By Rami Moorosi
There are few things that can refresh you like a shower. Today’s home owners are choosing practical solutions for bathrooms as opposed to excessive features like oversized bathtubs that have accompanied previous decades. The market right now boasts shower features such as multiple body jets, hydro-therapy and rain showers, to mention a few.
We are also seeing clean lines; the term “less is more” is forming the foundation of bathroom design. A great way to create this minimalistic look is through a frameless glass shower.
Chantelle Koen from Inside Living explains: “Frameless glass shower enclosures can often enhance the architecture through the emphasis they place on seamless integration of floors and walls. This, together with the trend towards having the shower floor sloping with the bathroom floor finish and continuing on the same plane, helps to create the open and spacious feeling in a modern bathroom.”
Marketing manager of Italtile, Amraj Lux Dursan, adds: “Walk-in showers which are slightly larger are also a new trend. These showers use frameless glass as one of the walls with either one or two ends open for access. Rain showers are also more common these days as they give an even distribution of water and have a therapeutic effect.”
“One of the trends that has emerged during the past few months and that is predicted to grow is that of the wet room. This is a form of no-threshold showers, which works particularly well in smaller bathrooms to create a more spacious look. The shower area is extended to the entire bathroom, without segmenting the room,” explain bathroom experts from On Tap.
Kate van Niekerk, marketing manager of Tile Africa, also adds: “The latest shower accessories allow you to create a shower that meets your unique needs and tastes. Whether you’re after a shower that evokes a spa-like experience or a manly power-shower sporting an impressive shower head, you can make the most of your shower time with the right accessories to create the look and feel you’re after for optimum visual interest.”
The spa experience that so many home owners are searching for can also be created by installing the Atlantis 1000 steam cabin from Summer Place Spas and Baths, for example. A unit such as this provides the luxury shower or a deep penetrating steam bath that is guaranteed to give its users a therapeutic experience.
Environmentalism continues to influence the trends, as more and more bathroomware products are developed with green credentials in mind. A good example of this is water saving shower heads. Shower heads are also moving away from small shower roses to larger shower heads that are not only practical but visually striking as well.
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