Photo: rmnt.mirtesen.ru A bathhouse is an ideal place to relax, where it is so pleasant to escape from work and the bustle of the city. So why not make it as beautiful as possible? Where, if not here, is everything aimed at feeling good and comfortable? The interiors of bathhouses and saunas receive undeservedly little attention, but we are ready to correct this injustice!
Key Features
Plan the interior of the steam room, dressing room and relaxation room together - it’s more convenient, cheaper and easier to immediately calculate the consumption of materials. Refuse parts with sharp edges, avoid unnecessary corners and any other potentially traumatic parts.
Choose light-colored wall paneling because it will make a small, windowless room appear larger and lighter. Instead of decor, use bath accessories and accessories. Completely avoid metal, plastic, artificial materials, slippery surfaces, and bulky furniture.
Bath finishing materials
It is recommended to use only natural materials in the interior of the sauna, because they are probably non-toxic in case of high humidity and temperature changes. Wood is most often used, and stone and ceramic tiles are used a little less often. Glass, brick and completely unconventional, but very useful salt blocks will do.
Walls
Wood warms up quickly, releases heat slowly and is rich in natural phytoncides. In “dry” areas, you can use coniferous lining with its natural antiseptic effect. But not in the steam room itself, because when heated, the needles release sticky resins.
For a steam room, pay attention to linden, birch, aspen, oak, beech and ash - they are not so sensitive to high humidity. Tiled mosaic looks impressive in the design of a shower room, swimming pool or individual decorative areas. When heated, salt blocks release beneficial minerals.
Wood is used to decorate the steam room without additional processing so that it retains its natural healing properties. For “dry” areas, decorative panels for logs, block houses, planks and any other types of wooden cladding are suitable. To make the coating more durable, it is coated with oil or wax compounds.
Floor
For the floor, be sure to choose collections with a textured anti-slip coating. Linoleum and other artificial materials should not be used. Wood boards are also not suitable, because they are too fire hazardous for a bathhouse, and the more budget-friendly ones also contain formaldehyde.
Ceiling
Wooden cladding with a vapor barrier is also suitable for the ceiling, but it is better to place suspended structures in the dressing room and rest room. Ceiling lining looks beautiful, looks impressive, and ensures a healthy microclimate and air circulation.
Lighting
Use built-in ceiling lights - they are the safest and most practical. Small salt lamps-night lights are suitable for decoration. But it’s better to avoid floor lamps and sconces, because the steam room itself is usually small and every centimeter counts.
Furniture
Furniture with soft, rounded shapes is suitable for saunas and baths. L-shaped benches are also suitable if they go the entire wall so that there are no external corners. This is necessary, first of all, so that if someone suddenly becomes unwell, they do not incur additional injuries.
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Artificial pond and patio: learning from valuable experience
Americans have very well organized patios: from the house itself there is a fairly large terrace that ends with a swimming pool or a small artificial pond. This is convenient: after the steam room, your bare feet do not touch dirt and dust, and you can immediately dive into cool water without worrying that sand from your feet will clog the filters again. Also, the dirt no longer rushes back into the bathhouse. For a real Russian steam room - a wonderful extension! And it's called "patio".
But it is not necessary to adhere to a strict design concept here: you can place the pond wherever your heart desires, and instead of a long terrace, just build a path to it. You can even install a fountain or an artificial stream, everything is extremely simple:
And if you wish, you can dig a huge pool and make a polycarbonate canopy for protection from rain and sun. Water in the area in front of the steam room is important!
Interior styles
Modern baths do not have to be monotonous, like a carbon copy. The sauna can also match any interior style if you use a little imagination!
Bathhouse in the old Russian style
In our latitudes, this is the most popular solution for decorating baths and saunas. The Old Russian style resembles a cozy village hut. These are natural logs, rough furniture, embroidery, dried flowers, cozy textiles and an aged stove.
Bathhouse in Scandinavian style
Scandinavian interiors have firmly conquered the market over the past few years, and saunas are no exception. This is a minimum of furniture and decor, contrasts and accents, light wood and free space. Such baths are functional, pragmatic and very attractive in their brevity.
Country style bathhouse
At its core, country is the same rustic style, but with a Western twist. It is dominated by light, smooth wood, beams and beams, ceramics, clay, bright utensils and accessories. Stone and brick are used, and in dry areas leather and forged elements are used.
Bathhouse in ethnic style
Moroccan and oriental motifs, intricate interweaving of textures and exotic patterns are now in fashion. These baths are a little mystical, but very inspiring. Pay special attention to lighting, because romantic twilight sets the mood for eclectic decoration.
Bathhouse in a modern style
Here, natural wood is harmoniously combined with the most modern equipment and technology. For example, a multifunctional shower stall with lighting against the backdrop of absolutely smooth lining. The design is dominated by minimalism, the principle of contrasts and laconic forms.
What plants to plant around
Climbing and liana-like species growing in your region are good (Fortune's euonymus, hops, clematis, maiden grapes, wood pliers, ivy, honeysuckle, akebia). These plants can be used to decorate the walls of a steam room, the vertical surfaces of gazebos, and by placing them on trellises, you can create hedges, separating one zone from another. For example, separate a bathhouse with a pond from the garden itself and a gazebo with a barbecue.
Give preference to conifers and evergreen shrubs . Fir trees, thujas, cypresses and junipers growing next to the steam room remain beautiful throughout the year. The latter also has a pleasant smell - a few of its branches added to the firebox of the bathhouse will give the bathing procedure a unique aroma. The weeping conifers on the trunk (Medusa spruce, various firs and Junipers) look original and thematically appropriate.
Trees and shrubs with a weeping crown type look great near a bathhouse or pond. Such plants include:
- weeping sakura and mulberry;
- silver birch;
- Babylonian willow (and other species);
- Lespedez Thunberg;
- beech f. Pendula;
- rough elm Pendula;
- willow pear Pendula;
- Caragana arborescens Pendula;
- Sophora japonica Pendula, etc.
Low shrubs, such as boxwood or thuja, can be used to highlight garden paths and plant them along the contour of the garden.
Did you know? In Japan, they practice a bath made from cedar sawdust heated to +60°C, to which aromatic herbs are added. The person buries himself in the thoroughly mixed mixture so that only his head remains exposed to the air.
Interior of the dressing room
The dressing room in front of the sauna is the same as the hallway in the house, so it must solve the corresponding problems. Make sure you have benches and poufs, hooks, shelves and other small items for storing things. A cabinet for towels and a couple of closed drawers for keys or small equipment wouldn’t hurt.
Don't forget about a large mirror and a rug in the wardrobe area. Take care of good lighting, because before leaving the bath you need to get yourself in order. A small dressing table for various cosmetic accessories will come in handy.
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Children's playground: how to keep children busy all the time
But the most important “natural disaster” - children - is often completely forgotten when arranging a site. But you don’t want your kids, nephews and just small guests of friends to break some expensive lamp out of boredom, start a serious fire in the barbecue, or hopelessly clog the filters in the pond? But it’s true that sometimes a holiday outside the city can be painfully similar to a comedy. Although it would be more correct to call such a weekend “nine crazy adults and two children who really have nothing to do.” Just set aside the farthest corner of the area in front of the bathhouse for a children's playground - and direct this uncontrollable chaos there.
Rest room interior
We recommend decorating the relaxation room in the same style as the bathhouse itself, so that they complement each other. Windows should be small and as airtight as possible to prevent drafts and cold. Neat roller shutters made from natural fabrics will help you hide from prying eyes.
In the relaxation room you need soft, comfortable lighting so that it does not hurt your eyes after the bath. Small local sconces and floor lamps or spotlights with a brightness control are suitable. The main thing is to have fewer exposed wires and sockets, because even a room with a sauna is still high in humidity.
A comfortable sofa or bench with cushions wouldn't hurt, but choose upholstery that's not sensitive to moisture. For example, natural leather, for all its beauty, will quickly deteriorate in such conditions. Take care of shelves, racks and closed cabinets for oils, brushes and bath accessories.
If the rest room is spacious enough and well insulated from moisture, think about entertainment. This could be a TV, a pool table, a table football table or a bookcase. The fireplace looks very impressive - even a compact decorative biofuel model will do.
The aroma of barbecue and grill: building a barbecue gazebo on the site
If you don’t yet have a barbecue stove in the area in front of the bathhouse, then there definitely will be in a year or two. After all, a bathing holiday without barbecue is just a procedure. But where can you get such a beauty? There are three options: buy a simple grill, order a service from a good stove maker, or even lay out the stove yourself. Our website already has several articles on how to set up a barbecue yourself and what types of such stoves there are. Even how to attach a gazebo with a barbecue to a bathhouse.
Shower interior
If your bathhouse has a separate room for showering, arrange it accordingly. Air circulation comes to the fore to avoid constant dampness, mold and mildew. In this regard, coniferous wood with antibacterial properties has proven itself well.
Instead of wood, you can use stylish and durable tiles. Its main advantage is hygiene, because the tiles are very easy to clean, they do not absorb moisture and dry quickly. For safety, cover the floor with rubberized carpets or wooden ladders.
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Water
A pond or pool is equipped specifically for a bathhouse.
If there is a natural source of water on the site, then the room is built next to it. If the lake is artificial, then it is located closer to the place where the steam room is being built.
The reservoir must be equipped with a pump with a cleaning filter. The water must be clean. The presence of several light sources is important. Spotlights located at the bottom of the lake and along its edges are often used. As a functional decorative element, wooden railings and comfortable steps leading to the middle of the pool depth lead to the pool. If its territory is large, then a wooden bridge with lanterns can be built over it.
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Choosing a place to build
According to SNiP requirements, the bathhouse must be located at a certain distance from other buildings.
The placement of the building is regulated by SNiP. The requirements are quite strict, especially if they are building a log house or bathhouse from timber:
- the distance from the bathhouse to outbuildings is at least 6 m;
- distance to a residential stone house – 8 m, a building with wooden partitions – 10 m, a wooden private house – 15 m;
- the distance from the well or borehole is at least 8 m;
- distance to the toilet – 8 m.
The requirements apply to objects at your own dacha and on a neighboring plot.
Other factors are also taken into account. It is better to build a bathhouse on a hill so that wastewater can be transported to the septic tank by gravity. It is better to place the building at the entrance to the house in order to control the firebox in this way. It is better to make windows on the south side.
