Unit 6 Bess Park Road, Trenant Industrial Estate, Wadebridge,
Cornwall PL27 6HB
Slowly people realised there were a number of things they could do in a bathroom, adding mirrors and some accessories. It was not long before the little room finally entered the house and became part of the design considerations of a home. Invested with this new status the bathroom grew in stature of importance in the house, together with the kitchen which was already an integral part of it, only it was relegated downstairs, mostly at the back of houses, "the place for cook and maid".
The influence from Europe finally was what gave the bathroom the ultimate status within the home boosting literally hundreds of new products designed for the purpose. Bathrooms now had baths and basins, mirrored cabinets and vanity units with storage, heaters, various accessories and the obvious wc, with tiles on the floor!
It does not end here, a bathroom in a house is now in competition for being the most designed room as people are appreciating other possibilities like showers (only lately very popular in U.K bathroom design), hydromassage baths, steam rooms and saunas, music, TV screens and colour therapy (chromatherapy).
Unfortunately the average sized bathroom does not have enough space for it all so in some cases the bathroom becomes an open plan design integrating itself with the bedroom to create an en-suite.
However, ceramic and stone tiles or wooden floors have replaced carpets and wall decoration in most if not all bathrooms designed in the last few years.
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