Designer Bathroom: Top Trends

10-Nov-2008

If you follow all the latest fashion trends with your outfits, why not do the same with your home? Interior design has increasingly become a signifier of style, and a badly designed bathroom can do as much damage to your reputation as a well-designed one can enhance it. So don't take any chances, follow this guide to the latest designer bathroom trends and make sure you stay a leader not a loser in the style stakes.

Designer Bathroom Trend 1: Freestanding Baths

Make an instant style statement in your bathroom with a gorgeous freestanding bath. Nothing screams ‘classy' more than one of these luxury items, especially an original Victorian bath with clawed feet. Alternatively, the top bathroom manufacturers have all reproduced their own versions, so you can easily find one just by going to the high street. If you have some serious cash to splash, opt for a chunky limestone or marble bath, which will set you back around £6000.

Designer Bathroom Trend 2: Sauna Showers

Nothing earns an impressed raised eyebrow more than a home sauna in a stylish wooden design. Bathrooms are instantly transformed into a pamper zone where you can sweat out the toxins accClick and Clean. The lower wheels and panels can be released to expose the for thorough cleaning. Panel then easily clicks back into position to ensure a water tight seal.umulated at fashion parties, lose weight and gain more energy. Saunas are also great for easing muscular aches and pains so are also ideal for the day after you danced the night away (or drunkenly fell off your Monolo Blahniks and sprained your ankle!).

Designer Bathroom Trend 3: Overflow Baths

To get a real look of envy from your girlfriends, install a fabulous overflow bath, and instantly create a designer bathroom to die for. These either have special filters for the water to flow down at the top, or have a separate outer bath so the water can go over the top of the one you're in. Sheer heaven, and the best way to recreate the effects of a spa at home. You'll suddenly find yourself inundated with requests to come and stay over at your house – a result for the socialite.

Designer Bathroom Trend 4: Luxurious Flooring

Take luxury to a new level with a bathroom floor paved in gold. These dazzling tiles are made from a layer of 24-carat gold leaf sandwiched between two handmade glass tiles, cut to size. If you love the glamorous side of fashion and fancy yourself as a bit of a Catherine Zeta Jones, then these will really hit the spot.

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