Asian Bathrooms

Asian Bathroom Remodel

The best way to create any bathroom is to choose a professional bathroom contractor before you even begin to design the room. Work with the contractor to design a bath that fits in the space you have available. Asian baths are a good choice if you are working with limited space but if you like the Asian feel a good contractor can help you achieve that look in any size space.


Asian bathrooms require fine workmanship to achieve the “Zen” feeling that an Asian bath is about. After selecting a contractor, take them with you to shop for the elements that will go into the bath to ensure everything will fit correctly in the space.

An Asian bathroom is about serenity and very clean lines without clutter. The important elements are the tub, shower and vanity, with the toilet worked into the design. The true Asian tub will be taller and rounder than the typical tub as it is the center piece of the bath and is used for soaking. The shower will have multiple shower heads to create a massage like effect and the vanity should be black or a darker wood, superbly crafted with a tile, marble or stone like countertop. The sink is typically a clean, simple and elegant design or a vessel (a sink that sits on top of the countertop) and the toilet should as private as possible depending on the space available.

One of the great things about an Asian bathroom is that it will fit into a smaller space. However, smaller spaces need to be done by bathroom contractors who know how to work in a small space. Small spaces are much more difficult to get right than large open spaces but the good contractor can do this without any trouble

The faucets and shower heads in an Asian bathroom tend to be simple but elegant and well-made. The doors should have that shoji screen look of a traditional Japanese rice paper and wooden frame sliding door. If you incorporate the sliding door into your bath it should work flawlessly, no squeaks or scraping. The lighting in an Asian bath is soft but effective, no glares. The walls can be painted or an oriental tile and large mirrors work well. The floors should definitely be marble or tile.

The creation of an Asian bath is really the effort to incorporate into the modern home a 4000 year old ritual of bathing with all the modern bath conveniences. To achieve this requires the best workmanship you can get and that is the reason to get the best bathroom contractor on board at the beginning. The good contractor not only will get the job right and will save you money and there will be a lot less stress.

Once all the work is done the only thing left to do is the finish decorating, often live plants in porcelain or brass containers and maybe an oriental figure or picture.

Asian bathrooms do not tend to get dated like other period baths and the well-crafted bath will look good twenty years from now with only gentle touch-ups needed to keep that “Zen” like feeling that was the original goal.