Best in class: Luxury bathrooms

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This Sensory Sky shower by Dornbracht offers horizontal water as well as high-pressure water from above, and the option to indulge in chroma therapy and aromatherapy for an immersive shower. The brand fabricates its own brass fixtures, which are hand polished. There is a working model on show at Versatile Bathrooms in Navan, Co Meath. This style costs from €10,870, and requires decent pressure and a certain size tank. versatilebathrooms.ie; 046-9029444

Using copper in a bathroom is becoming more mainstream and adds visual warmth to a traditionally sterile space. The Axor 240 has a two-jet overhead shower head and ceiling connector. This Hansgrohe design costs €781 at TileStyle in Ballymount, which recently won the best home/interior store category in the Retail Excellence Ireland Awards. The custom-fitted copper piping is not included, but could be put together by a creative plumber. tilestyle.ie; 01-8555200

Kilkenny based Merlyn’s new Arysto shower range features a halo-effect lighting system that emits a soft glow around the frame and the movement-activated handle. The Arysto collection includes sliding and hinged bathscreens and wetroom enclosures. The model shown is the Arysto by Merlyn three-panel sliding door with side panel, with a halo handle and halo profile, in polished chrome Prices start at €1,400.00 ex-VAT. merlynshowering.com

The bathrooms of the hip nhow Berlin hotel were designed by New York-based Karim Rashid, who has described the effect as “digipop”. Created by Bayer Glasbau, this shower, in the junior suite, is a tinted sheet of Cristalplant composite; it is similar to Chiocciola, a spiral enclosure designed for Agape and available from West One Bathrooms in the UK, costing about €15,500 ex-delivery. nhow-berlin.com; karimrashid.com; agapedesign.it; westonebathrooms.com

A very simple way to update an existing shower room is to bring in colour and pattern with a fresh use of tiles. This chevron pattern of Marvel stone from Atlas Concorde shows how you can bring in the idea of feature walls into the bathroom. The wall tiles cost €270 per sq m at National Tile. A similar style is also available for the floor. For a similar style of industrial, steel-framed shower stall try Chapelizod-based Lambstongue. lambstongue.ie

Italian brand Zucchetti Kos offers sanitaryware with clean contemporary lines but then styles those designs in a way that makes the bathroom very much feel like another room. Pictured here are the new Morphing bath, €6,290, bath filler with hand-held head, €1,965, shower over bath, €1,421, glass shower panel, €1,680, Geo shower tray €2,364 and shower valve €294, all available at Bathhouse, in Monkstown. bathhouse.ie; zucchettikos.com

Sat Nov 26 2016 - 06:00

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