Luxury Housing Trends & Home Improvement Ideas

In ye olden days, bathrooms tended to be small spaces where you were supposed to do your business and not spend a lot of time. Today, builders are making bathrooms larger, and in luxury homes you’ll find spacious high-end showers and bathtubs, often made from materials you might not expect. Like wood.

Wood adds warmth to a bathroom, and it’s never cold to the touch like porcelain. With proper finishes, it can be resistant to water as well, so you don’t need to worry about rot or warping.

The Helio circular tub from William Garvey is made from teak wood. Obviously you’re not going to tuck this into a little closet of a bathroom, but if you’re remodeling or adding onto your home and you’ve got space for a big bathtub that doesn’t need to be mounted against a wall, then this tub will certainly stand out.

There’s a matching wash basin as well, in case you want the circular teak theme to go throughout the bathroom (alas, no wooden toilets yet).

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