Have my bathroom all to myself and its always sweet smelling and clean. The toilet is well insulated in its own room well away from the rest of the busy areas, also just how I like it with its own wash basin, positioned just inside the back door off the laundry/mud room, accessible from the outside as well. Was thinking just the other day how fortunate I am in this respect, given that I bought an old country cottage...from the days when toilets had just come inside from being the "outhouse" or "dunny". So, toilet at the rear of the house, inside, but separate and privte,no odours and noises wafting to the rest of the house. Seems to me that back then, people had a better sense of hygene and more sensibility than today. When there were no flushing loos, (and even when the first iron above head cisterns with chain that you pulled came in) the "dunny" was still "down thr garden path". Mind you, those were the days of chamber pots that lived in little purpose built cabinets in the ...chamber....Then came the commode that looked like a bedroom chair but designed to hold a chamber pot. Cannot see the sense in having a loo sitting in its glory in a bathroom or worse in the ensuite! Am sure that visitors appreciate my loo as much as I do. If I were purchasing or building I would have to insist on a ventilated, insulated separate toilet well away from the rest of the rooms. If I had an ensuite as well as a main bathroom, the toilet would have to be sepatate, well insulated and ventilated.

There isn't many things that I would want on display in my bathroom so I understand your predicament. If I had this stand, I would go with tissues (in a nice box), 3 candles in different sizes grouped together, fragrance sticks like the ones pictured, towels rolled up and stacked and maybe a small display box for bits and pieces like cotton buds or nail clippers and tweezers. Be selective because putting things out in the open can become an open invitation for guests to help themselves.

Cleaning the bathroom is a breeze, I have a nylon scrubber that I buy from Coles or Woolies and the cheapest shampoo I can find, after my shower I put a couple of squirts of the shampoo on the scrubber, run it from top to bottom all round my shower ( I have a large double head shower ) and over the floor then spray clean warm water from the top of the wall and let it run down the walls and glass area till the soap has gone, the shower in our 2nd bathroom doesn't have a spray so I use an empty Peters 2 litre icecream container keep filling it up with warm water and run this down the walls, hop out of the shower walk away and let it dry by itself -- once it is dry I have a perfectly streak free shower, for the bath and the vanity basins I use the same method, wipe them over with the scrubber and shampoo, flush with the warm water and leave, wipe the vanity tops, the area around the bath and window area with a damp cloth and hey presto a beautiful clean bathroom, this all takes only a few minutes and I always have a clean bathroom.

The beautifully made bed - looks like a coin would bounce off it!! Simultaneously the view - I think the birdsong in the morning would be a wonderful way to wake up.