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As summer fades and the crisp, cool autumn air begins to creep in, people start nesting--hunkering down and bracing for the long, dark winter hibernation. To take the chill out, savvy homeowners are equipping their homes with the latest bath accessories designed to add comfort and warmth to the one room of the house that has become THE place for refuge and serenity: the bath.
Heated toilet seats and towels bars. Hot, steaming showers and bubbling massage whirlpools. Even dry heat bidets and fog free medicine cabinets . These are some of the latest cold weather accessories to keep the chilly weather outdoors where it belongs.
If you are anything like me, you dread getting out of bed in the morning and leaving the snugly warmth of your blankets. Ease the transition by installing radiant heating underneath the tile flooring in your bath and send a wave of warmth from the bottoms of your feet to the top of your head. Not only will this warm your tootsies, but it will also warm the entire room, which is great if you have one tiny baseboard, like me, unit that hardly works.
Now that your feet are warm, awaken your senses with Kohler’s DTV II shower system , which controls ambient chromatherapy lighting, music from your iPod and purifying, aroma-therapeutic steam. Choose the showerhead, Water Tile round bodysprays or sleek designer wand handshower that’s right for you: from gentle mist to pulsating massage to the natural feeling of rain. Add eucalyptus oil to your steam head to help clear congestion in your head and chest. I am not lucky enough to have this system, but I add the eucalyptus oil to my baths when I have a cold!
Now don't you wish you could step out of the shower into a plush robe and dry off with a fluffy WARM towel? Well you can with a heated towel bar!
And the pinnacle of any cold-weather friendly bathroom: a heated toilet seat or a bidet seat with heat and adjustable warm-air dryer. For these items, you will need an outlet behind the toilet, so keep that in mind when planning renovations!
Wind down and relax after a long day by grabbing your favorite magazine, pouring yourself a glass of wine and enjoying a long, hot soak. Best carries air baths, which provide a full-body hydro-massage, and effervescent whirlpools, which emit a cascade of soft, champagne-like bubbles. Other whirlpool designs contain backjets, which ease tension in backs and shoulders, and neckjets, factory-installed pillows that relieve neck stress.
Best also carries the latest in bathtub relaxation technology: Kohler’s Fountainhead VibrAcoustic, technology-based sound vibration, chromatherapy and music are choreographed to provide relaxation second to none. The VibrAcoustic bath helps to slow your breathing and heart rate resulting in a complete surrender of the day’s events.
Customizable bathrooms are becoming the perfect place to begin the day, unwind after work, prepare for a night out or relax and get away from it all.
Enjoy the rest of your summer and get that bathroom ready for the fall!
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