How a shower room should look like in a modern residential

Nowadays, it would be more correct to call the familiar bathroom or a combined bathroom in a residential apartment a shower room, since many homeowners are trying to change their outdated bulky reclining baths to modern and compact showers.

Such a decision in most cases is caused not so much by tribute to fashion as by the desire to make the most efficient use of the useful space of a small room, and to give it a more sophisticated appearance.

Features of arrangement of the shower room

In addition to saving space, modern shower cabins provide convenient and comfortable acceptance of water procedures, have additional useful functions (steam bath, hydromassage, aromatherapy), and also significantly reduce the average daily consumption of hot and cold water.

In order to correctly select the design of the shower room, and equip it with the maximum use of functionality, this article will provide brief instructions that will help the reader to do this simple work on his own.

Interior layout

First of all, before you make a shower room in your own apartment, you need to carefully consider and correctly plan the location of all sanitary appliances (shower, sink, bidet, toilet), electrical household appliances (towel warmer, washing machine), furniture, mirrors , and other necessary details of the interior.

1. The most suitable place to install a shower cabin is any angle of two adjacent walls located at the maximum distance from the entrance door to the shower room.
2. If the room has a niche or a blind hole of sufficient size, this place can be used to install the open shower enclosure described in the third paragraph of the next section.

1. When doing redevelopment or repair of the shower room with your own hands, you should proceed from the fact that the optimal distance between the external dimensions of any plumbing fixtures should be at least 300 mm.
2. It is best to place a sink or wash basin against a wall located opposite the shower cabin, and on the same wall, at a small height, mount the main mirror of at least 600x400 mm.
3. If the entrance door to the shower room opens inwards, you should install a hydrobox or a cabin outside the door if possible. Such placement allows the most profitable use of unused space, as well as hide the most bulky part of the room behind the open door.

Tip! Regardless of the chosen interior layout option, in the shower room with the door closed, there should always be free space of at least 800x800 mm necessary for changing clothes, drying, washing, or performing other hygiene procedures.

Selection and installation of a shower cabin

According to the method of installation, design, operating conditions and the availability of various functionalities, all modern shower enclosures can be divided into several types, which have a number of fundamental differences between them.

1. Open showers without top are well suited for installation in rooms with a small area or low ceilings. As a base, they most often have flat pans in the shower room, made of acrylic plastic, sanitary ware or enameled steel. To protect against splashing water, protective side walls of tempered glass are installed on the upper part of the pallet, equipped with sliding or hinged doors.

1. Closed shower stalls or hydroboxes in addition to the usual shower, they offer to use many additional useful functions (hydromassage, steam bath, aromatherapy, Finnish sauna, etc.), but their price is much higher than the cost of the previous type of devices. They are a self-supporting one-piece construction, which, in addition to the pallet and side walls, has an integral upper part, therefore, to install such devices, a larger room with high ceilings is required.
2. Also, a separate item should be allocated to open showers that have pallets embedded in the floor. in the bathroom for a shower, and as a protecting structure are equipped with a lightweight screen of transparent plastic or tempered glass. Such devices require little cost for manufacturing, moreover, they can be installed even in a small shower room of a typical small apartment.

Tip! The side walls and entrance doors of most shower enclosures are made of frosted or transparent tempered glass, and it should be remembered that the use of transparent material allows you to visually expand the space, so it is more preferable in rooms with a small area.

Design and finish the interior of the shower room

The most durable, practical, and most suitable from the point of view of aesthetics, the material for interior decoration of the shower room, is ceramic or ceramic tiles, so many homeowners wonder: how to tile a shower room to get a quality result at minimum financial cost?

Answering this question, it should be taken into account that for high-quality finishing of walls and floors with ceramic tiles, one must possess certain theoretical knowledge, and also have practical experience in performing such works, therefore, for a person who has never encountered this, it is best to ask for help to professional finishers.

The choice and development of interior design can be done independently, while you should be guided by simple tips and recommendations.

1. First of all, attention should be paid to the choice of the main style, and the prevailing colors in the overall concept of interior design.
2. The traditional decoration of the shower room is usually done in cold tones of light blue, bluish or greenish tones, however, pastel shades of warm tones, such as beige, coffee, or orange, can create a more comfortable atmosphere.

1. The main role in the visual perception of objects is also played by the contrast, which allows you to hide or, on the contrary, focus attention on one or another part of the interior. For example, near a light wall, you can install a cupboard or cabinet with a dark tabletop, in which a light-colored sink is embedded.
2. The illumination of the shower room is made into a dual-zone beam. In this case, the main source of light should be located on the ceiling, or on two opposite walls, and the local lamp should be placed above the large mirror.

Conclusion

If the bathroom has enough space, instead of outdated sanitary appliances, you can install a multifunctional hydroboxing, which takes up quite a lot of space, but combines all the consumer qualities of a reclining bath, and a modern shower cabin.

To get a visual representation of the operation of this device, it is recommended to view the video in this article, or pay attention to similar materials that can be found on this site.