subject: Contemporary Comforts: Creating A Beautiful Bathroom [print this page] When approaching a bathroom redesign or renovation, the sheer number of variables to consider can be mind boggling. From taps to tiles, everything needs careful consideration, to ensure that you can create your ideal bathroom, on time and within budget. To help you narrow down the seemingly endless choices, here are a few of the most popular fixtures and fittings that are currently gaining acclaim in the world of bathroom design.
Bathroom furniture is back, and its more popular than ever. Primarily this is a reaction to the sparse, stripped back minimalism that has been the dominant trend in bathroom design over the last decade or so. While minimalism did allow for the creation of elegant, serene dcor, it often left bathrooms seriously lacking where storage space is concerned. After all, we all tend to accumulate far cosmetics, toiletries and cleaning supplies than we need, and without sufficient storage space, even the largest bathroom can begin to feel cluttered and cramped under the weight of all those mismatched and multi-coloured bottles and packages.
A fitted vanity unit, a wall-mounted cupboard or two and a freestanding cabinet will provide ample storage to keep all of your daily essentials neatly stored, organised and within easy reach. As far as finish is concerned, there are dozens of variations available, from coloured lacquers to chic metallic units, but the most popular, most glamorous and the most inviting has to be a natural wood finish.
To heat your bathroom, there are two options that are firmly in poll position in the popularity stakes. Firstly, there is upgrading from a radiator to a chrome heated towel rail. This will not only heat your bathroom, but ensure that you always have access to warm, dry towels whenever you need them and create a stylish focal design feature in your bathroom. Then there is underfloor heating, which has decreased in price as much as it has increased in efficacy. Underfloor really is hard to beat when it comes to create a luxurious, relaxing atmosphere, and especially this time of year, it also means no more frozen toes!
More light sources in any room will make it feel like a larger space, so its a wonderful hybrid of functionality and style that youll find with an illuminated bathroom mirror. For creating a vanity area that is as chic as it is practical, an LED lit illuminated mirror really is the only way to go.
These are just a few areas of bathroom design, but hopefully your journey to a new and improved bathroom aesthetic might now be just a little bit easier. Have a click around, explore a few options and find out what really works for you.
