Bathroom Shower..........

 September/October of 2024 we had our shower retrofitted by Bathfitters.  If you look at this post you will see what it looked like before hand.  The tiles had started to have pressure cracks in them at the bottom.  Structurally the shower was fine, but cosmetically it was not looking fine.  So rather than pull the whole bathroom to bits, we decided to have paneling put over it.  Over a year later we are still very happy with it and it works perfectly for us.

Now our shower is twice the size of a regular shower, which we love, no squishing inside a tiny thing.  We had a grab rail installed for when we get older and need something like that; truthfully though we use it now.

This is the other end of the shower and the floor is also made of the same material.

It goes right to the ceiling.  We could have had a ceiling panel fitted to match, but we chose not too.

Now the one thing we forgot about at the time was shelving as we were using the baskets from Amazon, which you would see in the post from 2024.  We just had these installed as the plastic has a ripple effect on it and we were finding the baskets wouldn't stick to the surface properly.  These ones won't move anytime soon.  We are very happy with them.  The hook is one of the Command Hooks, that I installed.

So if you are thinking of using Bathfitters for anything, I would recommend them.  They are not cheap, but it was cheaper than redoing our whole bathroom.  We have a bath area, with the same tiles, so all those tiles would have had to be removed also as we couldn't get the original tiles.

Also I love the look of glass shower doors, but hate the upkeep of them to having them sparkling clean all the time, so shower curtain's are the way to go for me!!

Shower Organization

We have a large walk in shower, with two shower heads, one at either end.  We only use the one, which you can't see in this photo.

I noticed the other day that the shower organizer was starting to rust, so thought it was time to replace it.

I decided to try this cleaner to get the soap scum off the tiles, as it was too thoroughly clean before putting up the new organizer.

Again, great marketing blurb.  This was $7 from Walmart.  This time I liked the scent of the cleaner.

I also bought a shower scrubber and a grout brush from Canadian Tire.  I think the Scotch Brite shower brush was $12 and you can buy replaceable heads for it.  The grout brush was maybe $4.

I sprayed everything down with the cleaner and let it sit a couple of minutes and scrubbed everything down with the scrubber........and yes it was grimy with soap scum.  So although the length of the handle could maybe be a bit longer, I found it saved my back and did a super job.

I picked up this five pack of shower organizers from Amazon, you can view them here.  It had good reviews and I liked how you could affix them to your wall.

It comes with clear instructions of what you have to do and they are removable as well.

I only ended up using the two baskets as we don't have a lot of things in our shower.

Now our walk in shower is huge, and has two shower heads.  We use just the one with no toiletries on it.

I will say I am very pleased with the shower baskets, and you can lift them off the hooks to clean them.  The shower cleaner was a good buy, as was the shower scrubber.

Also for those who use the Method cleaning products, did you know about the message on the bottom of the bottle?  I didn't but thanks to Robin now I do.  Thanks Robin!

Another update, used the shower scrubber again since the first time and really happy with how it's tackling the soap scum.

Your own Special Place........

I think we all have our own special place where we go to think and solve all the worlds problems.  Some people have a comfy chair, other people walk a special route; laying in bed are some people's preferred choice,  Me, well this is my special place:

The shower, I can put the world to right and solve any issue in the shower.  Been doing this for years.  When I was working I came up with more ideas and solutions than ever when I was in the shower.  Not sure what it is about the shower, but it relaxes me, and when it does my brain must start working...LOL

What made me think of this post, was I was thinking about the other day when we had our little Munchkin over.  Dh went to the toilet and Munchkin went to find him.  She can reach the door handle but cannot open the door yet, so was banging on the door for him.  I do not miss those days when you could never use the bathroom without having company joining you.

So today's question is: Where is your special place that you go to solve the world's problems?

Finally a pop of colour for Wednesday:

For the non-quilters out there, the photo shows me stitching the binding on the quilt.  For the quilters out there, no I did not lose the plot putting bright green binding on it....LOL  It all makes sense, trust me!