What Is a Wet Room – Bathroom Design and Layout Trend – HouseBeautiful.com

A wet room may sound mysterious and potentially freaky, but it's actually quite simple and exactly what it sounds like: a bathroom wherein everything is optimized to thrive in a wet environment. "A lot of homeowners are doing away with the door completely. This is part of the wet room trend. Thats a bathroom where all or most of the surfaces are intended to get wet. Its a very space-efficient strategy, since it allows you to cram more functionalityopen shower, tub, toilet, vanityinto the same amount of space," explains Dan DiClerico, Dan DiClerico, home expert for HomeAdvisor.

Some wet rooms are outfitted from floor to ceiling with water-friendly materials while others are a more flexible interpretations of a wet room. In some cases, a designer will choose to divide the bathroom into dry and wet sections, just like a baker would. So in one area, you'll find the toilet and sink and then the bathtub and shower in another zone. They can be separated by a glass door or half partition, but wide open curtain-free wet rooms are gaining popularity.

The key is that the floors and walls are sealed properly in the splashing zones and that there is proper drainage, preferably in the center of the room. This is a good alternative for those who don't want to fully commit or appreciate some softer, water-averse materials incorporated into the design.

Whether you go all out or take the section-by-section approach, wet rooms seem like a practical thing to consider during a bathroom renovation since choosing materials that are resilient in wet conditions means the space will wear better. This is a bathroom, after all. But there are a few deterrents. For example, your bathroom has to be equipped with plumbing be the right size to accomodate a wet room.

Interior designer Jean Stoffer describers one project to House Beautiful, saying the client's "daughters needed to have both a shower and a tub so the layout worked perfectly to include a wet room, which had both" in the same area. Visually, it creates continuity and flow.

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