| If you're remodeling your bathroom then you'll need | | | | top by 20 squares down and leave 5 unused squares |
| some free graph paper | | | | at the bottom. |
| Scale diagrams are not difficult to draw and they can | | | | Cut out the bathroom fixtures and arrange them on |
| make you life so much easier when you start to | | | | the graph paper |
| remodel your bathroom. The trick is to use some | | | | I think that the fun part of using squared paper to |
| graph paper to make it easier to keep to all the | | | | design a bathroom is drawing the new fixtures to |
| measurements. I'll show you where to get some free | | | | scale on graph paper and cutting them out so that |
| graph paper later. | | | | they can be pushed into position on top of another |
| You could buy some software to draw your scale | | | | sheet of graph paper with a drawing of the room on it. |
| diagrams | | | | You can spend many happy hours experimenting with |
| If you like playing about with your computer then by all | | | | different arrangements like this. |
| means go and buy one of the excellent pieces of | | | | Getting your bathroom design right first time |
| software that is available for designing home interiors. | | | | You will most likely have to live with your new |
| What you mustn't do is expect the software to do it all | | | | bathroom for a long time after the makeover so it |
| for you however, you still have to do the bathroom | | | | pays to spend sufficient time on it at the design stage |
| design yourself. Using software will probably take you | | | | before you start the work. Believe me it's a lot easier |
| longer to finish the design but it should give you a very | | | | to move a few cutouts around on a piece of graph |
| nice drawing when you've finished it. | | | | paper than it is to move a toilet once it's installed. |
| If you are a professional bathroom remodeler then | | | | Draw bathroom walls and floor plans |
| software could be a big benefit to you because it will | | | | You will need one scale drawing of the floor plan |
| give you a way to re use your design work and | | | | looking down. You will also need drawings of walls that |
| provide very smart and impressive drawings to give | | | | you are going to renovate. Your wall plans should |
| away to your clients. If you are just remodeling your | | | | show the size and position of any windows, cupboards |
| own small bathroom I think that you would be better | | | | and all the bathroom fixtures. |
| off doing it the old fashioned way. | | | | Talk to your bathroom remodeling contractors before |
| Scale drawing isn't so hard | | | | you finish your plans |
| If you are worried about the words "scale drawing" | | | | Your contractors will be able to point out any problems |
| then you shouldn't be. It just means that you are going | | | | you might have with your plan and suggest ways that |
| to make a smaller than life drawing of your bathroom | | | | you can adjust things to solve the problems. This is a |
| but keeping all the distances in proportion. For instance | | | | very important part of the project and can be the |
| if your bathroom is 8 foot by 10 foot and you have | | | | difference between a smooth remodeling job and a |
| some graph paper with 16 squares by 25 squares | | | | nightmare when mistakes need to be corrected later. |
| then you can use the scale 1 foot = 2 squares. Your | | | | Get your free graph paper below and off you go. |
| scale drawing would then be 16 squares across the | | | | |