Regardless of whether you're planning a traditional or modern bathroom remodel, odds are you will want to integrates contemporary innovations. This means using Chicago bath design ideas that incorporate current and relevant enhancements, features and technology.

Use These Contemporary Bath Design Ideas in Your Upcoming Remodel

The following ideas are some of the most popular contemporary bathroom features we feel will retain your investment over the course of time.

1. Focus on the floors. As bathrooms get larger, so does the visual floor space. The use of bathroom floor accents, like reclaimed wood borders, feature tiles, mosaic patterns that serve as features or borders and river stones are all artistic additions to bathroom flooring. Be smart about their location - for example, installing a flow of river stone that runs by the bath or shower exit, serving as both showpiece and slip-resistant material.
   
   
2. Heated floors. As long as you're focused on flooring, don't pass up the opportunity to enhance the bathroom with heated floors. Those who finally install them wonder how they lived without them. Heated bathroom floors are efficient and keep the bathroom comfortable year-round. They also prevent your feet from feeling the jarring "shock" of cold, hard surface flooring in the wee hours of the morning or after stepping out from a relaxing steam shower.
   
   
3. Get technical. Kitchens aren't the only living spaces getting smarter these days. The contemporary bathroom is ripe with tech-savvy options. Some of the most popular tech-oriented Chicago bath design ideas are digital faucets that include touchless technology, or programmable options that limit water use for showers and teeth brushing. Waterproof TV and screen technology are transforming the bathroom space, whether it be a waterproof screen mounted over the tub or illuminated mirrors that can also serve as televisions, so you can keep up with the news or your favorite shows while getting ready for work in the morning.
   
   
4. A whole new toilet. While toilets now qualify for the "technical" category, we're giving them a category unto themselves. The Japanese were the first to revolutionize the toilet experience, including seat warmers, bidet-like features, and music or phone access. American toilet manufacturers have taken these ideas and others, reinventing a plumbing feature that has remained relatively unchanged for the past hundred years. In addition to the aforementioned benefits, bathroom toilets can also include motion sensors to raise and lower toilet seats as well as self-cleaning features and antimicrobial seats.
   
   
5. Customized storage. Here is another area where bathroom trends have quickly caught up to kitchen trends. Gone are the days of wasteful, cavernous cabinet and drawer spaces. Today's contemporary bathrooms focus on efficiency, including customized storage spaces designed to accommodate your household's bathroom routines. The master suite might include slide-out shelves or organizers for health and beauty products while the kids' bathroom includes spaces for bath toys and easier access to toothbrushes and accessories.

Interested in designing a personalized bathroom that integrates contemporary Chicago bath design ideas? Visit our showroom at Kitchens & Baths Unlimited, and be inspired.