{"id":3493,"date":"2015-01-01T12:16:56","date_gmt":"2015-01-01T12:16:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.livinghouse.co.uk\/blog\/?p=3493"},"modified":"2015-01-01T12:16:56","modified_gmt":"2015-01-01T12:16:56","slug":"quirky-bathroom-tales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.livinghouse.co.uk\/blog\/quirky-bathroom-tales\/","title":{"rendered":"Quirky bathroom tales from 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"

As the New Year starts we are either looking back or forward. There are also three main things on everyone\u2019s minds: loosing weight, getting healthy or looking forward to a holiday.<\/p>\n

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We don\u2019t have any wise words about the first two but we thought we\u2019d put a smile on the faces of all those \u2013 or their partners \u2013 who are accused of packing everything but the kitchen sink for their holidays.<\/p>\n

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We\u2019ve got the bathroom sink all packed up! We found this great idea for this basin packed in a suitcase created by Italian designers Ceramica Olympia. It\u2019s really smart, comes in a number of colours and folds away!<\/p>\n

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\"ceramica-olympia\"<\/p>\n

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Looking back in wonder \u2013 or just with a smile<\/b><\/p>\n

In the year when we brought you \u2018Tips for surviving the World Cup\u2019 from your bathroom to the toilet that tells you it\u2019s time to see the doctor, we\u2019ve had all manner of quirky ideas covered.<\/p>\n

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We had a short history lesson about basins in February taking us right up to the very modern one made of recycled rubber<\/a>! From a rubber tyre which was melted down and well cleaned before being processed into a flat, smooth sheet. This was stretched over a frame made from either wood or metal and held in place with a drain collar.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\"rubber<\/p>\n

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So should the wheel or in this case, the basin be reinvented? We guess it depends how much you hanker after different, or what your functionality needs are.<\/p>\n

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In March we reviewed the latest App AirPnP,<\/a> which means you can find a loo when you need one wherever you are.<\/p>\n

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In April we had more public toilets than you can shake a fist at! Famous for the largest public toilets in the world<\/a> are the rest rooms at Chongqing in China. The site has 1,000 toilets or there-abouts spread over four floors and covering around 32,000 square feet.<\/p>\n

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It\u2019s not just the size that makes them a talking point though. Urinals here come in the form of colourful characters from crocodile\u2019s or are they dragon\u2019s mouths to curvy females who look suspiciously like nuns!<\/p>\n

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Next came the old school porcelain toilet fitted onto an adult tricycle. It started as an art project and isn\u2019t functional as a toilet. The artist suggested using the bowl to carry things in!<\/p>\n

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These toilets were followed by the one that tells you it’s time to see the doctor … to what people most commonly read on the loo and those who have met untimely deaths in the bathroom. And ex-Blur and now foodie, Alex James\u2019 love of a Japanese toilet.<\/p>\n

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We showed you a self-cleaning tap<\/a> \u2013 we all want one or more of those \u2013 and celebrity \u2018selfies\u2019<\/a> covering the wall of the smallest room. There was the one about iconic bathroom movie moments<\/a> back in August including Psycho and Pretty Woman and the mobile shower bus<\/a> designed for the homeless.<\/p>\n

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If you enjoyed these revelations last year, please keep reading to see what we come up with in 2015!<\/p>\n

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Of course if you are looking for more conventional but superbly designed bathroom ideas, look no further than Livinghouse!<\/p>\n

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There are also three main things on everyone\u2019s minds: loosing weight, getting healthy or looking forward to a holiday.   We don\u2019t have any wise words about the first two but we thought we\u2019d put a smile on the faces of all those […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":3495,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"twitterCardType":"summary","cardImageID":0,"cardImage":"","cardTitle":"","cardDesc":"","cardImageAlt":"","cardPlayer":"","cardPlayerWidth":0,"cardPlayerHeight":0,"cardPlayerStream":"","cardPlayerCodec":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\nQuirky bathroom tales from 2014 - Livinghouse<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.livinghouse.co.uk\/blog\/quirky-bathroom-tales\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Quirky bathroom tales from 2014 - Livinghouse\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"As the New Year starts we are either looking back or forward. 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