Home Style Decorating

Pampered. Just the word evokes sighs from most of us. We picture being warm, relaxed, and serenely happy. Personal pampering may be especially needed after a busy day, hard and stressful day at work or just to relax and unwind.

But going to a spa can be expensive. The solution is to create your own spa right in your own home. All you need is a quiet room, candlelight, soothing music, a hot bath, and some wonderful aromatic bath and personal care products. The following are the items that you will be need:

• scented candles
• fragrant bath salts, oils, bubble bath and soaps
• bath pillow
• manicure/pedicure kit
• facial ingredients
• an exfoliating mitt or back brush
• hair conditioning treatments
• luxurious body powder and lotion
• cozy robe and slippers

Once you get inspired by a spa evening you might want to take things a step further by making over your bathroom in a wonderful spa style.  This is a great way to get a pampered feeling every day of the year, whether you have the time for a delicious soaking bath or just five minutes for a quick shower. Begin by fantasizing about the bathrooms you might find in a five star hotel.  Your bathroom should be at least as convenient, beautiful, and organized as some of these special spaces. Some ideas in decorating your spa bathroom are:

• Keep the backgrounds in the room simple and clean. Pastel colors are nice for the walls and will set off the white bath fixtures.
• Large, fluffy towels are a must, the largest that you can find.
• Soft terry robes on sturdy hooks should be ready for you as you exit a shower or bath.
• Store/ display towels in hotel style towel racks, rolled up in baskets, or folded neatly on shelves.
• Provide an electric towel warmer to bring cozy warmth to towels on chilly winter days.
• Use pure white window treatments and a shower curtain.  Edge these with a simple border of satin or grosgrain ribbon that matches your wall color.
• Provide a basket of amenities which contains sponges, bath salts and oils, body lotions, powders, perfumes, and conditioning treatments.
• Use candles as accessories around your bathtub.  Place them on elevated candlesticks to add height and drama. Light them whenever you take a bath.
• Install a dimmer switch so you can soften the room’s lighting.
• Include a beautiful fresh plant. Plants love the humidity of a bathroom.
• Gather everything needed for nail care into a manicure or pedicure basket and keep it handy for full treatments and quick polish changes.
• Place a small bench, ottoman, or chair in the bathroom.  It is lovely to sit comfortably when doing a manicure, drying your hair, or waiting for a hair treatment.
• Bring in a small CD or tape player for soothing music whenever you bathe.  Choose music that makes you feel serene, happy, and relaxed.
• Collect beautiful scented soaps and display them in a crystal bowl or a beautiful apothecary jar.

So when you feeling down, stressed and haggard, just head to your own home spa and relax.

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