10 things youd never expect to find in a bathroom

10 things you would never expect to find in a bathroom...

… but look and feel amazing! Bathrooms used to be such functional places. But now we’re rediscovering them as places to relax and unwind. As a result, bathrooms are being reinvented in ways that were never dreamed of. 

Here are 10 things that are transforming the way we see and feel about our bathrooms.

1. Fixtures disguised as sculpture

Hand basins should look like hand basins, shouldn’t they? Not according to Italian bathroomware manufacturer Falper. This Wing Hand Basin brings a new kind of sculptured cool into bathrooms , and is now available from Pzazz Building in New Zealand.

Wing Hand Basin from Falper of Italy
KUB Invisible Basin from Victor Vasilev

2. ‘Invisible’ fixtures

This sink isn’t just minimalistic, it’s damn near invisible. The KUB range of bathroomware from Milan-based architect Victor Vasilev really, er, stands out in a world of sameness and mediocrity.

3. Cool lighting effects

More and more New Zealanders are recognising the effects that lighting and ambience can have on our mood. It started with candles around the bath and has graduated to all kinds of lighting effects based around the versatility of LEDs. Looking a bit like an eclipse of the sun, this mirror from Falper demonstrates what can be done with clever under-lighting.
LEDs are transforming bathroom lighting
Beautiful tiled floating bathroom

This bathroom takes amazing underlighting effects to the extreme, making the walls and ceiling look as though they are floating.

4. Natural textures

We tend to associate bathrooms with shiny easy-clean surfaces, but the avant garde are eschewing the clinical look for the authentic textures of the homes they inhabit. This home has been stripped back to bare basics – brick, concrete and a bare lightbulb. The only nod to modernism is the beautiful white bathtub looking like it was made on an enormous potter’s wheel. The underwear ‘hanging’ above, by the way, is just an image etched into the wall.
Natural textures in the bathroom
Picture window in a bathroom

5. Picture windows

“You’d feel like a goldfish in a bowl,” I hear you say, but thanks to modern window films, picture windows can now be used in bathrooms, day or night, allowing you to view the world without the world being able to view you.

6. Super-slim fixtures

Traditionally we seem to have had the idea that bathroom basins should be large enough to bathe a baby in, but has anyone ever actually done that? 
Super slim bathroom basin and bench
Super slim basin drains beautifully
Modern designers have thrown that idea out and are not only producing floating vanities, but skinny basins which are only deep enough to drain away water flow.

7. Furnishings not traditionally part of bathroom decor

Furnishings such as rugs, lamps and armchairs. It seems that more and more people are spending more and more time in their bathrooms, and are furnishing them accordingly. And why not?
Chairs, rugs and other non-traditional bathroom decor
Wet area and walk in showers

8. Showers integrated with the bathroom

Once upon a time, showers were little boxes tucked into the corner of bathrooms, but today, more often than not they’re an integral part of the room, especially if they’re wet area showers and don’t even have glass or walls. 

9. A bedroom

You wouldn’t expect to find a bedroom in your bathroom but the latest trend is to integrate the two rather than put a wall between them. But wouldn’t the bedroom be damp? Not with modern ventilation and heating systems!
Bathroom integrated into a bedroom
Smart shower rail design and technology

10. Smart design and technology

About the only smart things in an old-style bathroom was the shaver plug. The latest bathrooms are chock-full of technology designed to make life easier and more comfortable. There’s underfloor heating, climate control, ambient lighting, built-in music systems - you name it. And we love it when designers combine technology and design to create clever ideas that no one’s ever thought of before, like this integrated shower curtain rod and rose. 

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