Your bathroom needs to be an oasis. It’s your chance to treat yourself to a personal spa, every day. Multiple times per day, even! Loving your bathroom is the perfect way to start your day, it’s the perfect way to recoup and relax after a stressful period at work, and it’s how you can send yourself off to a more relaxed, deep sleep.
Renovating your bathroom, in short, is one of the best things that you can do for yourself. If you really want to boost the wellness of the space, however, you need to think sustainably. There are so many truly beautiful, wonderful design details that are simply better when you choose the sustainable option.
Invest in sustainable design details, and you’ll end up with a one-of-a-kind oasis that feels as good as it is. All you need to get started is to know what’s out there, so here’s a roundup of the top sustainable design details to consider for your space, today:
Tadelakt
There are so many reasons to create a Tadelakt bathroom. Tadelakt itself is an ancient material that’s been used for millennia. It’s very sustainable as well, releasing less than 80% CO2 than cement, and reabsorbing that CO2 it produces during production, making it a net-zero material that holds up to wear and tear while looking truly stunning.
Tadelakt, for those who don’t know, is a waterproof plaster from Morocco. If you love the limewash look, but want your bathroom to be as easy to care for as possible, then Tadelakt it the material that you’re looking for.
Water-Efficient Showerheads
As part of your oasis, you want strong water pressure. You want a shower head that can power through painful muscle knots in your back, a rainwater shower setting that comfortably drenches you in warm water, and more. The good news is you can actually get all this better with sustainable plumbing features.
To do this, choose shower heads that conserve water. This can be done by targeting water through a smaller space, or by aerating the water so the spray expands. The goal here is to essentially make your water pressure work harder, just by directing it in smarter ways.
Breathable Materials
A luxury bathroom is one that continues to look fabulous throughout the years. In a bathroom, the best way to do this is with breathable materials. Even with a ventilation system in place, your bathroom is, quite simply, going to be damp. If the materials you chose can breathe, built-up moisture can escape. This prevents rot and mould, and makes it easier to clean.
Wet Room Design Features
A sustainable design is an enduring design. With that in mind, a wet room can actually be the most sustainable design of them all. Wet rooms don’t have ledges, and are designed to get wet from top to bottom. A better way to think of a wet room is as the ultimate walk-in shower. The reason why it’s sustainable? For one, there’s less materials involved. Two, you can continue to use your wet room bathroom even as you get older, or if you gain a disability, making it long-lasting and perfect throughout your life.
Natural Details
There are many ways that you can make your space more natural, more beautiful, and more sustainable. For example, using mirrors to brighten the space allows you to rely more regularly on natural light only when you’re in your bathroom. Natural light is, naturally, more luxurious. You’ll get that buttery, soft sunlight, the beautiful soft haze of the day, and so on. We’re wired to live alongside natural light, so if your bathroom works well with only the light from your windows you’ll save on electricity, and give yourself a luxury space.
Upcycled Details
If you want to add unique, eclectic design details while keeping your bathroom sustainable, upcycle. Save a beautiful vintage piece from landfill and have it converted into a sink, or put a shelf in. So long as your ventilation system is up to scratch, wood can last a very long time. Just avoid non-breathable paints, as these can trap moisture and cause wood to rot.
Easy Sustainable Updates
A low-flow toilet, an aerated sink, a greywater capture system – all of these are easy updates to add to your bathroom that makes your home that much more sustainable and even more cost effective in the long run.
Low flow toilets are just as efficient as regular toilets, since they use more water pressure instead of water to flush. Aerated sink taps make hand and face washing efficient while using less water. Greywater capture systems make watering your plants more cost-effective and sustainable.
These updates are invisible to your bathroom experience, but they make running your home more cost effective, making them a truly luxurious update for what’s otherwise a water-intensive feature.
