Kid-Friendly Bathroom Designs

A few weeks back, the designers at Hatchett Design Remodel shared some clever ways to make your kitchen remodel kid-friendly.  Well now, we're gonna show you how to do the same in your kids' bathroom.

Trough Sink

If you have multiple munchkins, installing a trough sink in your childrens' bathroom will make tooth brushing and hand washing less messy.  You may even want to consider hanging it slightly lower on the wall than the standard 30 to 32 inch bathroom vanity or provide sturdy step stools for your vertically challenged cuties.

Storage (and lots of it)

From baby thermometers and kid flavored tooth paste to hooded towels and bathtub toys, you are going to need a lot of storage space in your kids' bathroom.  The beauty of open storage is that it makes it easier for your kids to put their own stuff away (eventually).

Hardware & Towel Hooks

The key to creating a kid-friendly space is making everything easy for them to use.  Round knobs can be hard for little hands to grab, so consider D-shaped or cup pulls for their drawers and cabinets.  Additionally, you will greatly increase the chance of towels being hung up properly if you give your kids towel hooks instead of towel racks.  You can designate a hook (and its respective towel) to each child by displaying your favorite portrait of them above their hook. 

Built-in LED Night Lights

Help ensure a trip-free midnight walk to the bathroom by creating a lighted path down the hallway with outlet covers that have built-in LED night lights.

As you sent me into the world, I have sent them into the world. For them I sanctify myself, that they too may be truly sanctified. “My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message, that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me.

I have given them the glory that you gave me, that they may be one as we are one: I in them and you in me. May they be brought to complete unity to let the world know that you sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me.” (John 17:18-23)

When renovating a kitchen, the designers at Inner Circle Concepts, LLC know how to ask the right questions about your lifestyle to ensure that our design is as user-friendly as it is stylish.  For example, there are special considerations we can make for families with small children.  Here are some ways our designers can customize your remodeled kitchen to fit your family.

If you have small children (or pets for that matter), a built-in pocket gate can serve its purpose without being an eye soar or scratching up your walls like traditional baby gates do.

As your kids grow up, you want to start tasking them with chores that will instill a sense of responsibility.  Deep storage drawers like these can be placed next to the dishwasher, so your kids can easily help with setting and clearing the dinner table as well as loading and unloading the dishwasher.

Self-reliance is another skill parents want to teach their children, so our designers can create spaces that allow your kids to serve themselves.  Low pantry storage for food items like cereal and a beverage cooler stocked with juice boxes and other kid-friendly drinks can help your little people grow up to be independent.

While the kitchen is a gathering space for the whole family, there are times you don't want your munchkins under foot.  Consider kitchen island designs that keep the kids away from your food prep and cooking stations - either a long island with seating all along the far side or a U-shaped island with a built-in nook.

The refrigerator has traditionally been the shrine for your kids' art, but how 'bout a whole wall?  We could create a chalk board, art display, magnet board or a combo there of.  If you don't have a wall quite this big to dedicate to an activity area, our designers have plenty of other ways to make this idea work for you.

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