Modern Bathroom Design
People are rethinking everything, from where they live to how they live. Modern bathroom design has been screaming for change and the changes are good, sensible and fun. Designers are breaking out of the mold and creating bathroom design ideas that are functional yet elegant, interesting and easy to maintain. And why not? As times change, design needs change. So whether planning a bathroom remodel or starting from scratch, here are some excellent design trends that warp a bathroom into the 21st century.
Sinks and Vanities
Innovative bathrooms now feature sleek wall-mounted vanities that expand the visual space in a bathroom and are easily customized to personal height. They are paired with streamlined vessel sinks and intriguing wall mounted faucets that are not only easy to maintain, but decrease the necessary counter depth which in most cases can easily add four inches of width to the room without moving a wall.
Bathtubs and Showers
Stand-alone showers and bathtubs are another hallmark of modern bathroom design. People use bathrooms differently today. Modern design separates tub and shower areas by elegant vanity or “Finishing” areas creating luxurious “Soaking Rooms” featuring free standing bathtubs and large “Toweling” areas while the shower is appropriated to a separate “Steam Room” that may feature ceiling mounted rain heads and wall mounted steam heads for when life requires a more metropolitan expediency.
Toilets
Toilets are another fixture riding the wave of change in bathroom design ideas. Hat box toilets with straight easy to clean sides are hot on the list and the appeal of commercial design has made it's way into the bath as urinals take their place in ergonomic forms that minimize mess. Emerging trends demonstrate that bathrooms which purvey a common sink area flanked by separate rooms for the toilet and urinal are gaining in popularity. Embraced by both men and women, there are clear advantages to sequestering these fixtures to their own rooms, some utilitarian and some pure luxury. More convenient, more hygienic, more private.
Design Trends
Bathroom trends are leaning toward designs featuring shared sink or "finishing" areas that are connected but not a part of private washing and relief areas. As people seek to combine the public living areas of their homes, they are looking to shape the more private areas into functional, personal, easy to maintain areas that allow them to enjoy their home to the fullest with help of manufacturers like Kohler and American Standard.
Lila Bolme - Lila works as a freelance writer in North Idaho. She has been putting pen to paper for about a quarter of a century. Her portfolio ...
