages who have met up with one issue or another that, with some creative forethought, could have had their lives made a little safer and more manageable. And don't even think about choosing a tub (so lovely to soak in) and not having a separate shower. Just wait til you get to the point where you can't get out of the tub! God forbid having to call for help, or 911 (Help! I've fallen and I can't get up)! I realize that some don't have the means or the ability to make these choices if they live in rented/leased apartments or homes. But there are ways to make things safe, and nice too. As for storage, I have too much, I think. You know what they say about leaving a bare, empty space without filling it up. I'm working on that problem now. My kids are on my case about too much stuff (for them to throw out when I'm gone) like my husband's stuff that we/they are still going through 3 years later.

[@jenniferhcsmith-5586]

I totally agree.

[@mamalovesthebeach437]

The most practical advice I rarely see is offsetting the shower fixtures from the shower head.👍🏻

[@ArtistInNewHampshire]

Hi, Nick! Love your abundantly parenthetical observations! Today I seriously LISTENED, and realized my (however attractive) teak lazy susan full of everyday bathroom supplies was an eyesore on my bathroom counter. I was ready! Tape measure in hand, I hoisted it above, and it fits perfectly in the lowest shelf of a closed upper cabinet. A slight boost further up, of a couple bath and hand towels, 🎉🎉🎉 finished the banishment! Totally usable! 🤗🤗🤗❤❤ Thanks!

[@ansleyf.j.8375]

The interior design older brother we all need. Giving us the hard truths with a fun attitude ❤

[@eileennoel5672]

Install a nice-looking grab bar while you still can get matching. Everyone gets older and will need a grab bar.

[@wtm5907]

The subtitle of this video should be "10 reasons you need a medicine cabinet." People always forget to leave room in their budget for a medicine cabinet (precisely because it overlaps several subcontractors) but C'MON ... these days a good one is storage, lighting, electrical outlets, decor, AND mirror all in one. The reason people pile stuff on the counter is because they don't have a medicine cabinet. Shift a little $ from each of those budgets and get a really good medicine cabinet, and it'll be one of the most-used items in there.

[@jdxx59]

I just renovated our bathroom and added an ensuite off our bedroom and both have mirrored medicine cabinets. One was able to be recessed and one not. Both are great. In one bathroom we have wall sconces either side and I love the way it looks. The other has a light above as there wasn’t space for sconces either side.

[@ajqueen31]

Speaking of costco deodorant and storage.... I bought some when I was running low and then went to put the other 5 away and found my other 5 from the previous costco purchase, allllll the way in the back of my undersink cabinet... so yeah... check your storage before going to costco!

[@tortoiseperson]

In the UK our mains electricity is 230 volts - twice that in the US - so for reasons of electrical safety, we are only allowed low powered shaver sockets and my Philips Sonicare charges on that.

[@judithyoung3]

It's 240 volts x

[@reinhard8053]

@@judithyoung3 No it's 230V since 1995 in the UK and the rest of Europe ! And all of Europe has 230V. In Germany we have power outlets in the bathroom. They must be protected by a RCD (like the complete house).

[@judithyoung3]

@@reinhard8053 In the UK, the declared voltage and tolerance for an electricity supply is 230 volts -6%, +10%. This gives an allowed voltage range of 216.2 volts to 253.0 volts. The supply to the home is 240V, but it is often over 230V to the socket depending on the appliance. My husband is a qualified electrician and has just proved 240V using a meter and the voltage between live and neutral and also live and earth is exactly 240V.. Go figure these so called regulations LOL

[@krisy-in-italy]

Italy here and I have an outlet and light switch tightly tucked between my sink top and shower. 😂

[@stefs3460]

Oh wow that makes sense why!

[@pia9343]

Yes for the medicine cabinets!

[@Babsbunbun]

I upgraded my homes outlets. I put dimmers on most of the light switches. It’s such a cool upgrade because now I have mood lighting everywhere lol. I never liked full bright light, even my overhead kitchen pot lights dim now. I highly recommend it for people. It’s a lot more convenient to have

[@lorraineedmond5921]

💯 agree. I am surprised when I visit someone and realize that they are not sensitive to good lighting 😊 I silently redesign it for them

[@rodo3287]

I often listen to youtube videos at 2x speed, but with Nick there's no need! I love him.

[@MissDuke2012]

Haha me too. 2x Nick is too fast!

[@moswell]

Omg, the idea of under cabinet lighting in my bathroom is life-changing. I'm definitely looking into this now.

[@karenmcc2197]

You are so funny. Just love the advice to ‘assume the worst in yourself when it comes to how you’re going to organise yourself’. Yeah here in Ireland and in UK they don’t trust us not to fry ourselves in the bathroom. Plug sockets are situated well away. 🙄

[@joysedgwick812]

We have 240v, I think that’s the problem. Dry your hair in the bedroom, then you leave the bathroom free for others 😅

[@karrenbrown8453]

I hadn’t thought of the “toe kick” under vanity automatic light! YES!!

[@worldofheidi23]

Closed storage solutions. 💯💯💯 Seeing clutter stresses me out.

[@ndubld]

I agree completely sbout medicine cabinets! It took me months to find one that was a) big enough to go above our vanity, b) could be partially recessed, and c) had a frame that didn't detract from everything else in the bathroom (read: didn't look like it belonged in a hospital).My contractors couldn't decide if I was nuts or a genius, but I had them put outlets in the back of the medicine cabinet to charge shavers, toothbrushes... I highly recommend doing this.

[@babeage]

ALL for the placement of the shower on/off not being where I have to stand and get cold to turn it on! THANK YOU for highlighting this one! (16:18) . And thanks for another entertaining and helpful suggestion list! Appreciate you.

[@ynot6473]

@7.25,we can have shaver outlets in our bathrooms in the uk as they have additional safety features that our normal outlets don't have to keep the current down. these can be used for electric toothbrushes. normal outlets and wet hands often equals death at 240 volts.

[@fayesortor7117]

In US bathrooms have special outlets

[@LlyleHunter]

Double negative fault line outlets

[@D_Parks]

We do not have or need 240 volt outlets in bathrooms. 110 is adequate for most items. And like others said here: Ground Fault Circuit Interrupter outlets have been around awhile. Why does the UK not have them?

[@joiathegreat]

​@@D_ParksUK electricity is different. I think it's direct current versus alternating current. I'm not sure.

[@ynot6473]

@@D_Parks we have much of the same safety kit, but we have no 120V mains option. shaver sockets provide 120/240. standard mains can be used if the bathroom is big enough (safe distance etc).

[@cherivanhoover9663]

Nick, you're on fire this morning. I can't even choose a favorite line, but I will definitely continue designing for the worst in myself.

[@gerardacronin334]

I bought my first house (now 100 years old) because I loved the cast iron bathtub, pedestal sink and tiny hexagonal floor tiles! There was a medicine cabinet above the sink but I added a cupboard above the toilet. I upgraded all the fixtures to brass. There was only one bathroom. I miss that little house in Winnipeg!

[@barbarak2836]

That sounds like a lovely home!

[@Heartofthestar]

For me, bathrooms are the one place you should practice minimalist design. Clean, simple. Get the extra junk out. If you have space create a separate area to do hair, makeup, etc. The nasty stuff floating around in there getting on your brushes, makeup, etc. is just too gross.

[@PJPerdue1293]

My rented place has a regular vanity with cupboards, but I took the shelves out and put in large plastic sliding drawer units. Super tidy, organized and invisible when the cabinet doors are closed.

[@gayjeris]

i have a little open storage shelf on my counter for the daily use, nicer looking toiletries. then a little platform tray for toothbrushes and toothpaste to stay in one spot. EVERYTHING else is in the drawers or in a cabinet. its made my little countertop so much more efficient to learn how to control that space

[@pegm5937]

So many smart things here! No slippery tiles, no matter how pretty! Drawer pulls that snag clothes - jeebus, I wish someone would have pointed that out when I re-did my kitchen. I cuss out the drawer pulls at least 4 times per day. ❤

[@tealkerberus748]

those pi-shaped drawer pulls need to be banned already. How to take the best design - the D pull - and make it awful.

[@joiathegreat]

Drawer pulls can be easily replaced 😊. Treat yourself.

[@rbriggster]

I LOLed at the picture of the sink faucets with the hands hitting the edge... I have a friend whose sink faucet is positioned poorly and projects maybe an inch past the edge of the sink. I hate washing my hands in there because you basically have to have your hands up to the edge!

[@creepyoldgoat]

I have a small 1930's house, the bathroom has this neat built in chest of drawers that holds SO much, plus extra an extra cabinet next to the shower to hold extra soaps and such. Almost makes up for the tiny pedestal sink lol.

[@Georgie14]

Nick I could listen to you all day long! You could be the weatherman, news anchor, reading me a bed time story…

[@marygallagher7392]

I love Nick's little USB Amazon light! Bought it a few months ago and it has been travelling around the house since it's cordless. My husband likes it on our round dining table when we eat dinner. I use it in the kitchen as ambient lighting under a corner cabinet. Also great in the bathroom and screened porch. Maybe I need another one.

[@marylhere]

I’ve got a small table lamp on the bathroom vanity. Love that there’s an oval shade that doesn’t take more space than needed. It’s on always. The upper lights are for shaving and for finding stuff that’s fallen.

[@kanases]

I have an extremely small bathroom, I had a small reno done last year and bought the cutest 18" floating vanity, I don't wear a lot of make up and realistically how many jars of cream do u need? I have everyday items in the vanity and a small basket underneath. Anything else was moved to a hanging organizer in my bedroom closet. I only have one small wooden plant stand and plant with a nice candle underneath, there's absolutely no clutter. I got rid of my wall cabinet a few years go and hung an oval mirror in its place to enlarge the space, it looks great! All my fixtures are matte gold, love it!

[@tealkerberus748]

I appreciate the confirmation about mixing metals. My next house is going to have stainless steel plumbing pipes, so it needs to have stainless steel plumbing outlets to avoid mixed metal corrosion. But I really like yellow brass door handles and cupboard pulls, and the warm yellow also goes better with my overall colour scheme. Choosing the metal type according to function works really well!

[@carrieschnug9830]

Love LOVE the “snark”! I am here for it! I may do all the mistakes… cause. What do I know… but love being called out for it all! Keep it up!

[@rootsm3]

I live in my childhood home. My grandma went wild in the 70s and we have pink walls, pink sinks, pink tub, pink toilet and blue tiles. Like dusty pink with baby blue? And this GIANT mirror that goes wall to wall. Needless to say I loathe my bathroom and cannot wait to renovate it. Always appreciate the tips with the side of sarcasm.

[@joiathegreat]

Bless your grandma ❤.

[@catbee1452]

Drawers in a bathroom, are THE way to go! Our last remodel I did a combo of shallow drawers with sections for makeup and such, then deeper drawers for everything else, including a narrow drawer with two shelves that housed the blow dryer (electric plug inside drawer), and all my hair products. Drawers are a very efficient use of space.

[@TheGrinbery]

I'm all for drawer superiority

[@autumnmoonfire3944]

In the kitchen too!

[@NancyRodriguez-v1n]

I like your common sense solutions. I am a very organized woman. I wish more people could live in a clean and organized home.

[@martinahermes505]

I bought the appartement next door (I'm living in a rental right now) and now there is a renovation going on for serveral weeks and, above all, I chose a new kitchen and a new bathroom. And I'm really glad that I made the right decisions, from the tiles, the faucets, the storage room to the lighting. 😂😊🎉

[@stefs3460]

No glitter grout?🥺😂

[@LR-vx4vr]

Congrats 🎉on buying. How fun

[@martinahermes505]

​@@stefs3460No 😂....I'm beyond glitter...

[@sheldonsussex]

I had a bigger challenge than most. I had to make a disabled bathroom that was not obviously a disabled friendly bathroom. I used a black suite. In the shower I used wetboard in elm and a composite wood bench. It is double width with rainfall and hand shower. I put the suspended toilet 3 inches higher. The sink is slightly lower and is cleverly next to a shelf area so I can prop myself up if standing. The bath has a sling lift that I've painted black to help it melt into the wall behind. I have a black floor and blush walls. I put a glass panel of stacked stones over the bath, which makes the room! I also had a partition wall to create a laundry room. I've had the machines placed on drawer units, so I don't have to bend to load them. There is tonnes of storage and I think it's come out wonderfully.

[@Redrally]

Congrats on the swish-sounding bathroom

[@sheldonsussex]

Thank you x

[@darstar217]

Medicine cabinets can be good for storing toiletries, but they’re actually really bad for storing medicine because of the humidity and temperature changes in a bathroom.

[@autumnmoonfire3944]

Agreed, I store my meds in the kitchen cupboard away from the stove and the fridge.

[@krisy-in-italy]

I store all meds in my bedroom, having an addict in the family teaches you this. 😢

[@katrijndekeersmaecker1904]

I always thought it was weird that Americans store their medicine in the bathroom. Everyone I know stores it either in the kitchen, or in the hallway.

[@lobstermash]

Agreed. I don't store much in the bathroom, too steamy. I have a large hall cupboard by the bathroom door with all my linen and back-up toiletries and toilet paper, among other things. After all there has to be a linen store anyway, so why not include the towels? Medicine is in the kitchen because taken at mealtime.

[@suburbia2050]

Re: UK Bathrooms, you will find 2 pin 115v/230v "shaver sockets" in bathrooms in the UK, they are 2 pin (not 3 pin as standard for the mains outlets) to differentiate them, all bathroom electric products will be sold with this 2 pin plug. Shaver sockets have a protector circuit to limit the current that can be drawn from them, so things like electric tooth brush and shaver etc will work fine. Obviously if you go to an older house that hasnt had a large scale renovation e.g. rewiring electric circuits etc a fairly typical situation then you wont see a dedicated shaver socket. I`ll copy and paste this good technical description: Shaver sockets contain a transformer which isolates the mains supply from earth. The voltage is the same, or 115V for the centre-tapped output. If you were to touch one of the two output pins, then you would not get a shock - you're connected to ground, but the output side of the transformer isn't. So no current would flow, and you'd remain unfried. The transformer can only carry a relatively small amount of current (enough to run a shaver or toothbrush), so is designed to stop you from plugging in normal devices, such as a hairdryer. Of course, you could still get a shock if you touched both pins at the same time, but it would be localised to your finger. Some would argue that more modern circuit breakers (e.g. Residual Current Devices) negate the need for a transformer-isolated socket. However, most domestic RCDs are designed to trip at 30mA, i.e. ten times what will kill you.

[@jenniferfreeman9318]

I have those flush wall mounted mirror/medicine cabinets in every one of my bathrooms. I absolutely love them, they hold a tun of stuff, they organize everything upright and can be seen at a glance. I don’t care one hoot if they are in or out of fashion! Personally I despise having all those bath and grooming supplies rolling around and dripping 💩 all over the inside of my drawers. More power to the covered open shelving concept Nick!😊

[@deborahhill3105]

Oh my… I opened this video with much trepidation as I just renovated 2 bathrooms. 😳 I think I did pretty good! I went for max storage. 🤣

[@LesaBear612]

I thought I wanted a bathroom mirror with lights behind it, but then I drove across country and every motel room had one. We stay at Days Inn type places. It changed my mind.

[@sherrinunya4079]

Not crazy to have a lamp on the bathroom vanity! Love mine 💙

[@aimeeOB]

The 3am sensor pee pee light 💡 is genius. Bravo Nick ❤

[@Emilyiscoo1]

One of my favorite things I've done is put a small clear plastic picture shelf under my bathroom mirror, its perfect for all the things I use daily, and keeps it dry and off the vanity

[@jennifershevin5588]

Get an experienced tiler. A good tiler can make the cheapest tile look great, and a bad tiler can make the most expensive tile look bad. Always center the tile on any focal wall, be it the shower, behind the vanity or kitchen backslash, and work out toward the edges. For niches, built in benches and curbs, using the same solid surface as the counter top is cohesive and provides no grout lines and ALWAYS make sure that these surfaces slope toward the shower so that the water does not collect in the back of the niche or bench or on the floor outside of the shower. It can create expensive mold and water damage. Finally, raw tile edges are not attractive. Schluter makes beautiful edging and don't settle for chrome or black at Home Depot. They make every color and texture to blend in with your tile.

[@oonaghmarguerite6752]

Schluter is wonderful.

[@marblegarden8456]

Yes, I am, Nick! -Gwyneth P.

[@bobandkelly]

😂

[@kacierowlette1664]

Huge agree on the pedestal sinks! The builder for the townhouse neighborhood I live in put pedestal sinks in the ground-floor powder rooms, and it’s super frustrating not having a vanity to hide extra soap and toilet paper in.

[@GoogleUser-wx8mw]

I have a three-door medicine cabinet in my main bathroom, and I LOVE IT!!! I don't keep medicine there, but my bathroom has NO drawers, so that storage is prime for toothpaste, toothbrush, moisturizer, sunscreen, perfume, makeup brush cleaner, eye drops, etc. The countertop is supper small, so I have to be selective regarding what goes on the counter (hand soap, etc ). I def. use the storage area below the sink, so no pretty pedestal sinks around here. I have a basket for hair care and make-up that sits on the toilet tank's top when I am getting ready. It has a spot in the slim closet in the bathroom, so it can all be put away (and then the back of the toilet is easier to clean).

[@claudialunden3691]

Thank you Nick, you’ve hit all of my pet peeves about bathrooms. But, most importantly, omg! Sconces! I’ve completely forgotten about bathroom sconces but that is exactly where I need to go next to make myself happy. I’ve been so angry with the lighting in my bathroom and each imagined cure actually does nothing. I was about to get hubby to sink the medicine cabinet into the wall, hoping that would help. But sconces will bring me peace! Maybe, since he’ll be messing around in there anyway, he’ll be willing to sink the medicine cabinet in the wall!

[@nancyandrews7442]

I was thinking today about how a pedestal sink would give more room in my bathroom for maneuvering a knee scooter or a wheelchair in the future. My main floor bathroom is really a powder room. Right now I have a 2-dr. cabinet with a sink in it.

[@NoSpin42]

Thank you Thank you Thank you Nick!!! I'm just getting started with 3 bathroom renovations so timing couldn't be more perfect! Love you Nick❤️

[@jessicasparks5319]

I’d say if Jeffrey Star recommended it, just throw it away 😂. I’m so in love with NICK!!!

[@juliemorrison3450]

I used to have a very cluttered bathroom sink. In our new house, I made a committment: one basket for makeup, in which I put the things I use most frequently, and one basket for hair products, again for my go-to favourites. The baskets are stored on a shelf next to the tub. Everything looks neat and tidy and this system has been working for me for 6 months. As Nick advises, choose a strategy that is not utopian, but that will work with your true lifestyle.

[@krisy-in-italy]

I love medicine cabinets for stuff not actual medicine and when I built had a hard time finding one. My main bath has a floating vanity which I love, two big drawers underneath. The only thing on the vanity is liquid soap and a box with individual hand towels. Both my baths are smallish spaces and the main includes my washer and dryer and a shoe closet.

[@marta150]

I wish we would have done medicine cabinet when we redid our bathroom. Instead, I went with tilting mirrors, which I do like as a short person but not as much as I would have liked medicine cabinets.

[@anneelisehudson8020]

We owned a 1907 American Foursquare in SD, with one bathroom for a family of 5, a cast iron clawfoot tub - no shower - with a pedestal sink. There was a large inset medicine cabinet with a mirror. The only way we made it work was a large vintage storage wall cabinet which we hung above the toilet. Thank goodness we moved back east before our three girls hit adolescence. It was charming and historic, but not practical. I did have a vintage vanity set in my bedroom, which held all my makeup/jewelry/perfume

[@eunicehehir6374]

Thankyou Nick. Very sound advice and timely for me. A huge pet peeve for me is having only one sink in the main bathroom for family and guests, yet two sinks in the primary bedroom ensuite 🤪

[@mariabarradas4235]

Love your videos, fun, real, right to the point and I want to ad that a tiny touch of OCD, just a touch does not hurt, the saying: A place for everything and everything on it's place is my motto, I could not live with some of those bathrooms wit a million things spread all over the place...we need function but function and beauty can go hand in hand.

[@kerimcaffee6411]

This was perfect! About to remodel our primary bath, it’s small, so the storage, fixtures and lighting advice is great!

[@esthervonhoffmann3429]

I’ve had a rough day. Your videos always put things right

[@louannhuber2651]

I was in the mortgage business for many years. In the 70s-80s real estate appraisers took value off of a property for having pedestal sinks. Probably because they were outdated and people didn’t want them.

[@SCCL1000]

Excellent practical suggestions, Nick. Sure as hell wished I had insisted on one other elec. outlet when I had the chance. Guess the Dunce award comes to me.

[@JohnSmith-mn6jz]

UK: no sockets in bathroom. Bathroom appliances (electric shavers, toothbrushes) have a different plug. We do our hair / makeup in our bedrooms

[@ashleyb3969]

I'm currently doing a master bathroom remodel on my own. I took it down to the studs, ripped out and reframed in new windows, plumbing, electrical, and so on. I have to say, if anyone buys something from kohler, their customer service is impeccable! Long story short, they will go above and beyond to fix an issue without being asked (ie: we've refunded your order, and are resending the product)

[@awilkes1071]

Moan has the best fixture warrenty

[@dixiemerchant1052]

I'm moving and starting from scratch using your info Nick, thanks!

[@PatriciainOz]

Everyone needs to send Nick an invitation to their bathroom STAT! I just cleaned mine so its not ready for a visit ;) Thanks for sharing Nick

[@thenexthobby]

Go back and look at the photo of the person on their hands and knees cleaning the grout. Now multiply that event with small pattern tiles. Did that once, never again. But there are a lot of really good design ideas that work best when you can leave soon after, or just regularly remodel. Similarly, pay attention to the floor of your shower or tub. The plastic ones have an integral textured surface for safety, and most will be impossible to easily clean as a result. I try to avoid “benefitting” from the use of power tools to clean bathrooms. :)

[@lisamo1013]

I agree so much on the small tiles. I don't know how it's in the US and Canada but where I'm from it's super easy to pick tiles for the bathroom because they will have a certain roughness rating (R10 B). As long as they have that then they are perfectly fine to use in bathrooms, even in showers (instead of a shower base).

[@tealkerberus748]

large format tiles and a slip resistant finish for the win.

[@thenexthobby]

@@lisamo1013 I never though to look for textured tiles and that makes sense! Might even look good on walls?

[@lisamo1013]

@@thenexthobby glossy and textured tiles give off very different vibes, so if you want your bathroom to look glam I'd stick with glossy on the walls but otherwise, yeah, works just fine. I'd even say it can make it more cosy because it brings in more texture.

[@wendylang2360]

Towel rails/safety rails - I would love to see a really sturdy mounting for towel rails that are arms-length from the shower or bath, so if someone slips they could safely grab the rail & not tear it off the wall. I am actually surprised in this day & age, where there are so many rules/codes for everything, that safety rails in bathrooms is not a thing. 😮

[@dianejones4276]

I watch these videos just to hear you! I love your smart-ass comments. Thanks

[@UjamesH]

15:54 I absolutely despise when the sink faucet only comes out .28 inches from the edge of the sink.

[@maudyg_22]

Besides being creative with the lights, try (tropical) plants in bathrooms. Plants love the moisture and it really brightens up a bathroom imo

[@lisamo1013]

I bought a ficus lyrata on a whim not knowing how finnicky they can be. Thankfully I put it in my bathroom and it's super happy there! I definitely reccomend plants in the bathroom if you have enough light.

[@ashleys637]

I 100% agree on drawers being superior to cabinets, but one thing of note if you want drawers under a sink: you'll very likely need to modify the under-sink plumbling so that it doesn't extend down into the drawer space. Not hard to do really, but something to consider.

[@Sabena-pl3cw]

Why? Just have a cutout drawer. Much cheaper than replumbing.

[@ashleys637]

@Sabena-pl3cw Not really. I'm in no way a plumber and I did it for less than $50. All you need is a handheld tool to cut pvc, the pvc fitting, and the right adhesive. You aren't working within walls or soldering metal. Also, that would be one helluva cutout in the drawer to make original plumbing work. It would basically render the top drawer or 2 almost useless.

[@martyprivate4373]

I lucked out with the bathroom design and layout that I inherited when I purchased my home. Plenty of drawer storage , inset medicine cabinet, and an overall cohesive design. No credit to me, it has passed the Nick test. ❤