When it’s time for a bathroom renovation, don’t settle for normal fixtures and décor features. There is a whole world out there full of the most creative, practical, and technological bathroom ideas to optimize your bathroom remodel.
From high-tech mirrors to showers that give you the full spa experience, the possibilities will inspire you to step up your game. The future is now! Check out these ingenious ways to upgrade your bathroom for your next renovation adventure.
1. Heated Flooring
The best bathroom floors are waterproof, for sure. But have you ever experienced heated bathroom floors? There’s nothing worse than stepping on a freezing bathroom floor in the middle of the night or right out of a warm shower. A radiant-heat system can be installed under your bathroom floor to keep you from dealing with uncomfortable cold feet.
This especially comes in handy for those with tile or ceramic floors that tend to stay cold no matter what. Heated floor mat systems are typically designed for bathrooms that are shaped normally. If you have a rather abnormal bathroom, or if heating your entire floor is out of your price range, you could opt for smaller heated floor mats to place wherever you’d like.
2. Steam Shower
Nothing says “spa day” quite like a steam shower. Your shower could be multifunctional and operate as either a shower or a steam room. This is done by installing special features like tightly sealed doors, a steam generator, a vapour barrier, and a steam-resistant seat. This upgrade can turn your shower into a relaxing, pore-opening experience.
3. Tile Rug
Not a fan of carpeted rugs in the bathroom? No problem! You can place different coloured tiles on the floor to resemble a rug instead. This gives your bathroom another splash of colour and accents the rest of the space. A tile rug can introduce another air of personality to your bathroom with neat new patterns.
4. Digital Shower Controls
You can control your shower in the same way you control your other smart devices. You can install voice-activated technology that turns your shower on or off and can even set it to your desired temperature.
If you have specialty ambient lighting in your shower, you can activate them in this way as well. Ambient lighting makes way for a better fully immersive experience from the comfort of your warm shower.
5. Seating
To add to your spa bathroom, you may consider adding a small comfortable seating area. This can be where you go to put on lotion, towel off, or wait for a face mask to finish its job. Even if just for a moment, a bench, chair, or ottoman can serve as a nice place to sit and relax in private.
Bathroom seating gives your bathroom a luxurious feeling. Put your design and artistic abilities to the test and find out the best way to match your seat with your bathroom style.
6. Floating Vanity
Floating vanities give any bathroom a more spacious feeling and allow you to make way for storage underneath. With a floating vanity, flooring can extend all the way to the wall so you can more accurately measure the space required for your bathroom renovation.
Aside from the extra space and storage opportunities, it can make it easier for you to clean your bathroom floors. Floating vanities can be installed at any height you wish to make the most out of your leftover space.
7. Shower Speakers
There are already waterproof speakers available for you to stick to your shower walls, but have you ever thought about integrating speakers into your shower? Built-in shower speakers can be placed in the ceiling or the walls for an entrancing shower experience. Built-in shower speakers are far better than Bluetooth speakers, simply because they don’t require a change of batteries and they provide better quality for a truly captivating sound system.
8. Heated Towel Rack
For those who like to throw their towels in the dryer before getting out of the shower, the heated towel rack is the bathroom feature for you. They can tie together the design of your bathroom while giving you a warm towel to wrap yourself up with during the cool winter months. They save you space on storage, and they can come in many different colour options to match your bathroom design.
9. Smart Mirror
If you’re in the market for a high-tech mirror, look no further than a smart mirror for your bathroom. Some of these can let you watch videos, like makeup tutorials, while you look in the mirror to powder your nose. Smart tech mirrors have built-in lights, skin analysis features, and can even be powered by your voice-recognition technology to give you weather updates and other news.
10. Luxury Toilet
Some of the coolest toilets are available for you to purchase for your bathroom renovation. There are a variety of tech features that can come with a smart luxury toilet. These can include a built-in bidet with water temperature and pressure control.
Many of them are built with seat-warming technology to keep you from cringing after sitting on a cold porcelain toilet set. Others are incorporated with lights, hands-free flushing, and lid-closing technology.
How Will You Take Your Bathroom Renovation to the Next Level?
These are just some of the newest and best features and fixtures you can add to your bathroom renovation checklist. The possibilities are endless! If you’re ready to apply any of these to your remodelling plans, make sure you call bathroom renovation professionals to help you install and modify these items for the best results.
Also read: The Pros and Cons of Replacing Your Bath With a Shower
