The bathroom, as one of the best places to be alone in your home, should be your own private sanctuary. With today’s economic constraints, home owners are finding it more difficult to sell and looking towards investing in the home instead. Relatively minor changes such as remodelling a bathroom or kitchen or adding on a room can significantly increase your property value. And if you’re feeling stuck in your present living situation, perhaps a bathroom face lift is exactly what you need to make your home feel new again.

Bathrooms are becoming ever more luxurious, with the latest trends aimed at creating a more spa-like environment in the bathroom. With the stress of today’s economy, it makes perfect sense to turn your bathroom into a relaxing oasis from the pressures of everyday life. From heated floor tiles and warming drawers to steam showers, separate toilets, and LED lighting, today’s bathroom is all about comfort.

If you're lucky enough to have a "guest bathroom", one that isn't used by the family and one where you can always keep clean hand towels hanging for the guests, good for you. For most of us however, we have one or two bathrooms, and they both get a lot of use from the family members on a daily basis. Let's see how you can organize your bathroom so that it's guest ready too.

The one thing that most of us have too much of is lots of bottles of "stuff" sitting around the sink and countertop. Go through these and discard what you don't use on a daily basis, and what only has a drip left in it. Go buy two decorative baskets and have a "his" and "hers". One for his stuff, and one for her stuff. You could keep your toothpaste, hairspray, brush and comb, moisturizer, etc., in a basket that can be simply picked up and moved when guests come, and then put back when you're ready to use them again.