Lust list: open-air bathtub

Bedroom, Medium Hardwood Floor, Ceiling Lighting, and Bed A Balcony With a Bathtub Caps This Striking Prefab in Melbourne - Photo 9 of 17 -
Open-air freestanding tub in Melbourne, Australia

How cool is this? An open-air free-standing bathtub: love the green exterior, too. A timber batten screen provides modesty.

At my previous home, I enjoyed top-down, bottom-up blinds that enabled me to walk out of the bathroom naked with fearing onlookers.

Source:

Keighran, M. (2021). A Balcony With a Bathtub Caps This Striking Prefab in Melbourne. Dwell. Retrieved 31 May 2021, from https://www.dwell.com/article/st-kilda-prefab-modscape-62559646.

JC Penney’s new home department

Everyone knows that JC Penney is suffering: changeovers in management, an ad campaign that sounds like abject apology.

Today I received the flyer for Penney’s housewarming event for its new home department.  Penney’s (as I call it) is taking a page from Target’s playbook by employing well-known designers and taste makers such as Michael Graves (who had a collection for Target), Martha Stewart, Jonathan Adler, and Sir Terence Conran  to revamp its home department.

I’m a nut for footed bowls, and this acacia wood bowl from Michael Graves Design caught my eye:

Michael Graves Design acacia wood footed bowl
Michael Graves Design acacia wood footed bowl

What do you think of Penney’s new home department?   Has anything caught your eye?  Does the home department revamp have legs?  Will it rescue Penney’s from the doldrums?

How to Clean the Bathroom

I took a bath using the ME! Bath Ice Cream bomb in Vanilla Purity, which turned my bathtub into an oil slick. It was time to clean the bath tub and the whole bathroom, in which case I decided to offer some tips on cleaning bathrooms.

I like using Marla (“FlyLady”) Cilley’s (search “FlyLady” on The Style Page) approach to cleaning tubs and sinks: fill the tub or sink with hot water, add chlorine bleach, and let sit for one hour. Afterwards, scrub the tub or sink with scouring powder (I like Bon Ami). If you wish, you can wipe down the tub or sink with a window cleaner like Windex. Be careful if you decide to subscribe to her e-group! I did, setting the option to “individual mails” and my Email box was flooded!

One hour gives you a lot of time to do other things – set the kitchen timer for one hour and find out. Clean the toilet – 3M has come out with the Scotch-Brite Disposable Toilet Bowl Scrubbericon with built-in cleaner. Freshen your bath mat by running it in the dryer – I prefer terry cloth bath mats to bath rugs because they’re easier to wash and dry. Clean the floor – I use the Swiffer dry mopicon to lift up hair. Empty the trash can and install a new roll of toilet tissue if necessary. I use Lysol disinfectant wipes to clean the interior of the trash can. Housecleaning experts like Don Aslett recommend that you clean top down, but with Marla Cilly’s shiny sink, you can’t use this approach. At the end, I clean the bathroom mirrors and any chrome fixtures with window cleaner.