Decide Whether You Want an Enclosure
When designing your new bathroom you’ll have to consider many options. One of the primary decisions that will need to be made is whether to enclose or not to enclose your shower. Whether you prefer a cubicle or want to keep things as sleek and open as possible it is always a good idea to install a screen and or hob (upstand) to prevent the cabinets, vanities etc from getting wet.
Create a Walled Walk-in Shower
Want something a little different? Create a chic bathroom by building a solid wall for your walk-in shower, no curtain or screen required. This look can be created inexpensively with the use of white brick tiles teamed with other coloured or patterned tiles or fittings.
Keep your Wet Room warm with practical undertile heating
Walk bare feet in comfort in your new Wet Room with undertile heating. There is no ugly hardware in sight and the look, feel and atmosphere of the whole Wet Room is enhanced creating a relaxed feeling of wellbeing. No more dampness, wheezing heat pumps, draughts and condensation. Contact Warmup, who is New Zealand’s leading supplier of electric radiant underfloor heating systems.
Incorporate style and elegance with heated towel rails
Heated Towel rails are the perfect way to incorporate style and elegance into your bathroom. Try the Tranquillity range, which offers functional form combined with sleek design, ensuring an attractive feature in any contemporary or traditional bathroom.
Opt for a Statement Screen
Create a designer bathroom that is both contemporary and unique by using coloured glass instead of a clear screen. There are added benefits too: it is hygienic and easy to keep clean as there are no grout lines to scrub and it’s quicker to install than tiles. Standard shades are always available, but many manufacturers can create bespoke colours so you can coordinate your glass to match the rest of your bathroom.
Play with Pattern
Take time when choosing your bathroom tiles and try to think out-of-the-box. For real impact, mix scales and textures or clad a wall entirely in decorative tiles. Use simple Stainless Steel or Chrome to compliment the look.
Create a personal spa
Gone are the days when a shower was just a quick way to wash; the modern models are all about total wellbeing. Modern shower heads have sequences for invigorating, reviving and relaxing, and can include coloured light and scent settings.
Use Glass to Screen off a Shower Area
Full-height glass panels can be channelled into the ceiling, floor and wall and bonded with silicone, creating a sense of space in your wet room. As this is a large expanse of glass, make it easy to clean by choosing an anti-calcium coating.
Install a Cool Column Shower
A freestanding shower column will add a touch of class and elegance to your bathroom. These highly fashionable showers have a range of shower features: full force, champagne and pulse massage, for that just-stepped-out-of-a-spa feel.
Good Lighting is a Key Feature
Ensure that your new wet room or bathroom has the correct lighting by incorporating atmospheric lighting with soft LED strips or spots and brighter halogen for task lighting.
Ventilation
Whilst natural ventilation is ideal, it is not always possible – an extractor fan is the next best solution.
