Top 10 Favourite Wet Room Designs
Wet rooms are a stylish, modern addition to any home, offering both aesthetic appeal and practical benefits. Whether you're looking to maximise space, create a luxurious spa-like experience, or ensure accessibility, there's a wet room design to suit your needs. Here are our top 10 favourite wet room designs to inspire your next bathroom project.
1. Minimalist Elegance
This design focuses on simplicity and functionality. Clean lines, a neutral colour palette, and minimalist fixtures create a serene, uncluttered space. Large tiles and seamless surfaces enhance the room’s spacious feel, while a brass overhead shower and matching brass wetroom drain add a touch of luxury.
2. Nature-Inspired Oasis
Bring the outdoors in with a nature-inspired wet room. Use green tones, natural stone tiles, and wooden accents to create a tranquil environment. Clever use of lighting in the shower creates the illusion of natural light from above.
3. Luxurious Marble
Nothing says luxury like marble. A wet room adorned with marble walls and floors exudes elegance and sophistication. With the wetroom drain finished with the same marble, this design is perfect for those who want to create an understated, beautiful bathroom.
4. Industrial Chic
For a modern, edgy look, consider an industrial chic wet room. Micro Cement rendered walls, concrete-effect porcelain tiles, and black fixtures create a bold, urban feel. The large, frameless glass screen keeps the space open while providing a subtle separation between the shower and the rest of the room.
5. Spa Sanctuary
Transform your bathroom into a spa-like sanctuary with an oversize shower. With natural materials, calming colours and large-format tiles on the floor to minimise grout lines and create a smooth, continuous surface. Incorporate multiple showerheads for the ultimate relaxation experience.
6. Small but Mighty
Even the smallest bathroom can benefit from a wet room design. Opt for space-saving fixtures, such as wall-mounted sinks and toilets, and use a muted colour palette to make the room feel larger. A well-placed mirror can also enhance the sense of space.
7. Bold and Bright
Make a statement with a wet room that features bold colours and patterns. Vibrant tiles, colourful fixtures, and playful accessories can add personality and flair to your bathroom. This design is perfect for those who want to inject some fun and energy into their space.
8. Seamless Integration
Integrating a wet room with the rest of your bathroom without a glass screen can create a seamless, modern look that maximises space and enhances the aesthetic appeal. The feature wall using waterproof wallpaper is a fantastic contrast to the large format concrete tiles and black brassware. Can you spot the drain?
9. The Contemporary Ensuite
A contemporary ensuite wetroom exudes a sense of modern luxury and practicality, seamlessly blending sleek aesthetics with functional design. With on-trend white fixtures offset with pale pink walls and a copper wet room drain, the room is characterised by its minimalist approach. Large format tiles in neutral tones line the shower walls and floor, enhancing the sense of space and continuity.
10. Vintage Charm
Blend modern functionality with vintage charm by incorporating classic design elements into your wet room. Subway tiles on the shower wall and copper brassware complement the large format tiles perfectly.
Conclusion
Wet rooms offer endless design possibilities, allowing you to create a space that reflects your client's style and meets their practical needs. Whether you prefer minimalist elegance, industrial chic, or vintage charm, there's a wet room design for you. We hope these top 10 favourite designs inspire you to transform your bathroom project into a stunning, functional wet room. If you are designing a wetroom and need technical advice, contact our Specifications Team on 01332 840820 or sales@wetroommaterials.com
Important update to the NHBS Specifications 2018
Backing surfaces for tiling should;
- Be moisture resistant, where frequent wetting occurs
When Tiling;
- Proprietary water-resistant grouting should be used in accordance with the manufacturer
Grouting should be:
- As specified in the design, including mix and colour
- Cement-based, epoxy resin or a proprietary product
- ‘Waterproof in and around shower enclosures and where tiling can be saturated’.
Gypsum plaster should not be used where;
- ‘Repeated or persistent wetting may occur’.
