subject: Modern And Free-flowing Bathroom Design [print this page] As summer turns to autumn, we have reached that time of year again when bathroom designers and suppliers start to showcase and release their latest product lines. It is this time of year when we can observe the bathroom design fashions and trends that are going to be hitting the mainstream and the public consciousness in the coming months. To discuss every single new product and design here would be a herculean tsk, and one that required several days to write and read, so lets pick out one major design style for the coming months and take a closer look at its benefits and rewards.
This year, suspension is in, its the trend that almost every designer is pushing and promoting. Lifting bathroom fixtures and fixtures away from the floor, in order to maximise the amount of space that one has to move around the bathroom is a theme that will be carrying through 2013.
What does this mean for the modern bathroom, then? Well firstly, in the area of bathroom furniture, basins with vanity shelves are a popular innovation, not only for master bathrooms, but as space savers in cloakrooms as well. These units provide ample surface area around the basin, storage to keep the area clear of toiletries and cosmetics and free space below, so that you can easily get as close as you like to the basin, without any of the floor space beneath being occupied.
Wall-mounted cabinets are another must-have item this year. As either tall and narrow cabinets, or wide and shallow models, they offer deceptively large storage capacity whilst being unobtrusive and discrete. Replacing your bathroom mirror with a mirrored cabinet is also a great idea for those seeking a highly efficient, multi-function bathroom.
Finally, where sanitaryware is concerned, suspended toilets and bidets with concealed cisterns are growing in popularity at a rapid rate. By utilising a concealed cistern arrangement, these units do away with the purely functional styling of old, and the result is a bathroom suite that retains the same every day functionality as before, but is less immediately noticeable; a less dominant presence in the bathroom, allowing attention to be drawn instead to the overall dcor and aesthetic of the room.
To finish the look, upgrading your wall-mounted shower unit for an overhead rain main is not only a more luxurious model, but looks incredibly stylish as well. A wall-mounted heated towel rack finished bright chrome will also look fantastic and serve to dry your towels and warm the room at the same time.
This is a really interesting new direction in bathroom design, and one that appears to be going from strength to strength, so why not have a little click around, explore an few options and see which options might work best for you?
