Homes, and above all small bathrooms, are fitted out in smart and flexible fashion: spatial boundaries are dissolved, bathrooms become eye-catching features in the smallest of spaces and ingenious solutions in the washing area highlight the interior design as a whole.
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The L-Cube furniture in flannel grey is eye catching. The tall cabinet offers extra storage space. Washbasin: Bacino Mirror: L-Cube by Christian Werner
Shower-toilets, shower and bath in one and floor-flush showers provide greater freedom and individual scope in fitting out the bathroom. Homes are let on a temporary basis via internet platforms, couch surfers and friends are accommodated on impromptu visits, putting the private home and one’s own individuality on display in the process.
Compact solutions are ideal in small bathrooms, providing sufficient storage space and incorporating various functions. Individual highlights turn even the smallest bathroom into a comfortable, larger-than-life attraction in the urban home which is admired by friends and guests as a relaxing, revitalising and inspiring environment.
Practical two-in-one products save space and provide comfort in the bathroom – such as the Shower + Bath developed by Duravit and EOOS. This new product combines bathing and showering in one: when the integrated glass door is closed, the walk-in shower is transformed into a bath. The glass partition is optionally available with a mirror glass finish on one side – an advantage for small bathrooms, as large mirror surfaces make the room appear larger as a whole. Compact exterior dimensions of 170x75cm open up efficient installation options.
Flush to the floor shower trays combined ideally with shower walls such as OpenSpace B provide greater freedom of movement in the bathroom.
This innovative shower partition can simply be folded back against the wall after use. This means that the doors conceal tap fittings and shower heads, introduce a sense of calm into the room and make it genuinely larger. Together with the fold-away shower accessories (handle, shelf and seat), the shower area becomes an ideally conceived unit within the bathroom.
Comfortable shower-toilets are an appropriate choice for small bathrooms. The symbiosis of toilet and bidet provides gentle and natural cleansing with water. Duravit offers plenty of choice here, the designer bathroom manufacturer’s purist shower-toilet seat line SensoWash® Slim features in no less than eight Duravit ranges.
Also available is the new Vero Air toilet, whose distinctive rectangular shape makes it a real eye-catcher in small bathrooms. This toilet is also particularly simple to clean, thanks to its integrated rimless flushing technology.
Products with shortened projections, such as toilets from the ME by Starck or DuraStyle ranges, are expedient when space is tight around the toilet. Compact wall-mounted toilets offer a reduced length of 480 or 485mm.
Individual highlights for small bathrooms.
It is a fallacy that small bathrooms offer little space for design highlights. The washbasin from the DuraSquare range by Duravit, measuring only 60cm in width, makes its mark with a rectangular exterior shape which blends with organically flowing interior contours. The washbasin can be combined with a flexible, height-adjustable furniture frame in chrome or black, with a coloured glass shelf to create an ensemble offering individual storage space.
The unusual formal language of DuraSquare can clearly be seen in the minimalistic ceramic washbasin, made from DuraCeram.
Luv by Cecilie Manz adds a touch of Nordic elegance to small bathrooms. Measuring just under 700mm in width, the Luv console table catches the eye in gentle colours such as Stone grey, Light blue or Night blue and conjures up a pleasant feeling of space. The Luv above-counter wash bowl (just 42cm wide) boasts fine lines and a large inner basin.
The white, grey or sand glaze on the outer wall comes in a choice of high-gloss or matt finish, contrasting attractively with the high-gloss white ceramic interior of the basin.
Luv oval above-counter basin on a console in White Quartz, Luv furniture in Stone Grey
Light colours and large tile formats make small bathrooms appear larger. Wall-mounted furniture heightens this effect. The tall cabinets from the individual and diverse L-Cube furniture range by Duravit are ideal when space is in short supply and come in more than 30 different colours, opening up ample scope for individual colour highlights.
Variable mirrors and mirror cabinets with an integrated LED light band show off the small, urban bathroom in the best light while also creating added storage space.