I’ve just simply never seen it, ever - even in the U.S.
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We do that. We have a beautiful Waverly fabric decorative curtain, a beaded valance, and a fabric-like water-shedding liner.
Is this a regional thing, within the U.S. maybe?
For an STR I wouldn’t want the extra work involved during a changeover.
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I’ve seen it and it does seem a bit regional to me. I’m most often seen it in the mid-west. @RebeccaF, you are in the mid-west I believe?
I live in El Paso but the culture I was raised with is solid South. I have a cloth outer curtain with liner for my tub/shower combo, so did my sister. I’ve seen it so much I wouldn’t even think twice about it; therefore I can’t pinpoint if it’s regional or not.
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The other place I have seen it is in Iraan. I imagine you might know where that is? But it was my great-grandmother and her friends so I couldn’t discount that it could be generational or of a certain time. However, you clearly don’t fit into that, so if I think more about it, it may be more urban vs suburban or even house vs apt. It wouldn’t be practical to have all that extra material in a city apartment or even a smaller house.
LOL. Yep and drove through there once going from Midland to Austin.
I was going to say maybe it’s socio-economic or cultural but then thought maybe I shouldn’t. I think of it as being very middle class and old fashioned or if you want to be cool about it, vintage. The same folks who over-decorate might have three things hanging over their shower. Years ago my mom made me a holiday shower curtain with valance and to be used with a plastic liner. I still have it and it still looks like new. I think I used the valance as a table runner though. LOL.
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Yeah, I get the set up, but just not for me.
We’ve two standalone glass/aluminium cabinets and a glass wall to a walk in shower. All clean up easy enough with my magic solution (white wine vinegar and fairy liquid) and the runners etc on cabinets get a blast from the steam cleaner every so often.
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They also make them with a single hook. I see the 2nd hook as optional because we all do it our way and some people even have glass, can you imagine that?
Lol
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Edited to add, I just remembered that last year a guest actually traveled with a shower curtain liner and left it on the 2nd hooks.
I am guessing they were skeptical of cleanliness in general to actually travel with liners.
Yes. I’m in Ohio. Like @KKC, I’ve seen it many times all over the US.
I think of that double curtain thing as just some decor idea that caught on at some point in some places, since it isn’t something necessary.
It fits in the same category in my mind as the piling up of throw pillows halfway down the length of the bed.
Just more stuff to wash that has no actual purpose other than it “looks nice”. Supposedly.
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This is so interesting. Liners and decorative curtains are readily available in any store/online that sells bathroom stuff (at least that I have access to), making it feel “common practice”.
It never dawned on me to have a single “curtain”. I’d only seen that in hotels & they were always plain/boring.
I have both and the outer curtain is purely decorative but while shopping for more waterproof liners I did see they are offering more decorative ones. I have a tiny bathroom so I need something to jazz it up…hence the outer decorative curtain.
Someday I’ll remodel w/ better tile and glass. The tub is in there and I hate glass sliders so not sure about how to address that as of yet. Ideas? I feel I have to keep at least one tub.
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We got rid of the bathtubs in both rentals, gave us a chance to make the bathroom feel more spacious and let us put in decent sized showers. No complaints so far, but different markets have different guest needs, so what works for us, may not for others.
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I thought about replacing both I’m still looking for the occupancy sweet spot for maximizing rentals & minimizing repairs/maintenance. Families with small children want a tub so eliminating the master bath tub only for now, seems best. I can always changeout the Hallway bathroom tub for shower later.
Visit Floor and Decor. If you like what they have, it will probably be the best price on whatever it is. They have several locations in your state.
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We have had a lot of tile done over the years. Regardless of their “experience” and reputation, make sure the tile person ALWAYS uses a “lippage system”.
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Our tile guy is amazing. He is from Brazil, went to Italy and learned tile there for 13 years then moved a few miles from us. And he ALWAYS uses a lippage system. The job is much faster, and pretty much guaranteed to be perfect (spacing and lippage).
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He also uses a high quality manual tile breaker instead of a saw for anything other than the largest thickest tiles. No noise. No mess. And MUCH faster than all the other “tile pros” who always use a wet saw.
Traditionally, with a 3-4 BR house, when selling we are often expected to have at least one bath with a tub for “buyers with young kids or dogs”.
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That notion may have some relevance but I don’t think the objection is what it used to be, now that it is so easy to add a good shower wand. If this is your primary bathroom, do what you want and YOU be happy with it.
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We had one horrible little 36x42 tub, ripped it out and put it a linear drain. In fact, we used linear drains in all our bathrooms after that - they allow a single pitch and you can use any tile size or design that you like, instead of the typical small floor tiles.
There is just so much wrong with the above statements that I’m going to wait until you come back with screenshots, SHOUTY BOLD, poor punctuation and little red boxes boxes before I respond.
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Those are really nice & contemporary looking. I wish I had that in my own showers at home! Definitely, something I will keep in mind.
I think it looks odd, almost like cleaning was interrupted as I leave my shower curtain closed across the shower to dry and not mold.
I dont know if there is a “right” answer, but I can say 100% I have never gone into a standard hotel and found a shower curtain draped over the towel bar. They are always hanging in the shower.