BATHROOMS BATHROOM BLITZ
Elizabeth Jordan investigates the latest trends in bathroom design and how new products and ideas are catering to them.
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ooking at recent trends in bathroom design, there appear to be a number of opposites at play. While plumbing technology and design are the best they have ever been, there is a need to reconnect with natural textures and forms. There is also the ongoing battle between the time-saving minimalism of a shower and the old-fashioned relaxation of the bath. While the closed-off designs of showers represent the compact neatness of a society with its mind on the future, a bath is a pool in which the voluptuousness of the past can be relived as a detox.
Rob Heredia, UK area manager of Acquabella,
says: “There is a new trend in substituting wetrooms or bathtubs with a made-to-measure customized product, giving solutions to every space.
“I think more brands are identifying a need to include colours in the bathroom, away from eternal white. Copper and chrome finishes and matt black and white are growing in popularity. A contrast of colours and textures is the new way of finishing bathroom spaces.” “Our new FOCUS shower tray collection pays tribute to the classical drain but without forgetting the future. BOWLS, our new collection of basins, sit on top of our countertops, available in the same colours and textures with the ability
www.buildersmerchantsjournal.net August 2018
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