Bathrooms [Hardcover]

Vinny Lee (Author), Chris Everard (Photographer)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 24, 2000

The bathroom is an increasingly important room in the home - much more than just a place in which to wash at the beginning and end of the day. As well as offering a haven for a therapeutic soak, it may have to satisfy a variety of needs, from doubling up as an exercise area to providing a dressing room, or even a laundry. Bathrooms by interiors writer Vinny Lee is an inspirational source book of ideas that guides the reader through every aspect of putting a bathroom together. It explains the various stages of planning and design, and advises on how to make vital decisions about everything from the size of your bathtub to the best wall colours and accessories. Whether you are planning a bathroom from scratch or renovating an existing one, this comprehensive book will provide all the information you need, as well as hundreds of inspirational photographs by Chris Everard to allow you to create the bathroom of your dreams.

Editorial Reviews

From Library Journal

Better Homes and Gardens presents a practical, straightforward planning guide rather than an actual how-to book on remodeling bathrooms. This comprehensive, well-written sourcebook provides everything one needs to know and consider when approaching a bath-remodeling project, such as plumbing, electricity, ventilation, storage, safety, budgeting, and material options for countertops, flooring, and the like, as well as a gallery of ideas that includes floor plans and designs for children and the disabled. Lee's book provides a perfect complement to the Better Homes book, offering a multitude of color photographs that depict various design styles for baths from traditional to contemporary and designs to meet special needs and concluding with a directory of U.S. product sources. Both books are well recommended for public libraries.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

About the Author

Vinny Lee is a writer and stylist specializing in interior lifestyle features. She is Interiors Editor of the Times Magazine and her work has appeared in the Independent, the Sunday Express and the Guardian newspapers, as well as Homes & Gardens and House & Garden magazines. She has written several books on crafts and design, including Kitchens and Recycled Spaces, also published by Ryland Peters & Small.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 192 pages
• Publisher: Ryland Peters & Small; 1st edition (August 24, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1841721085
• ISBN-13: 978-1841721088
• Product Dimensions: 11.8 x 9.9 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.7 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,535,628 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars standard book about how to design a bathroom, March 22, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Bathrooms (Hardcover)

There is nothing particularly fascinating about this book due to the dryness of the writing. As a "How To Design a Bathroom" book, this one hits all the major points, but it does not inspire a design with the photographs picked. There were not enough bathrooms shown due to the extensive repetition of the same bathrooms throughout the book.
I would definately not recommend this book to other designers due to the lack of new information or ideas. Instead, buy Bathing Spaces by Ali Hanan because of the variety and careful selection of pictures and text.

7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best Buy, April 26, 2002

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secrethalo (United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bathrooms (Hardcover)

Vinny Lee never disappoints! This is an awesome showcase of spectacular design, beautifully illustrated with mouth-watering pictures. Chris Everard (photographer) does a marvelous job. The text is excellent at informing the reader about the different styles and materials available for bathrooms today. It will have you daydreaming for weeks. I can't think of a single bad thing about this book. Worth every penny and then some!!! A++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

PS- For those of you who enjoy traditional style decorating be forewarned. This book leans towards the modern end of the decorating spectrtum-but don't let that sway you. This book offers a few excellent examples of traditional bathrooms. Enjoy!!