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Beautiful!

What a pretty scene! You have convinced me. I will now buy flowers for my bathroom too.

I hoope your toothbrush is at least 6 feet from your toilet. You know what happends when you flush!

P.S. Nice flowers

I don't think anything in my teensy bathroom is 6 feet away from anything else. We should probably be keeping the toilet closed when we flush, no?

I do the same thing! With the flowers, I mean. A vase is always on the kitchen table, but the extra flowers that get trimmed off go in the bathroom.

If ANYONE is looking to get a few simple, functional and affordable glass vases they should seriously head over to Crate and Barrel. The one off Houston has so many beautiful forms in clear glass. It is all handblown and from Poland. The variety is staggering and it is great to see it all in one place and able to be held in one's own hand.

i think the salvation army and estate sales are the best place to buy glassware, esp funky shapes to be used for vases.

Pardon my ignorance, but what is this 6 feet from the toilet thing? As a mild germophobe, I've never heard this one before, and am afraid I might have to reconsider my bathroom layout!

please advise...

thanks!

Re: leaving toothbrushes out: as the wonderful "Home Comforts" book will tell you, beware of the AFM (airborne fecal matter). Ew! Ever since I read that I keep my toothbrush in the medicine chest and always put the lid down...

Martha, I think you only need to worry about "AFM" if you let the sh*t hit the fan.

Hence, why my toothbrush holder lives in my medicine cabinet. I can't count on other people to put the lid down even if I do. Although thinking about that makes me want to put all my stuff in the medicine cabinet and it just won't fit!

For more information on the toothbrush thing, check out episode 12 of mythbusters. Below is a brief summary of their findings:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MythBusters_(season_1)#Toothbrush_Surprise

Who DOESN'T put the toilet seat down EVERY time they flush? Fecal matter or not fecal matter!

I'm rather worried about these people who claim to be so concerned about their toothbrushes.
Do these people ride the subway?
Is this thinking a symptom of what happens after one's brush has been contaminated...?

nice idea, but PLEASE put your toothbrush somewhere else. lol
i don't care what mythbusters say, they get crap wrong all the time. i have a few scientist friends & we've all noticed. they seem to totally forget the concept of a variable. lol cute show though.

I can't afford fresh flowers on a weekly basis, so I always keep some sort of plant in the bathroom. For years I kept a hanging plant at the end of the shower curtain rod and now I keep an orchid on the windowsill. The bathroom is the only place that has any humidity in my apartment so plants are always happiest there.

bo-ring

It doesn't matter if the toilet is closed or open. Studies have shown that the germs literally explode out of the closed lid when it's opened. I figure we've all lived this long, so it's not going to kill us. That said, I keep mine in my medicine cabinet because I think it looks neater.

We do put the lid down to flush, and my toothbrush stays inside the medicine cabinet -- I don't know if it actually helps or not, but it makes me feel better. :)
~Monica

Very beautiful!
Nice flowers

Wow, this is a really great idea. It will sure warm up the bathroom and make it a more lively place. It is details like these that really make a difference. That flower would definitely look great on my 72 inch double sink bathroom vanity