How to Decorate a Bathroom for a Party

Next time you throw a party, glam up your bathroom along with the rest of the house. Add candles, flowers and music to make this room just as festive as any other.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Cassette Or CD Players
• Aromatherapy Candles
• Aromotherapy Floating Candles
• Coordinating Bath Accessories
• Fresh Flowers
• Hand Lotion Dispensers
• Hand Towels
• Pillar Candleholders
• Scented Pillar Candles
• Scented Votive Candles
• Silk Flowers
• Soap Dishes
• Votive Candleholders
• Waste Cans
• Antacids
• Aspirins
• Facial Tissues
• Hand Lotions
• Scented Soaps
• Tissue Dispensers

1. Clean the bathroom thoroughly and make sure that any personal care items ' shampoo, soap, toothbrush, hairspray ' are put away. These items can be put back in place after your party is over.

2. Remove any potentially embarrassing items from the bathroom's medicine cabinet. Some guests will always look! Store these items out of sight, as well.

3. Provide your guests with clean hand towels placed as close to the bathroom sink as possible. To this end, consider purchasing a small towel stand for your bathroom's countertop.

4. Provide your guests with scented soap, hand lotion and tissue. Make sure the soap dish is clean and free of any residue from prior use. Put the hand lotion and tissue box in decorative dispensers.

5. Add a festive touch to any empty corner or space with fresh or silk flower arrangements and scented votive and pillar candles.

6. Decorate your bathtub as well. Remove your shower curtain and fill the bathtub half-full with water. Place aromatherapy floating candles in the tub. Place as many scented votive and pillar candles on the tub's ledge as will fit. (Avoid candles if children will be present.)

7. Place a small cassette or CD player in a concealed spot in the bathroom. Play soft music set at a low volume. Your guests may appreciate a break from any loud music or noise.

8. Check the state of the bathroom frequently. Clean the bathroom's countertops if necessary and replace toilet tissue as needed.

Tips & Warnings

• Consider purchasing coordinating bathroom accessories that will only be used when you entertain. Special towels, soap and waste can, plus a matching soap dish and hand lotion dispenser, can all be kept together in a linen closet or other storage area when not in use.
• Use appropriate candleholders to support candles and to prevent wax from dripping onto surfaces.
• Keep over-the-counter pain relievers and antacids in the medicine cabinet for your guests, just in case.
• Use pillar candleholders of varying heights around the tub's ledge for effect.
• Leave the pillars and other candles burning after the party is over. Take the floating candles out of the tub, refill it with warm water and congratulate yourself on a great event!
• Monitor candles frequently and make sure they are placed a safe distance from flammable items such as towels, curtains and silk flowers.
• Keep children away from all open flames.

on 8/8/2006 Providing a box of matches on top of the toilet in a small bowl is great party bathroom etiquette. I collect matchboxes (the old fashioned, square kind) from restaurants and hotels for added cosmopolitan touch. Matches eliminate potentially embarrassing odors faster than burning candles (because of the sulfur). A must have for smaller apartments where the bathroom air necessarily bleeds into the rest of the living space, potentially ruining the party for everyone.

on 11/22/2005 Place a container of antibacterial baby wipes near the sink or toilet for guests to wipe the seat off before (or after) using to keep the germs away.

on 11/22/2005 Have the plunger easily found in the cabinet under the sink. Anyone who is in a predicament will look there before he hollers for the hostess through a crack in the door!

on 11/22/2005 It will save your guests any embarrassment they'd otherwise suffer by having to ask you if you have a plunger handy. Put the plunger right by the toilet in obvious sight. You might even buy a new one and decorate it for the occasion! Chances are it won't be put to use, but you never know!

on 11/22/2005 Many bathtubs are coated with flammable sealants. It's not a good idea to light floating candles in a bathtub!