Bathing is a luxury in itself but if your cubby hole bathroom denies you to have a lavish wash, there is good news for you.Evidently inspired by the Swiss army penknife, the world’s first fold-up vertical bathroom is here to blow your minds away. Called the Vertebrae, it stacks a toilet, sink, water cistern and two showers into one 8ft-tall steel column. Award-winning designer Paul Hernon improvised The Vertebrae considering the space-conscious householders who struggle to fit a traditional shower, sink and toilet into their bathroom space.
Designed to utilize vertical space instead of horizontal floor space it is an intriguing but functional and simplistic space-saving bathroom by stacking the contents of a bathroom on top of one another. With two showers built-in, both of which rotate 180 degrees, one is for adults and one for children. Rest of the unit rotates a full 360 degrees twisting around a steel column which conceals the piping, and each part can simply be pushed out when required.

But be warned as the Vertebrae - named after the human spine - weighs 150 kilos and householders might have to reinforce their bathroom floor before fitting it. Expected to go on sale in the New Year with a price tag of £9,000($16,000), the feasible idea, though with the initial credit crunch, could be a hit.

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Nothing refreshes you more than a warm shower after a tiring day, or just a lazy dip in that tub on a lazy day to pamper yourself. One can consider bathing a luxury in itself and no wonder, with all those lavish and designer bath rooms that keep coming up, it certainly is.

And with bathroom getting techno makeovers there is more on the offing. With ‘The Bathomatic’ you can add another score on the board for “wired” bathrooms being the newest home trend. It is a fully automated digital bath filler that allows you to fill up your bathtub remotely, even going so far as to let you control the depth, temperature and what fragrances or bubbles you want floating in it when you get home.

The Bathomatic’s filling process is controlled by a microprocessor. It can be installed in any tub, new or retro-fitted, by any plumber. The ability to operate its system from an iPhone is a feature added recently by Bathomatic.The entire Bathomatic system’s price starts from £5,500 (9,900 USD) for the basic package. If you can have these automatic fragrant bubble baths, you must be a Princess or a Prince. Only if I were one! How I love to bathe. Sigh!
 

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The way the majestic mugals bathed in luxury five hundred years back is still unmatched. The specially designed hamams were filled with rose essence and the temperature of water was controlled by falling it over a wall heated by lighting thousands of candles. They understood that bathing is not just a matter of hygiene but a relaxing luxury. Today’s life is easy and we do not have to take all the pains the mughals took to have a relaxing bath. The simplest thing you can do is to buy yourself a Kohler Fountainhead VibrAcoustic Bath. Interestingly, this system works on sound waves, music and LED lighting. The tub has a control panel located at the side of the tub, apart from having a remote control.

There are features to control the temperature of water or to add or remove water from the tub, all at a click of a button. More than that, you can also adjust the sound waves, the volume and the type of music and also the brightness of the light. Kohler Fountainhead VibrAcoustic Bath is reasonably priced $9000, considering the innovative features that it offers.

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If that ideal combo of luxury meeting nerd’s desires of bathtub with attached TV fails to interest you then here you have a second option worth considering. Di Vapor has developed a single person luxury TV bath mechanism that gives uber-rich nerds a potential reason to flaunt their fat bank balances and elite taste.

Christened as “the Cosmo,” the whirlpool bathtub sports 17″ remote controlled touch-sensitive LCD, touch sensitive control panel, timed auto shut-off function for Jets, 7 Hydro massage jets, 9 bubble jets, 6 back massage jets, customized air massage, adjustable water jets, underwater light, fully programmable FM radio with memory function video input (DVD, TV, console etc).

It also provides hand shower water level sensor single padded head rest RCD (Residual Current Device) that would soothe your tired muscles.

Dimensions: 1900mm × 850mm × 680mm

Price: £2495

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After a stressful day at work, what one looks forward to undergo a spa experience or an opulence shower? The mind comes at peace the minute warm water absorbs all your stress. But possibility is most of the times we tend to feel drowsy, which is when it is not advisable to jump onto a bath tub. Or the substitute is you have a guard deputed right next to the bathtub who will hold you straight in the tub so that you are secured even if dozed off. But overshadowing the possibility of keeping the guard, here stands Neptune Reclining Bath Lift that holds you upright even after releasing you into a relaxed laid back pose.

Against ordinary reclining bath lifts, this one offers a colossal legroom and is damn flexible. The sucker-release handle cautions you from being soaked off in dirty water whilst the suction pads offer a perfect fit. But following the golden rule, even this model of luxury doesn’t comes cheap and hence demands $1049.






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The concept I am going to unveil is a part of Reece Design Competition aimed at bringing an eco-friendly revolution to your bathroom. With the neat integration of various materials, the water saving feature is the unique selling point of this concept. The revolutionary concept has a potential to recycle used water, maintains feasibility by using existing system & components and is low on maintenance. With little specks disclosed by Harris A, I feel handicap to take you through the entire processing of the system but can assure that if ever becomes functional, this standalone unit with a faucet design is perfect to be installed as a distinctive Bathroom furniture. And fortunately the concept won the award as well.
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They say water soothes every height of fatigue then why don’t we prefer to stay on a waterbed after a long tiring day at work? I think the argument deserves a thought. Something within is forcing me to tag it as “WaterBed,” with a difference. Called ‘the Nautilus,” this potential concept by designer Sandra de Miguel, Xavier Arbones, Alvaro Bermudez and Marta Fernandez address a new meaning to the upcoming bathroom designs. Enhancing your levels of relaxation, it unites the contemporary technology with the conventional relaxation remedy via hot bath. The Nautilus, if ever turns a reality would allow you a float over water without being wet.

If eager to plunge then turn on the tap that allows fresh water to pour in on acme of the mat while the water below flows out. Eager to revamp your bathroom into a paradise, the designers’ have worked out the accessibility of the tactile technology on the taps whilst the wardrobe apparatus use infrared sensors.

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Japan is known for production of gadgets especially robots but lately I realized that the country cannot sit at rest when it comes to luxury bathing. Whilst beginning this year, I introduced you to the Bandai bubble bath for a rich douse and today enhancing the experience comes LED starry bath in a Jupiter-shaped planetarium. This luxury bathtub coming from Sega Toys gets to its job the minute you dim the lights and the HomeStar projects features underwater scenes, or even roses all over you, the walls, and any bath time companion. The bathtub is retailed at 7,000 yen and I warn you before you assume that the bathtub is complemented with a Japanese Chic.

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There is no dearth of luxurious bath tubs but then also we keep on exploring the updated market that is populated with elite offerings now and then. Whilst we have introduced you to the fully-automatic Star Doyers dulce bathtub, Archeo copper bathtub and not to miss the haute rod pricey bathtub; the latest in the queue is Red Diamond bathtub.

Right on the heels of its name, it comes bathed in red shade with encrusted Swarovski crystals. This designer creation from the WaterGamesTechnologies aims at addressing a new definition to the world of bathroom luxury. Designer Aldo Puglielli features 2 HD waterproof TV on a mobile console with massive gold frame (42 g 18 k) that can be hidden with the click of a button. It accommodates a seating for two and offers all the necessary facilities that can beat your idea of taking a spa. You name a feature and it has it all including massage, multicolor lightning, champagne holder festooned with Swarovski crystals.

Monitored by electronic controls, it gives you access for long-bath making you free from the worry of filling it with water at right temperature. Above all, the integrated GSM module can control your bathtub by distance, thereby making you feel it up while riding in your car on your way back home!

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Those who wish to change their interiors and want to have everything in their little den have hit the right place. Sticking to their desire of having compact yet functional devices, here is a multi-purpose bathroom unit designed for luxury apartments that complain space-crunch. Called Vertebrae vertical bathroom system, the installation of this unit occupies diminutive floor space of 0.4 sq. mts. but goes beyond offering what you would have expected out of a regular bathroom counting showerheads, sink, cistern, loo and even a lot of storage units.

This revolutionary design is developed by designer Paul to meet day-today needs. The appealing body of the unit is constructed using pristine stainless steel to add classiness into your diminutive and humble apartment.

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