Designing Your Bathroom

Bathroom design has come on in leaps and bounds in recent years. Not that far back a bathroom was a place to spend minimal time with the door firmly closed to house visitors.

Today luxury and quality are the two terms associated with both contemporary modern and traditional bathroom design. People see their bathrooms as not only a place for daily washing but to totally luxuriate in and a place to live out their dream designs.

With so many options now available it’s easy to see why people think beyond the scope of a simple bath and toilet with basin and opt for walk in showers, whirlpool baths and illuminated bathroom mirrors.
Simple bathroom accessories can be striking and totally enhance the overall features and practicalities of the room, for example the simple installation of a chrome heated towel rail looks stunning and yet is totally functional at the same time.

Inspiration for bathroom design comes from all over the world with Italy having a major influence. Tailored designs are within everyone’s budget with space utilisation always at the fore and modern bathroom furniture catering for this.

Being bold and imaginative with design can easily be achieved in your bathing area or a more subtle modernisation of the existing bathroom suits many.

A bath can now be transformed with the simple addition of tall spout lever taps or the room changed totally with new bathroom furniture.

When space is an issue shower baths can often be the answer and the range available is huge.Other tricks are often employed to give the illusion of more space in a small area by the use of colour.
Electric showers offer immediate hot water with power showers give stunning performance in small cubicles.

Glass bowl basins can look radical yet a simple compliment in design promoting a healthy clean look.

A bathroom can now be complemented by unique lighting experiences always making your design style more visible, lighting techniques can be subtle or striking with larger areas often separated into different lighting zones.

Design ideas need not stop at the bath, shower basin or furniture even designer toilet seats are now available giving your bathroom the total designer feel.

Bathroom heating has moved on somewhat these days too with under floor heating being an unobtrusive alternative to the traditional bathroom radiator and being a more comfortable form of heating.

We look forward with enthusiasm and excitement to the ever evolving process of bathroom design.

Dan writes about Interior Design and Writes for Moku, on Bathrooms