There’s a renewed interest in eclectic interior decoration and home remodeling, thanks to reality TV shows like Monster House and Other People’s Houses. And the trend has spilled over to the bathroom also, which once used to be the most neglected spot in the whole house, a damp and cramped place. House-proud individuals are now ever more willing to flaunt their ultimate bathroom designs.
Ultimate bathroom designs are meant to be flawless constructions, at once luxurious, hygienic and comfortable. In other words, a showstopper.
But ultimate bathroom designs require a perfect semblance between the layout of the room, the materials, furnishings, fittings and the accessories used.
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Make sure that your bathroom plan is structurally correct. That is to say, have proper water and sewage outlets, ventilation and the electrical fittings are not crowding precariously near the water sources.
Ultimate bathroom designs also require intelligent choice of building materials. Bathroom-proper materials are smooth plastic or plastic-like substances, ceramic and glass, that do not absorb water and are easy to clean. But these often feel cold so you can have a colorful rug or two thrown on the floor for added coziness.
But if the ultimate bathroom designs demand more cutting edge technology, you can go in for heated floors, wherein heater conduits are placed close to the surface.
The latest trend in ultimate bathroom designs is combination materials. Thus you can go for marble, wenge finish wood storage units, glass racks and chrome frames. Or you can combine tiles of different types.
The appearance of your ultimate bathroom designs may be the talk of the town, but you need to be well up on the safety front too. Rather than going in for the conventional plugs and sockets, electrical fittings like lights, geysers and heated towel rails should be fixated with permanent connections. Ground-fault circuit interruptor electrical socket is another viable option.
Now that your bathroom layout is decided, it’s time to bedeck it with the requisites. Here the only rule is not to go overboard with the bath appliances and end up with a small-sized bathroom with a shower arena, a Jacuzzi, a whirlpool, a sauna and absolutely no room to move.
Thus if space is a constraint but a whirlpool is an absolute must, then consider corner pools. Again if you would like to embellish your pint-sized bathroom, think along the lines of fancy storage units, say in colored glass or steel and have your toiletries displayed there in attractive bottles and jars or your grandmother’s chest of drawers, which will also lend that alluring antique look.
Try innovations in the sink design so that it turns out as an object de art. The paintings and the colors you use can also impart character to your bathroom and lend that “ultimate bathroom designs” tag.
In the end, the “ultimate” in “ultimate bathroom designs” means the ultimate haven for your retreat or a restful refuge, where you can curl up with a book to the tunes of your favorite music.
by Manuel Kupka
