Sunday, 13 September 2009

How a Walk in Shower can Transform the Bathroom

By Richard Traylor

For both existing bathrooms and bathrooms in brand new homes, walk in showers are increasing their use from a practical item to a bespoke area designed for luxury and stress relief. Design experts say one of the main factors for homebuyers is the bathroom and with more importance being placed on bathroom design they are looking for both functionality and smart innovations.

Due to this change in the way people are thinking about bathrooms, manufacturers of bathroom furniture, and of showers in particular, are stepping up their program.

Gone are the days of the same old bath and shower combo; these are being rapidly replaced by various choices of walk-in showers. With the appearance of many different shower designs from semi-framed, framed to frameless as well as uncompromising construction, walk-in showers have become the core addition in bathroom renovations.

Today much of the design effort is being placed on creating a more open space in the bathroom. Homeowners seem to be favoring clear, glass showers which serve as the main attraction in their bathroom design; particularly for bathrooms without windows, these new showers can reflect light to offer a more spacious and refreshing feel to the space. Glass walk in showers will make the rest of your fixtures easy to choose and install.

The well engineered showers offer a sleek ultra up to date solution matched to complete the look of any bathroom design while allowing for artwork, bathroom accessories, bathroom flooring and tiles to be configured with the shower unit.

People seem to be spending more time in the shower, using it as a means of stress relief or a mini spa treatment in their own homes; this accounts for statistically higher sales of showers, ranging from electric to steam shower cabins. The desire to segregate the bath from the shower points to consumer demands for change and for bigger range in product variety.

With the revival of bathroom renovation, homeowners are seeking out walk-in showers as the shower replacement choice not only because of their leading-edge design, but are effortlessly fitted into the space where a bath is being replaced and offer years of upkeep free timeless elegance.

As most of these types of showers have a chrome frame it has become even easier to find matching accessories to go in the bathroom. Therefore, it is not a particularly hard task to construct and furnish a bathroom in an attractive manner to give you the dream bathroom you have always wanted.

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