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Hotel bathrooms have come a long way from plain, white spaces used merely for wash and go. After all, they are among the most important rooms in our living areas. Their design, layout, and overall look have changed and improved dramatically over the past years to become spaces for stylish comfort and relaxation as we prepare our clean, fragrant, and refreshed selves for our busy lives waiting outside. Just as a hot bath or shower can be calming, bathrooms can be antidotes for our stressful modern lives . When planning a bathroom interior design or renovation to the space, hotel owners should consider the following themes and styles that are trending in 2017. Geometric Tiles and Natural Materials Trendy bathrooms are incorporating geometric tiles with bright lines into architectural and structural elements to inspire a variation of geometrical shapes. Interior designers say that 2017 will also mark a return to organic and natural materials. Think Green Inspired by recent design shif...

May 01, 2009 Share this content: bathing equipment is easier said than done" title="A smooth operator: adherence to usage instructions for bathing equipment is easier said than done" style="border: 0px;" /> A smooth operator: adherence to usage instructions for bathing equipment is easier said than done If there is one piece of advice long- term care facility operators can rely on for the extended life and continued performance of bathing equipment , it might well be a phrase coined long ago by the pharmaceutical industry: “Use as directed.” While bathing and lift manufacturers insist there is no magic formula providers can use for product longevity, they acknowledge adhering to usage instructions and keeping up with routine maintenance on a regular basis is easier said than done. Consumers have a reasonable expectation that the products they buy will perform as advertised and it is incumbent upon manufacturers to deliver, asserts Kirk Pe...

Four years ago, a couple with three children from Mission Hills were looking for a home that would provide them with a Lake Quivira lifestyle . They stumbled onto the 6,500-square-foot, one- story home built in 1972 in rural Shawnee, about 20 minutes southwest of Kansas City, says Mike O’Dell, the listing agent with Keller Williams Realty Partners . They bought, gutted and spent close to $2 million remodeling and expanding on it. The result is a 16-room “ranch-mansion” that’s unassuming on the outside but crisp, polished and contemporary on the inside and surrounded by striking scenery and features. It’s listed for $2.95 million. The gated estate sits a quarter of a mile off Johnson Drive, encompasses nine acres and is adjacent to a 10-acre, spring-fed lake. A stone path leads from the house to a detached brown building called the “field house.” It holds one of the property’s most delightful surprises: a two- hoop basketball court . With its gleaming hardwood floors , vaulted ceili...