Bathroom Design Trends: Maybe your bath doesn’t embody the cool designs and safety features you’ve seen in magazines, on the Internet, or in model homes. You’ll find listed below some of the top trends for this important room.
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Sustainable eco-friendly materials and plumbing products. Reducing the use of water and incorporating long-lasting materials are top trends in bathroom design. Green products include low flush toilets, water-saving showerheads, tankless hybrid water heaters, and natural flooring materials.
Digital technology. Like the rest of the home, the bath is going high-tech. Some cool features include digital programmable showers (which come with preset comfort levels, Wi-Fi music connections, and wireless remotes) and TV screens that are mounted on mirrors.
Sleek, clean contemporary lines. Many traditional homes are using contemporary-looking bathrooms with features like hanging vanities, low-profile linear drains, and streamlined fixtures.
Barrier free shower enclosure
Eliminating soaking and jetted tubs in favor of larger showers. Many of the soaking tubs put into homes in the ’80s and ’90s are nothing but big dust collectors. A current trend in bathroom redesign and remodeling projects is replacing Jacuzzi tubs with large, walk-in showers.
Colors. Most people want to create a calm, relaxing bathroom space. This has resulted in greater use of lighter colors and water tones, such as light greens, airy blues, grays, and whites. The Pantone Color of the Year 2012 will be Tangerine Tango, which is perfect to use as an accent color in an otherwise serene bathroom.
Comfort and convenience. Radiant floor heat, towel warmers, and steam showers will make a bathroom more comfortable to use.
Floors with larger tiles. Bigger is in when it comes to bath floors and walls. Larger, European-designed tiles provide a more contemporary, clean look and minimize the number of grout joints as well.
Cabinetry that looks like furniture. Expect to see an increasing use of larger, more elegant cabinets and contemporary high-end frameless designs.
Countertops. Granite, quartz, and marble continue to be the three most popular surfaces.
Medicine cabinets.
According to the 2012 National Kitchen and Bath Association Design Trends Survey, medicine cabinets are experiencing a resurgence in popularity. This traditional way to add storage and shelving in a small bath has seen some updates – some medical cabinet mirrors even incorporate TV screens. Bathroom Design Trends.
Universal design bathroom
Universal design and accessible bathrooms. Wet surfaces can be hazardous and pose risks of slips and falls. Today we offer ways to make enhance safety in bathrooms without sacrificing style or function. Some common features of universal design include roll-under sinks, barrier-free showers, wet rooms, linear drains, slip-resistant low-maintenance floors, decorative grab bars, safety transfer tubs, and comfort height toilets. Bathroom Design Trends.