Creating a Bath Refuge

April 2010

Greetings!

Happy Spring! The forsythia is blooming, the daffodils have come up and the birds are chirping!

After a long winter are you longing for a place to escape, relax and rejuvenate? This month we will feature 5 steps you can take to transform your bathroom into a luxurious retreat.

How To Create your Bath Refuge

Longing for a place to escape, relax and rejuvenate?

Here are 5 Steps to transform your bathroom into a refuge.

1. Fireplaces
Don't underestimate the hypnotic power of a fireplace. Experience the serenity of fire without the need of a flue, chimney, fake logs, soot or ashes. Just enjoy the flames!

2. Towel Warmers
Wrap yourself up in a toasty heated towel. Options to choose from include the more common heated towel bars or towel drawers.

3. Bring in the TVs!
Install an LCD TV which looks like a mirror until you turn it on. Watch your favorite TV show as you soak in the Jacuzzi; or catch the latest news as you get ready in the morning.

LCD tv in mirror

4. Warm Floors

Do you hate walking on the cold bathroom floor in the winter? Install radiant-heated floors to replace old radiators.

radiant floor

5. Invigorate yourself
Wall jets installed in your shower can give you a full body massage, soft or pulsating.

Shower

These 5 steps can help you on the path to a beautiful refuge in your bath. If you are looking to partner with someone to take you through the entire process from start to finish, please contact us.

Ask the Designer

What are your favorite items that will make a room more appealing and pulled together?

The top four items I incorporate into my design projects are:

1.   The right paint color.
2.   Good lighting.  Not just overhead, but task lighting; a good reading lamp, and ambient lighting such as sconces.
3.   Architectural details, this addition can really transform any room.
4.   A focal point.  A special piece that speaks to you; furniture, artwork or accessories.

Each month we feature a question in the Ask the Designer section. If you have a question you want answered, please submit your question to Susan.

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Susan Marocco Interiors is a full service interior design firm, staffed with professional American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) who have the training and expertise to plan, schedule, execute and manage your project from concept to completion. Our firm creates interiors that are elegant, distinctive and comfortable. Our inspiration comes first from listening. We then meld our skills and experiences to our clients' wants and needs. We develop design solutions that reflect their taste and lifestyles. Our website has a variety of pictures of the work we have done for many of our clients and you are more than welcome to view them.

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