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Tranquil Retreat – Kitchen & Bath Design News

271 Personal health and wellness are a rising priority, creating demand for luxury, custom features and exquisite shower design to create a spa-like oasis in the home. “Designing spaces prioritizing well-being has never been more critical,” offers Martha Orellana, v.p. at MrSteam in Long Island City, NY.  This focus on health and wellness impacts the elements people are looking to include in their showering experiences. “As consumers seek solutions for self-care rituals and at-home spa experiences, shower fittings continue to move beyond addressing basic hygiene to providing a more elevated experience that promotes wellness and relaxation,” stresses Jean-Jacques L’Henaff, leader,…
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Kim Kardashian has around a dozen Christmas trees in just her bathroom — even more than last year

Kim Kardashian.Getty/Dimitrios Kambouris Kim Kardashian gave fans a peek at her Christmas decorations over the weekend. The star appears to have around a dozen Christmas trees lined in her bathroom. Last year, Kardashian had eight trees in her bathroom, per People. Kim Kardashian is outdoing herself this Christmas. The reality television star took to Instagram Stories on Sunday to give fans a peek at her holiday decorations, which included illuminating her driveway with dozens of trees decorated with white fairy lights. In another story, Kardashian showed off her festive bathroom, which features a line of lit Christmas trees along the…
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How do we create sustainable bathrooms? | News

After a dry winter and spring, the UK saw the hottest July since 1935 in 2022. Record-breaking temperatures and low levels of rainfall led to a drought being declared in many parts of the UK. The conditions dried out reservoirs and brought about hosepipe tires across the country. The threat that water scarcity poses to communities around the globe is well-documented. Between 2015 and 2018, Cape Town endured a drought which took the city of around 4.6 million residents to the brink of ‘day zero,’ when Cape Town would run out of water. A combination of data, engineering solutions, public…
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Hansgrohe’s new product categories aim for holistic bathroom experiences

‘Celebrate Change’ is the motto under which the Black Forest-based Hansgrohe Group is exhibiting at this year’s ISH in Frankfurt—this is most evident with the premium brand Hansgrohe’s, expanded product portfolio in the areas of ceramics. With its new product designs, the brand is responding to a change in consumer behavior. Consumers no longer want to pick and choose individual sanitary products from different manufacturers, but instead, want to design holistic bathroom experiences. In the future, therefore, washbasins and toilets will be sold under the premium brand Hansgrohe, in addition to washbasin faucets, shower systems, drains, and accessories. One thing…
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Wellness at home: Incorporating health-enhancing features into bathroom design

In today’s fast-paced world, finding ways to enhance our well-being and promote a healthy lifestyle has become increasingly important but in homes, the space that often gets overlooked in this regard is the bathroom however, with a thoughtful and intentional design approach, the bathroom can be transformed into a sanctuary of wellness. To help you out, we got some expert architects and designers in the field to recommend incorporating health-enhancing features into bathroom design to create a space that promotes relaxation, rejuvenation and overall well-being. Wellness at home: Incorporating health-enhancing features into bathroom design (Photo by Zac Gudakov on Unsplash)…
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Watch: Kentucky convenience store bathrooms transform into disco clubs

Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Jan. 26 (UPI) — A chain of Kentucky convenience stores is attracting visitors and going viral online for an unusual feature: a button that turns the bathroom into a disco dance party. Six HOP Shops locations in Northern Kentucky have big red buttons installed in their bathrooms with a sign reading: “Do Not Push This Button.” Mary Moss, the manager at the HOP Shops in Walton, said a winking photo of the Hopper the Frog mascot on the sign is meant to indicate to customers that they should actually push the button, and its an…