Moving on from the kitchen and the dining room in the house, we now come to a room that, at first blush, doesn't seem like a great candidate for a place to display your heraldry: the bathroom.
And yet, there are indeed opportunities there.
Fairly obvious ones, like towels and bath mats embroidered with a coat or achievement* of arms:
Some of the "everyday" items often used in bathrooms may also serve as a display of heraldry. For example, a soap dish, a toothbrush holder, a glass, or even a shaving mug are elevated a bit by bearing a coat of arms on them.
And another, one that you may not have thought of before, the cistern of that useful bathroom appliance, the lowly toilet, can be used as a display of heraldry.
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Of course, it may make a greater impression on your guests if you have an elevated cistern like the one above, rather than the more common one attached directly atop the toilet, but still ....
I hope that these examples have served at least as a springboard to get you thinking about some of the often overlooked places in your home where you might display your coat of arms.
* A "coat of arms" generally consists of just the shield; an "achievement of arms" will include the shield, helm, torse, mantling, and crest.
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