Bitty bathrooms can have their gaps between bath end and the wall boxed in with chipboardimages saml batrd to make a wide shelf for sponges and soap. If one wall is a mass of ugly pipes, conceal it behind a false wall of tongue and groove pine which may be gloss painted to match bath, floor or other woodwork.

Vanity tops and shelves are all part of keeping bathroom clutter under control. A wash basin may be set into work top of plain tiling with cupboard above; one with mirrored doors may replace the conventional bathroom cabinet.

A fitted unit may have narrow, roll out drawers fitted with white wire trays, one in each side bellow the wash basin, offering his n hers space for jars, talc and lotion. So the bathroom has become dressing rooms saving a young couple the expense of buying a dressing table. Indeed, further bedroom space may be saved, as when converting an old house, by having in the bathroom a wall of full length cupboards with mirrored or laminate faced doors.

Altogether, the big advantage of the fitted bathroom, whether its unit are made on the spot or bought ready made in pieces, is that it give you lot more storage. A typical up to date arrangement provides loo and bidet which, with lids down, merge unobtrusively into a streamlined run of units to provide a continuously flat surface.

If you have very limited space to work on achieving tidiness is still more important. That means a minimum of bits of equipments projecting from walls, using the most space saving shapes for fitting and making the maximum use light paint. Valuable space can be gained by using elegant washbasin on concealed brackets, so avoiding the usual dust collecting pedestal.