By admin 
A couple of of you may recall that now now we have a very pink, very basic bathroom that we principally have left properly enough alone. Earlier this yr though, I made one small change that’s made a reasonably large distinction inside the small home. I modified our damaged plastic bathe curtain with a linen-only curtain made to swimsuit for our basic tub that wishes an l-shaped curtain.
I do not regret it. I’d fully do it as soon as extra.
The linen curtain is ethereal and exquisite and vibrant. It doesn’t ship a flood of water to the bathroom flooring as I feared it will and it dries terribly shortly between showers. Maybe higher of all, because of it’s light and versatile compared with a plastic liner, it could be merely tied collectively and pushed to the side all through raucous bathtub situations involving three kids and one guardian in a tiny bathrooom. I have no idea if a fabric bathe curtain could possibly be a small enchancment for you (and hopefully it acquired’t be a small disaster) nonetheless for me, the change has been easy and nice.
Proper listed below are some issues to know:
+ We went with a linen bathe curtain because of I was able to order it in a personalized dimension to swimsuit our home and since I felt similar to the linen might be quickest to dry in very small bathroom that doesn’t have a window! Totally different selections for cloth-only are cotton canvas and hemp!
+ When ordering our linen bathe curtain I intentionally measured for a curtain that will probably be comparatively taut and by no means too prolonged, partly because of I didn’t want a really flouncy wanting curtain, nonetheless further so because of I didn’t want a number of extra material to get moist or to get in the best way by which in a cramped bathroom. I regret barely that I didn’t allow a bit further room for shrinkage. I paid a small extra worth to have the fabric pre-washed by means of the Etsy retailer that made it, apart from, after I washed and dried it on low temp, it shrunk a bit larger than I anticipated. It’s not drastic and nothing I can’t stick with, nonetheless I’d say the scale was good sooner than I washed it and ever so barely a lot much less good now. For many who care about these items, let my experience be a lesson and order a smidge larger than you need, even when you occur to buy it pre-washed.
+ We keep our bathe curtain exterior of the bath whereas we bathe (and normally tuck it once more into the bath as quickly because it’s dry). Positive, that’s reverse to what I’ve completed my whole life and certain I believed this may produce a waterfall influence exterior the bath, nonetheless in distinction to a plastic bathe curtain, the material curtain absorbs any water that hits it and albeit, not quite a bit water does. (Even after an notably indulgent bathe, there’s on no account quite a bit water saturating the curtain that now we have to wring water out of it.)
+ Our bathe head is significantly unusually positioned on the prolonged stretch of tub wall instead of on the top of the bathe. As soon as we moved in, we modified a plastic hand-held bathe head with a neater rain bathe. This bathe head means a lot much less outward spray and further downward spray (and no hose knocking us in the back of the top whereas we try to wash). The jury’s out on whether or not or not this variation moreover makes the cloth-only curtain less complicated from a saturation perspective, nonetheless I’d hazard the guess that particulars of bathe head placement, water stream, tub-size, bathe habits, and lots of others. all play a job in how the experience may go. These aren’t points I personally obsessed over, nonetheless they could possibly be worth a second of consideration should you establish to go this route.
+ After I first talked about making the change to a cloth-only bathe curtain, I acquired a flurry of inquiries regarding mildew and mildew and completely different streaks of black or pink which can require cleaning. I’ll say that now now we have had our cloth-only curtain hanging for a few months now and that it is doing fantastically. Plastic bathe curtains get dirty too, as everybody is aware of, and this one is quite a bit less complicated to take down and wash with a wonderful oxygen brightener if need-be. (Our last plastic curtain needed to get changed after we washed it on the laundromat and it was badly damaged in a too-small machine.) That said, we do try and do the entire points that mitigate cleaning factors cropping up inside the first place—leaving the bathroom door open after showering, working the ceiling fan, stretching the curtain out to dry, et cetera. (These steps actually really feel onerous in writing, nonetheless are second-nature in observe.)
Success with a cloth-only curtain little doubt comes proper all the way down to some specifics, nonetheless for us, it’s been a really seamless and actually fairly small enchancment that means a lot much less plastic, further loveliness, and less complicated cleaning. Win, win, win.
For the curious:
+ We needed a curtain of an unusual dimension, so I ordered a personalized linen curtain by means of 3HLinen on Etsy.
+ In our last home we used a Utility Canvas Bathe Curtain that I later become a blackout shade for Calder). I wasn’t brave enough then to utilize the curtain with no liner, nonetheless I is likely to be now they normally can be found in quite a lot of daring colors should anyone be looking for a bit jolt.
+ Vermont Nation Retailer has been selling conventional Duck Canvas Bathe Curtains for ages. They arrive in two-sizes and 4 material choices.
+ As you may uncover inside the photos above, for the previous couple of months we’ve been using Conscious robust shampoo and conditioner stones. They’ve been unbelievable and consequently I don’t assume our bathe caddy will ever see one different plastic bottle as soon as extra. Cheers to a (nearly) plastic-free bathroom.
What else? One thing I missed?