Ahhhh… the bathroom is a sanctuary, renewal spot for all of us, at least it should be! Recently, I have been looking at modern design in all forms and realized how beautiful it is. With its linear form and simplistic detailing, modern Italian design is even more sublime.
Today, Guest Blogger, Paul Anater from Kitchen and Residential Design shows us beautiful Italian bath design, that makes you want to take a day off from work, and spend it in the bathroom!
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Excuse me while I pretend that I’m European and make a bunch of sweeping generalizations about national character.
Nobody does bath design like an Italian company. It would be interesting to figure out where the Italian fascination with running water comes from. Is it some residual, Roman need for clean water or is it the fact that their tap water tastes so good? Whatever’s underneath it doesn’t matter because what’s visible is so stunning.
These are some new bathroom designs from the Idea Group. The Idea Group is in Treviso, in the Veneto Region of northern Italy. Treviso is also the headquarters of DeLonghi appliances.
Disegnato in Italia –designed in Italy, means a lot to Italians and Northern Italians in particular. Again, to make some more sweeping generalizations, there’s a celebration of the every day in Italian culture. Details matter in Italy, and there seems to be some kind of an Italian genetic predisposition to make everything as beautifully functional as possible. It doesn’t matter if it’s an Alessi salt shaker or a pair of Prada shoes, a lot of thought goes into otherwise mundane objects.
Anyhow this is about Italian bathrooms. I get Idea’s e-newsletter and here’s some of the highlights from their current collection. I never get to do work like this but if I were given carte blanche to do whatever I wanted with a bathroom, it would end up looking something like these gorgeous photos.
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Ahhh, pared down and clean –everything a bathroom should be, in Italy or anywhere else.
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I have written about a bazillion blogs on Italian design because of pictures like these. My own home is never going to support designs like these, because it’s a tract home, and unless we went to the expense of remodeling the whole thing, inside and out, designs like these would always look very out of place in it. So I am in the position of admiring things I can never have for myself. But, man, do these people wail!
Thanks Joseph… I hear ya – It’s always nice to dream.. right?!
I just got your email to our blog site. I will respond here and from the other email address in a moment. You can contact me at josephfreenor@cft411.com. Or on the other address (which I like to keep off the Internet as much as possible). I am most interested in your offer of guest blogging and would like to follow up on it.
This is an interesting article. Thanks for sharing.
You’re welcome!
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I have written about a bazillion blogs on Italian design because of pictures like these. My own home is never going to support designs like these, because it’s a tract home, and unless we went to the expense of remodeling the whole thing, inside and out, designs like these would always look very out of place in it. So I am in the position of admiring things I can never have for myself. But, man, do these people wail!
Thanks Joseph… I hear ya – It’s always nice to dream.. right?!
I just got your email to our blog site. I will respond here and from the other email address in a moment. You can contact me at josephfreenor@cft411.com. Or on the other address (which I like to keep off the Internet as much as possible). I am most interested in your offer of guest blogging and would like to follow up on it.
Was an interesting article, thank you..
This is an interesting article. Thanks for sharing.
You’re welcome!
Shop for rustic towel bars and wildlife bathroom accessories at Black Forest Decor, the ultimate source for rustic bath decor and lodge furnishings. Bathroom Decor