This is what the current bathroom trends look like:
Trend 1: Accessibility
An obvious trend due to demographic change. Barrier-free bathrooms offer flexibility and freedom for everyone. People with physical disabilities and senior citizens can use the bathroom in the same way as people without disabilities. Level-access showers, wide door thresholds and height-adjustable washbasins are also very popular with young people, as these components ensure comfort and freedom of movement.
Trend 2: Freestanding bathtubs
Freestanding bathtubs are visually eye-catching. They are the central element in the room and invite you to take a bath straight away. And they are also practical: they are accessible from all sides and offer optimum room for manoeuvre - for example, if you want to bathe children or pets.
Trend 3: Improved hygiene standards in bathrooms
What has long been standard in Asia is a new trend here: shower toilets. Shower toilets are a combination of toilet and bidet. In combination with touchless taps and toilets without a flush rim, this high-tech toilet ensures the highest possible level of hygiene and comfort.
Trend 4: Energy efficiency and SmartHome
It's not just smart doors that can be easily opened via app! Various functions in the bathroom can also be controlled via the app, such as heating, ventilation, roller shutters, water-saving taps and toilets.
Trend 5: Still popular: dark or black furnishings
Dark furnishings and fittings create a high-quality and elegant look. Black bathroom ceramics, dark fittings or bathroom furniture - for example in combination with golden accents - look particularly luxurious in the bathroom.
Trend 6: LEDs are all the rage
LED lighting brings special lighting moods into the room and can be used for different lighting concepts, creating a personally preferred atmosphere through light.
Trend 7: Courage to use colour
White or black tiles are too boring? How about a bit of colour? Colourful tiles put you in a good mood in the bathroom - even early in the morning!
Trend 8: Cool and practical - wash-resistant wallpaper
Special wash-resistant wallpapers can be used instead of tiles. Modern wallpapers are water-repellent thanks to their hygroscopic properties and can even be used in the shower.
The best bathroom
Individuality and flexibility play a major role in bathroom design. Today, bathrooms are expected to cater to a wide variety of preferences, needs and spatial conditions. Alongside facilities and fittings, smart devices are playing an increasingly important role. Here, technology serves as a means of expressing modernity. The best bathroom is still the one designed according to the personal preferences of its users. When planning, it is definitely worth arranging a personalised consultation.
Information on specialised damp-proof doors is also essential here. This is because bathrooms are subject to high temperatures and extremely high levels of air moisture every day. GARANT offers different options and designs. All wet-room and water-resistant doors are of certified quality, considering swelling and deformation of the door leaf, corrosion of the fittings and surface damage.
