Stylish combined kitchen/living rooms with an open-plan kitchen area that also contain the dining and living room have long been the standard in our homes. So why not create a flowing transition between the bathroom and bedroom as well?

Free-standing baths are eye-catchers and focal points. But how to find the perfect model for your home? And where's the best place to put it? No need to worry – here are the answers.

Goethe said, “There is strong shadow where there is much light” in the first act of the play, “Götz von Berlichingen”. But how much light do you actually need to feel good in the bathroom? And how do you manage to save energy? In this article, you will find a crash course on perfect bathroom lighting.

Anyone who is about to build a new bathroom or renovate an existing one often has to address the question whether the future shower areas is to be tiled and fitted with a shower channel or whether a floor-level shower tray or a shower area in glazed titanium steel would be better. So what are the advantages of the two solutions?

Everyone is familiar with the traditional bath tap: it is positioned either as a fitting that sits on the bath rim, a spout attached to the wall, or a combined bath filler, waste and overflow set below the bath rim. However, another alternative is bath fillers that are out of the ordinary, for instance based on a near-natural experience when running the water, or are particularly quiet, or that can be controlled electronically down to the degree.