Are shower curtains passe?

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Anonymous wrote:We have both. Love the look of glass, but hate the extra time it takes to squeegee down after every single shower. With curtains, I have several in rotation and they wash very well. I prefer the fabric ones from Ikea. They're not completely water proof, but do a good job. Can't stand plastic liners.

I think a lot of people are finding out what you did -- the glass looks pretty but is a lot of work.

We throw our fabric shower curtain (from Target, IIRC) in the washer once a week on hot. It's still white -- it was supposed to be a stopgap until we found something nicer, but it just keeps going.

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Anonymous wrote:Glass doors are more regal, easier to clean, and don’t usually stink.

If you wash the shower curtain and liner regularly, it doesn't stink. Just toss them in the washer and then hang them to dry. I find it way more time consuming and gross to clean glass shower doors-hard water stains, streaks, etc.

What kind of liner? Plastic?

DP but I put the clear plastic liners in the washer with some old towels (the ones we use for mud, etc). The towels kind of scrub the plastic. Sometimes I run it twice if the liner got folded up and it’s still scummy.

I never thought to do this with the plastic liner, I may try it. It doesn’t mash it all up and put weird creases in it?

Nope.

PP with 1970 house. I keep an ample supply of white, heavy duty, plastic liners that I pick up at TJ Maxx for about $10 or less. I remove the soap scummy, mildewy liner, run it in a hot wash with small amount of bleach & cleaning rags/towels and drip dry. Sometimes, I’ll put back, some I’ve used as a paint drop cloth or tarp or temp trunk liner- others I’ll donate once cleaned.

Winner winner chicken dinner. This is what is done in the hospitality business; you have a stock of liners and aggressively replace them.

[Anonymous]

We just redid the kid’s (ages 13 and 16) bathroom and kept a tub with a shower curtain. They always need to run in and out of the bathroom when the other is showering so this was the best solution for us. PLUS their shower is so messy with so many products that it is nice to have it hidden away (even if it has beautiful new tile!)

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Glass doors are higher end. Cheap contractors just put up a bar for a curtain and walk away. Doors last for years, curtains don’t. They make doors that are even easier to maintain now that are trackless. They make doors that are perfectly see through or that swing out. Doors have come a long way.

Sure, but do you know how many shower curtains you can buy for the price of a glass door? Probably at least 150 and it's not an upfront cost. I do have a trackless glass door in my MBR bathroom but I can't lie that it cost me a couple of thousand dollars. Meanwhile I have a shower curtain in the kid bathroom (with a tub). I use a fabric liner and wash it often (and replace it as well). It's a very practical solution.

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Ceiling mounted track is much nicer than traditional curtain bar.

Woven liner also is much better and does not get scummy. You want a liner with weights in the bottom hem.

Soak the liner in CLR then bleach it, annually. Whitens up nicely. You need to get the hard water and iron out as well as the soap residue.

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Anonymous wrote:We just redid the kid’s (ages 13 and 16) bathroom and kept a tub with a shower curtain. They always need to run in and out of the bathroom when the other is showering so this was the best solution for us. PLUS their shower is so messy with so many products that it is nice to have it hidden away (even if it has beautiful new tile!)

This. The privacy of a shower curtain is preferable in some situations.

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Ooh, thanks PP for reminding me about a ceiling mounted track option. Believe it or not, our curtain rod (original to the townhouse) is totally rusted from my teens taking steamy showers and not putting on the fan or properly ventilating the room. I discovered this when we kept getting reddish marks on all shower curtains.

When we re-do the bathroom I'll consider this.

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Glass doors are more regal, easier to clean, and don’t usually stink.

"regal" lol

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Renovating our attic as a hangout/guest room and adding a bathroom. I decided to do a shower curtain and liner after hearing people talk about the burden of glass. No regrets. Easier to keep clean. Can still get an overall clean, spa like feel.

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Love the look of glass, but hate the extra time it takes to squeegee down after every single shower.

This. Never doing it.

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Shower curtains are not "passe" or "out of style" - they are just unequivocally and universally an inferior aesthetic choice as compared to glass doors, which is why you're not seeing them in renovated or new (read: expensive) homes.

The issues that people have mentioned about maintenance and ease of use with young kids are valid, but those are analogous to the issues that cause people with kids to opt against the cream-colored rugs or furniture they really want. Glass doors are ALWAYS preferable aesthetically.

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Anonymous wrote:OP here. I should have said that we're seeing glass doors even on the tub/shower combos. So you open the glass door to get in the tub to take a bath or shower.

I still like shower curtains too, but am wondering if they're no longer in style?

I hate that, glass doors, even the frameless ones, are hard to clean.

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Anonymous wrote:Shower curtains are not "passe" or "out of style" - they are just unequivocally and universally an inferior aesthetic choice as compared to glass doors, which is why you're not seeing them in renovated or new (read: expensive) homes.

The issues that people have mentioned about maintenance and ease of use with young kids are valid, but those are analogous to the issues that cause people with kids to opt against the cream-colored rugs or furniture they really want. Glass doors are ALWAYS preferable aesthetically.

You know what's passe? YOU. You sound insufferable and super annoying.

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Anonymous wrote:Shower curtains are not "passe" or "out of style" - they are just unequivocally and universally an inferior aesthetic choice as compared to glass doors, which is why you're not seeing them in renovated or new (read: expensive) homes.

The issues that people have mentioned about maintenance and ease of use with young kids are valid, but those are analogous to the issues that cause people with kids to opt against the cream-colored rugs or furniture they really want. Glass doors are ALWAYS preferable aesthetically.

You know what's passe? YOU. You sound insufferable and super annoying.

I think people should do whatever they like, but when people are announcing that glass doors are the superior choice, I think of how often glass has been the choice and how often it has subsequently fallen out of favor. My grandparents' house, built in the 1920s? Had the separate tub and shower that House Hunters are always sure they need. The shower had a glass door. The first house my parents lived in when they were married? Tub/shower combo, and those sliding glass doors.

I'm sure they thought their choices were timeless and elegant. And I'm sure whoever bought their house ripped it out, and maybe the next owners reinstalled it.

I have no idea how cream-colored rugs count as high-end interior design.