If you have decided to install a wet room in your home, then you have to think about the design of the room as well as the construction and installation of the shower room fixtures and fittings. Working out the design beforehand will help you to get the look and mood of your new wet room just right and will also help you to create the shopping list you need for all the purchases you will need to make to kit out your wet room.

Designing a wet room space means getting the details right. Every component of the wet room from shower head to tiles to sink and toilet bowls, as well as the accessories must be designed to compliment each other. Even the towels or ornaments that are to be in the space should be considered so that your room looks designed. Designing a wet room in this way takes patience, and sourcing ideas can be a trying process, especially if there are not many examples that you can see to gain inspiration. However the wealth of online sources for bathroom design do help to make this job easier. In the end, if you do this stage right, the final look of your wet room will generate a ‘WOW’ when finally finished and using your wet room will be a pleasurable experience.

Adding a Splash of Colour

Colour is important when designing any room in your home, and your new wet room is not different. Think about who you are designing the space for. Will it be used by the family or you and your partner. Perhaps you enjoy communal bathing so dual shower heads may be a feature.

If your wet room is a small space, then colour can be used to make the room ‘feel’ larger than it is. The floor to ceiling tiling will also help this, but perhaps to break up the monotony of a fully tiled room, you could use accent colour in some strategically placed tiles to create interest.

Textures in Wet Room Design

Before talking about the accessories you will purchase for your new all in shower room, let’s talk a little about the textures that will be in this room. Because a wet room is a water tight room, it is likely that you will tile the complete floor and walls of the room. You need to consider your tile design and the textures that the surfaces will have.

In a conventional bathroom, there is a mixture of textures on surfaces and floors. You may have a wooden floor or skirting. The bath, sink and toilet will be ceramic so they will be smooth. You may have metal taps and wooden cupboards, perhaps a wollen rug on the floor.

In most cases, a wet room won’t have many of these fixtures, especially on the floor as there is no enclosure to keep the water from splashing everywhere. It is therefore a good idea to think about how you may want to break up the wet room into areas where texture still becomes a feature of your design. You will have metal for your fixtures, however you may not choose ceramics for your other main fixtures such as the sink. Perhaps a glass bowl is what you would use instead.

This is a short post to give you some ideas about the thinks you will need to begin to think about when designing a wet room. We will be continuing this series with more discussions on choosing accessories for your new wet room.