International Bathroom Design Ideas

. In the era of globalization bathroom design ideas should take into account various cultural priorities. Before the Olympic Games were held in Beijing in 2008 a special project was put into operation to make public bathrooms acceptable to the masses of foreigners who were expected. In a very short time research had been done and acceptable mold free, light and essentially clean facilities were in place. A global event had beneficial effects on a local community.

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In China

In China many people in the past have not had bathroom facilities in their private homes. This is behind the many palatial public bath houses that can be found around the country. These places offer some design and bathing ideas that may interest people in other cultures.

In expansive rooms devoted entirely to bathing people give up their clothes and, after showering, lounge in large baths containing water of different temperatures. After soaking they may have an attendant scrub their whole body and then enjoy a whole body massage before dining and sleeping, perhaps for the whole night.

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Trend International Bathroom Design Ideas

Although some westerners may be toffee nosed about such bath houses others may gain ideas about how to improve their own bathrooms back home in Europe or America. A small room in a private house where coy ablutions are completed as necessary chores can be seen in a different light. The need for relaxation and enjoyment can be incorporated into new designs and renovations.

In some homes the bathroom is a cramped and uncomfortable space. Ironically it is the dirtiest room in a home although devoted to cleaning. Space is so limited that a large person might have to move about sideways with a bent head. Ablutions are completed in crouching position and the body is never stretched out as it is in a Chinese bath house. Designers can draw on the importance of space, cleanliness, stretching and relaxation when thinking of bathroom renovations.

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International Bathroom Design Ideas

A water massage bed may be one idea for enabling useful and economical stretching even in a fairly limited space. This piece of equipment allows a body to stretch out on a narrow bed beneath shower heads. If a skilled attendant cannot be employed a willing partner might agree to scrub a body thoroughly while water flows over the body and out of drainage holes, taking dislodge dead skin with it. The skin is left as thoroughly clean and soft as it was when one was a baby.

The toilet paper industry is large in the western world but in other parts of the world the practice of cleaning the body with fingers and dry paper is considered unhealthy. The French word ‘bidet’ that has been around since the eighteenth century is regarded with derision by many people who see nothing amiss about wiping one’s body clean with paper. In the Middle East bathrooms have pipes and nozzles, regarded as being the hygienic way of doing things.

Bathroom Design Ideas
Bathroom Design Ideas

Possibly designers could consider incorporating old ideas as new possibilities for rooms that reflect different attitudes to bathing. Instead of being places where boring chores are completed in privacy they can become spaces where luxurious sensations are enjoyed in an ambiance of freedom and luxury. The Internet is a good place to explore bathroom design ideas.

International Bathroom Design Ideas