Okara Home Decor

These days everybody is increasingly waking up to the need for an attractive home decor. With a wide range of decoration ideas that are available, there are now a number of ways to achieve an artistic look for your house. Nowadays, the bathroom, a long neglected portion of the house is being spruced up and decorated in style.

People spend a great deal of time in the bathroom. It is not just a place to take a hurried wash. The bathroom is the place where we groom ourselves in the morning and wash away the tiredness of the day in the evening. We begin and end each day there. Proper lighting is therefore very important in the bathroom. No longer is lighting limited to one fixture fitted at the top of a mirror. While this has been the most common style through years, there are now available a range of fixtures that you can choose from. There are new and trendy bathroom fixtures that are functional and look wonderful as well.

Lighting in your bathroom can vary from the sophisticated to the funky, from retro to modern and from the sublime to the utilitarian. It all depends on your tastes and the bathroom lighting fixtures that you choose can enhance the style of your bathrooms. These days there is a wide variety of light fixtures that are available. These can be made of different materials including brass, bronze, gold, nickel and many more.

Bathroom lighting fixtures are available in a range of colors, styles, layouts and designs. There are thus options aplenty for everyone. The lighting fixtures can be available as mirror lighting, pendant lighting, cascade lights, wall mounted lighting, and many more. Lighting fixtures is also dependant on the size of the bathrooms. With bigger bathrooms you have more choices while for small bathrooms one or two lighting fixture is enough.

Lighting fixtures today are functional and are also aesthetically appealing. There are many things to consider prior to selecting light fixtures. First, you need to know the atmosphere that you would like to achieve in the bathroom. This should be followed by placing the light fixtures appropriately so that no shadows are formed in the bathrooms. Safety is also an important factor while placing your lighting fixtures. You would want to ensure that the lights are protected from water. Be sure to follow the local laws as regards lighting.

With proper lighting fixtures your bathroom is sure to wow your friends and guests.

Did you know that low flow shower heads use between 1.6 – 2.6 gallons per minute while old shower heads use 2.6 – 5.2 gallons per minute? Probably a silly question to ask, but the most surprising part about these stats is that you can’t actually tell a difference in the water pressure.

Now I realize that most everybody takes showers now days due to convenience, but some people enjoy taking baths instead of showers on occasion or maybe even frequently. Truth is, few people think about how much more water usage is involved to fill up the tub.

I know that I’m not going to talk you into never filling your bathtub again but just so you are aware, the average person uses 78 gallons of water every time they take a bath? When you compare that to a 10 minute shower with a low flow head that uses only 16 gallons, now what do you think? Don’t forget, you are not just wasting water but the electricity or gas it took to heat that water too, not to mention the sewage or waste water bill that goes along with it.

So in essence if you have city water, you’re paying for bathing in 3 different ways. You pay for the water itself, the electricity or natural gas to heat the water used, and you’re paying for the sewage when the water goes down the drain.

I aim to simply make you aware of possible resource wastes and while you are putting some real effort into saving water and money, check your toilet’s gallon per flush or (GPF). You may have an older toilet that uses 7, 5, or 3.5 GPF while the new water saving standard is 1.6 GPF. You can even get a dual flush version that uses either 1.6 or 0.8 GPF depending on; well we’ll just say #1 or #2. A dual flush toilet will easily save you up to $100 per year on water and sewage or waste water bills.

Do you have a leaky faucet?

If you do, you should be aware that one drip per second can add up to 165 gallons per month. To better put this into perspective, 165 gallons is more than the average person uses in two weeks. With this in mind you will want to fix your leaky faucet as soon as possible since waiting can cost you more than a new shinny one.