Contemporary Bathroom Remodel

Contemporary bathrooms are where the creative juices of homeowners, designers and bathroom contractors flow with some of the best solutions to bath problems. Bathrooms should have four basic items, a sink, toilet, tub and shower and in the contemporary bathroom there are so many choices of these items that very careful planning needs to be done at the beginning of the project to avoid complete chaos and a failed project.

Depending on how contemporary the bathroom is to be the first selection needs to be the toilet. Toilets come in many shapes, sizes and heights and if the toilet is to be enclosed the actual length of the toilet is important so that the room is comfortable and keeps with the overall design of the bath, it must be of the same quality as everything else in the design.

The second design problem in the contemporary bathroom is the shower, how much space will it take up, a two person, two shower head shower takes up a lot of room and this must be considered in the beginning. The shower can have glass doors or no doors depending how the shower is situated and height is important if rain shower heads are to be used. Ceramic tiles are used in most contemporary bath rooms and the selection of tile is immense and the tile design is absolutely important. Concrete, granite, and marble are also used as shower finishes today and make great accents to tile. The fixtures in the shower must be integrated with all other fixtures in the bath and sometimes this over looked in the awe of so many cool fixtures on the market. Bath room designers will help avoid this problem if their advice is followed.
In the contemporary bathroom the next big decision is the tub and tubs can take up a lot of space especially if the tub is not located against a wall. The contemporary tub comes in many shapes and sizes and materials that make them a center of the bath and actually are pieces of art. Those bathroom designers spend a lot of time getting them to fit the bathroom perfectly. Again the fixtures must fit the overall design of the bath.

Sinks and contemporary bathrooms are wedded to each other and it better be a good marriage because they will be seen by all visitors to the bath and they will make an unforgettable impression. The sinks come in many shapes, some integrated into the actual countertop and others, called vessels, and that sit on the countertop using very different fixtures than countertop sinks. Often the vanities in contemporary baths need to be custom built to accommodate the sinks as non-standard height vanities are required.

Tile and mirrors are floor and wall finishes that pull a contemporary bathroom together and are probably the trickiest design challenge and designers are the ones to figure this out to avoid a bad contemporary look like what you see in almost hip retail stores. The design cannot be haphazard it must be great or the contemporary bathroom will become dated very fast.

The installation of all the fixtures, tub, shower, toilet, sinks and wall finishes must be carefully thought out and carefully put together. You need to hire an experienced contractor to ensure your bathroom fixtures and finishes are installed correctly and your finished bath will be a bathroom you will continue to enjoy for years to come.