Old habits die hard

Dear blogger friends I appreciate how difficult it can be to find that all important accessory to finish of a room and turn a house into a home. That one item that personifies you, that friends, relatives and family will instantly recognise and will relate to you. It's usually an ornament, a piece of art, a vase, a throw, a rug or some trinket picked up from a far flung place you once visited that does the trick.

Which is all fine and well in many rooms within a home but what about the bathroom? I mean it's such a functional room - you visit it to carry out your personal business, normally alone and in privacy (most of us anyway?) then leave; that's its purpose, nothing more and nothing less. Hence it often gets overlooked in the personal accessory department, everything within the bathroom has a purpose to the activities being carried out in there, leaving nothing of note to make it welcoming nor individual. Furthermore, if you did want to accessorise the room where do you begin, because its doubly difficult to find such accessories isn't it? I know because I have spent many of my waking hours searching and just when I was about to give up hope I found the holy grail of bathroom accessories.

Well, I say I found the holy grail, but that's not entirely the truth; it was girlfriend and what a find she has come up with - I've got one on order and she already has hers installed and proudly on display in her bathroom. I imagine it will appeal more to the straight female and gay male populous but regardless of your gender or sexuality it will instantly become the most talked about accessory within your home, never mind the bathroom. In short it is the accessory you've always been searching for to finish off the bathroom and not only is it a looker but it's functional too. You can fill it with your favourite hand wash, face wash or as I'll be doing when I receive mine fill it with facial moisturiser, so I can wake up each morning and treat myself to a nice facial; even on the days my boyfriend is not with me!

Girlfriend has gone one step further though, she's filled hers with tooth whitening mouthwash, which I don't fully understand to be honest; but each to their own. I guess old habits die hard..........