by Roddy J Dryer

Created on: July 01, 2008   Last Updated: March 29, 2012

We spend a significant amount of time in the bathroom, and most of that time is considered essential. Therefore, for those who have achieved a position in life where a luxuriant lifestyle is within grasp, it makes perfect sense to bring luxury to a place where one spends time required, yet often alone.

Many people may not know the luxuries available for their bathroom, so let's explore, starting where one might start in the bathroom and then onward, to enjoy a guided tour. You just might find yourself wondering why you don't spend more time in there.

First, wrap yourself with the luxurious feel of cashmere against your body with a 100% cashmere 2-ply knit robe, complete with large, roomy pockets along with a pair of Doria slippers for your feet, available for a reasonable price from www.robe.com.

Once dressed for the occasion, step in and be dazzled by the Damask Venizia ceramic tile floor designed by Porcelanosa, experts in the design of lavish ceramic tile. Or, if you prefer glass tile, Bisazza of Italy provides exquisite glass tile in traditional Venetian glass designs for a range of tastes. Immediately, you could see yourself in a Baroque mirror from the Chateau Collection by Mulberry Tree Furniture, gilded if you so choose. Directly beside your mirror is the classic lacquered medicine cabinet by Thomas Eriksson, where your finest beauty and health products are kept in style.

Although function must exceed extravagance when considering the toilet, Villeroy & Boch offer a fetching pebble-shaped Pure Stone toilet with an oak seat, perfectly accompanied by a beech toilet-roll holder designed by Dutch designer Richard Hutten, available through Thorsten van Elten. Your shower is running and at the desired temperature, since your Grohe's Wireless Shower system, accessible anywhere in the home, assures such perfection. The Marc Berthier's Tykho rubber radio, seen in the New York Modern Art Museum, provides bathroom-friendly audio, available in colors sure to match your dcor.
The gentlemen will approve of the Keramag Formula 1 Porsche Washbasin, although the unique way it offers itself by leaning forward and possesses the proper woodstand construction and design will appeal to the ladies, offered with other discerning ideas from www.novabathrooms.com.

Soak sumptuously in a copper or brass bath designed by William Holland, done in warm copper for style, heat retention, and the soothing nature. Or steam in the Hansgrohe Pharo Anthopos shower temple, complete with seat. Or, recline in Jacuzzi's Morphosis Gamma hydrotherapy tub, with four-jet whirlpool, back jets and even colored spotlights. Once you're cleansed, dry with Marimekko's Unikko Jersey cotton towels, a luxury appreciated by those who know best for decades.

The one room in the home considered the most fundamental is now available as among the most extravagant. Necessities in life are civilized through luxury, so it is brilliant to see such a humble location achieve aristocratic standing at last.

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