Luxury Housing Trends & Home Improvement Ideas

If you’ve been thinking of upgrading your shower, don’t stop at the showerhead. You can insert body sprays into the walls to add the spa feel to your daily bathing ritual.

Body spray jets come in a number of styles and most aren’t terribly expensive (though you’ll have to have plumbing experience if you want to try and install them yourself).

Here are a few options:

KOHLER WaterTile

“Featuring a low-profile design that complements transitional or modern decor, the KOHLER WaterTile Bodyspray delivers a wide coverage spray for a soothing shower. Framed by an elegant escutcheon, the 54-nozzle spray face adjusts to any desired angle. It installs on the wall or ceiling and provides a relaxing shower experience.”

Danze Two-Function Wall-Mount Body Spray

This inexpensive shower jet from Danze offers spray or massage pulse settings.

Moen Small Body Spray

Another inexpensive offering ($20), this Moen body spray doesn’t have any extra bells and whistles, but it will do the job without breaking the bank. Trying installing multiple units to massage your tired muscles from several angles.

If you have the money to spend on a high-end bathroom remodel, you probably won’t want to grab shower cubicles off the shelf from Home Depot. Instead you can have custom work done that suits the look and feel of a room that’s often a sanctuary in the home.

This “shower sculpture” from Stone Forest is an idea of what you can have done.

Made from a variety of natural stones, the basin, structure, and even spigot are as much artwork as functional shower. Of course, you’ll probably have to have some clear glass shower doors made so you don’t spray water all over the bathroom, but these are details that can be worked out later!

Browse the Stone Forest website for more stone-based kitchen and bathroom ideas. The company “takes its lead from nature’s blueprint,” creating “contemporary designs for the bath and kitchen are sculpted from natural materials including stone, bronze, bamboo, copper, iron and hardwoods.”

When folks remodel their bathrooms, they think of posh jacuzzi bath tubs, steam showers, heated towel warmers and other popular luxuries, but they don’t always think of doing anything special with the toilet. Hey, the throne’s the throne, right?

Not any more.

The Kohler Numi is a pretty unique piece. “Every inch of space was considered to create
a compact, streamlined and modern form that doesn’t compromise functionality.”

Features include:

–Motion-activated lid and seat
–Advanced bidet functionality
–Heated seat
–Feet warming system
–Illuminated panels
–Deodorizer
–Music (hey, you never know when you’ll be there a while!)

More information at Kohler.

Natural stone tiles can be a great choice, especially in bathrooms where dampness is a fact of life. Marble adds elegance, and, in a small space, need not cost a fortune to install since you don’t have to buy a lot of it. The bathroom is the perfect place to add luxury via high end wall and floor tiles.

The polished marble “BUBBLES BIANCO CARRARA” tiles from Marme Canada, Inc are unique as well as handsome.

The different sized circles add interest and will have guests reaching out to touch your walls and wondering if you installed each little sphere by hand. That’s not required, of course, since the flexible tiles come in 12″ by 12″ sheets that you apply much like plain old squares.

The Bubbles tile is part of the company’s “mixed stone” series, and they have quite a few natural stone options you can check out. They would all be appropriate for the bathroom but could be used for kitchen backsplashes and accent walls too.

Need a new vanity in your bathroom? The Decolav Wood Triangular Pedestal isn’t something you see every day.

The interesting sink vanity is made from solid wood with a butcher block finish. It comes with a tempered transparent glass top and shelf, and its cut-out drawer and shelf add storage. The matching mirror and display shelf are included.

You can get more details from the Decolav site, and you can find the wood vanity online with prices starting around $1,000.

If you’re looking for more bathroom vanity ideas, check out these older posts:

• Sedona Bathroom Vanity with Sink
• Modern Toto Bathroom Sink Vanity Offers Extra Storage
• 3-Drawer Low Lying Bathroom Storage Unit
• Cherry Blossom Glass Vanity

If you’re planning a bathroom remodel, then you’ve probably got ideas for a cool shower, tub, sink, and maybe even a heated commode. You’ll need a faucet for the sink as well. Do you want elegant and sophisticated? Or cool?

This illuminated “Waterfall” faucet probably falls into the latter category.

The single-handle chrome faucet features a built-in LED light that changes color according to the water temperature. No batteries are needed, and the light is automatically activated when the faucet senses water flow.

$150 at Amazon: Modern Single Handle Waterfall LED Bathroom Vessel Sink Faucet

(If this particular style doesn’t float your boat, try searching for “LED faucets” over there as there are quite a few in the store.)

Razors are something you usually hide away in a drawer or cabinet when you’re not using them, but if you had a beautiful, handmade shaving set that wouldn’t be the case. You could leave it on display on the counter for all to admire (all you’re willing to let into your bathroom anyway).

This Sodalite Tru-Stone Silvertip Badger Brush and Mach 3 Razor Gift Set is made by woodworker Pat Camara , and it’s available for $180 though Etsy.

“This Sodalite Tru-Stone set includes a Mach 3 shaving handle and Silvertip Badger shaving brush. The Mach 3 head is chrome and contains high quality internal parts. The handle with Mach 3 blade attached is 5 5/8″ long. The 24mm Silvertip Badger hair brush has extra stuffing and long hair. The brush and handle together are 4 3/4″ tall. The set also includes a handmade Sodalite stand (6″ tall) that hold the brush and razor together. The Badger brush is 2 1/4″ wide and 2 1/2″ tall. The finish is durable, highly polished cannot be penetrated by water.

My shaving products are made one at a time by me at a pace that allows for the crafting of a unique and beautiful addition to your home or collection. These items make great gifts for those hard to get men and women in your life.”

Doesn’t a jacuzzi for two sound nice? Well, you can have a more relaxing bath time experience with your significant other if you so choose, or you can enjoy the entire bath to yourself.

The Jacuzzi Espree provides ample space for two to bathe comfortably. This 6′ long bath features built-in armrests for added comfort, and there is also integral neck support. The self-draining pump adds energy efficiency to this model.

Feel free to use your best, aromatic bath salts in the tub with this model too. Thanks to the Tru-Level base the installation of this tub enables you to get it up and running in no time. Relax those shoulders and lower back while you sink into this luxurious tub.

Not everybody has spacious luxurious bathrooms with room for giant jetted tubs, two-person showers, and double sinks. If you’re working with a tighter space, and every square foot counts, you can free up floor space by installing a wall-mounted sink.

The Aqua 70TA Ceramic Wall-Hung Basin has a sleek modern look, and it’s compact as well. It includes a little counter space–enough to hold your soap and toothbrushes, anyway!–and a towel bar. The sink protrudes only 15″ into the bathroom, and the round nature of the bowl means no sharp edges to bump against.

Looks like a good bet for a small bathroom!

From Hastings Tile & Bath

When the air is nippy, and the house is cold, it’s tough getting out of bed in the morning. A hot shower does wonders to warm you up, but then you have to get out, grab a boring old room-temperature towel, and hurry up to dry off before you get cold.

Well, that is a thing of the past if you pamper yourself with a towel warming drawer. You can hop out of the shower and warp a fluffy warm towel around your body. Sounds nice, eh?

This “Home Spa Towel Warming Drawer” from Jacuzzi can heat four towels up to 120 degrees in 15 minutes. Available in two sizes (the 24″ model warms two towels at a time while the 42″ drawer can do four), the unit need not take up much space in your bathroom. It can install in a standard-sized cabinet.