Luxury Housing Trends & Home Improvement Ideas

Scented and colored soaps are the finest luxuries of a bath, and if you invest in the purest skin care products, you should display them for all to see. Plus, when you see how many soaps you have, you can always make sure you’re in stock.

This Large Glass Apothecary Jar with Finial Lid will add elegance to your bathroom counter, and it’s large enough to store your most coveted soaps. Just imagine this jar filled with lavender, vanilla, juniper and mint soaps. Each one’s beautiful colors will shine right through the jar.

The jar measures 17” tall and 6.5” in diameter, and each one is unique since the jars are handmade. You can also store spices, candy or potpourri in the jar, and feature it as a centerpiece if you don’t want to have it in your bathroom.

You might think you have no use for a bath stool, but it can make bath time more relaxing.

It doesn’t do any good to have your luxurious soaps and exfoliating loufas locked up in a bath cabinet. If you plan on using them before the next decade, you need to have better access to them. With a bath stool you can display these items in a tray and also have them right next to the tub.

This Teak Bath Stool from Gaiam is naturally water-resistant, and it’s constructed from sustainable teak grown a fair trade plantation in Indonesia.

You can keep your bathing supplies on the stool and use the stool after bathing as a seat for drying off and dressing.

Bathroom handles can be frustrating when they don’t function well. Whether you have a broken shower handle or despise the one that came with the house, the classic teapot design is a more desirable option to try.

The Delta Leland Porcelain Handle in Venetian Bronze is a timeless faucet option for your bath/shower, and its cast brass construction is more durable than those plastic pull-out handles. Since this design doesn’t have any gaps, it can be easily cleaned and it’s less likely to harbor germs.

If you like this design, there are also matching lever handles for the sink at Home Depot, so you can coordinate your entire bathroom in bronze/porcelain accents. This bathroom hardware would look lovely in a bathroom with warm toned stone floors and dark wood cabinetry.

Looking for a new faucet to star in your next bathroom remodel?

The Il Bango Alessi One faucet from Oras Design offers a unique new look for the bathroom sink.

“Legendary Italian designer Stefano Giovannoni sought to blend masculine and feminine elements by fusing hard, straight lines with softer, rounded shapes in this elegant faucet. Stunning and original, it is certain to become the centerpiece of any bathroom setting.”

And it looks cool, too!

Check out the company’s website to see it pictured in several different bathroom styles.

When you visit someone’s house and use the bathroom, what do you immediately notice that the restroom lacks? It’s so refreshing to see a bottle of yummy smelling lotion right next to the hand soap, and if there are a couple different scents, it just makes your day even better.

Taking this extra step to provide your company with hand lotion really makes them feel appreciated. Crabtree & Evelyn has a variety of bath and body products. Its Summer Hill collection includes triple-milled soaps and even hand lotion.

The Summer Hill Hand Therapy Cream is made with shea butter, and the scent includes a “white floral blend of summer grass, wildflowers and orchard fruits.” Doesn’t that sound wonderful! You and your guests will enjoy this seasonal lotion, which not only smells great but also conditions and moisturizes dry and cracked hands.

Luxurious rugs are essential in providing a cozy atmosphere in the bathroom, and if you’re in the mood to make your thrown look more royal, it’s all in the details. So spruce up your vanity or shower area with a plush rug.

The Croscill “Royalton” Bath Rug has a soft sage blue/green scrollwork on a chocolate brown background. The rug is made from an acrylic/polyester mix, and it measures 2 x 3′.

A beautifully designed rug like this one would fit well in front of a vanity, toilet or claw foot tub. If you have more neutral tones in the bathroom, this rug will make the space look rich and elegant. Down to the color coordination and sophisticated pattern, there is no doubt that this rug is meant for spacious bathrooms.

When you go to the beauty shop, do you always end up sitting under a hooded hair dryer? These dryers are more powerful than the typical handheld hair dryers, and if you prefer this method of drying to set your hair, it might be worth it to get one for the home.

The Highland Liberty Hooded Hair Dryer is of professional quality, and it’s one of Global’s largest and most powerful dryers. It has five different heat control positions, and you can adjust the height and angle. It even has a 60 minute timer so you don’t stay under it for too long.

This model is convenient for home use, because it’s portable and can be stored away. Also, it stands above most low back chairs, so you don’t necessarily have to have a salon chair.

Bathrooms come in all shapes and sizes, and sometimes it’s a designing challenge when you have a single sized potty room. Even guest bathrooms can be teeny tiny, which creates an issue for the homeowner, because you can’t put a spacious vanity with mirror in one.

When you don’t have enough room for a double sink vanity, you can resort to a bold Sedona Bathroom Vanity with Sink. This is a more sophisticated piece exquisitely crafted with carved wood and a chic granite top. Along with the linen finish sink bowl, there is also storage underneath.

This vanity measures 36”W x 20”D x 36” H, and it has unique scroll like designed handles on the cabinet. Although this vanity comes with the sink, it doesn’t include the faucet or any accessories.

The shower is a place most of us visit daily, so, if you’re remodeling anyway, why not make it a star in the bathroom?

Etched and textured doors and enclosures offer privacy, elegance, and a chance to turn the shower into a focal point in the bathroom.

You can find off-the-shelf options, and, if you have extra cash to spend, you can find companies that specialize in custom work.

The decorative enclosure shown below was done by Toronto based CBD Glass Studios. They also do vessel sinks, pedestals, and mirrors, so you can decoratively etch your whole bathroom if you want.

Have you fallen in love with several different scents? Maybe Chanel No. 5 is your signature perfume. Well, whichever perfume is your favorite, it probably comes in a beautiful bottle, so why aren’t you displaying it in your bathroom?

The Taymor Round Mirror Perfume Tray is an essential bathroom accessory for women who love to spritz on fabulous scents. This dainty tray will also give you a chance to display the elegant glass bottles, so it will make your perfume become more a part of the decor.

There are other options in styles of perfume trays, but this one has a beaded round edge with a chrome finish and cast aluminum construction. It measures 1” H and 9” in diameter. You can also find ones that are square or oval.