4. Tranquil garden retreat. Take a soothing rinse in a private shower in a leafy, shaded side yard. When drainage runs straight into garden beds, use plant-friendly, biodegradable soaps and choose plant varieties that appreciate moderate to frequent water. Paperplant (Fatsia japonica), growing on either side of the shower here, thrives with moderate water and has lush, tropical-looking palmate leaves. 5 Steps to Selecting the Right Plants for a Rain Garden
Great space with plants and the water is used to water plants. With space tight in this compact city home, there wasn’t room for a bathtub indoors. The designers added a private deck so they could accommodate a bathtub outdoors. Beautiful wood fencing and bamboo trees create a meditative atmosphere, while the greywater left after a soak can be used to water the plants.
Love the wood deck, probably an ipe deck for the bathtub to rest. In a search for outdoor bathtubs on Houzz, Hawaii won as the area with the largest number per capita. Where better than an island paradise to take an alfresco soak? And the contrast between the smooth, sculptural white bathtub and the rugged lava rock wall strikes a great design note.
Must read the entire story about this 1,000 square feet yard. The clients wanted a hot tub for lounging in after dinner. Rather than installing a more complicated drop-in unit, Jeff King & Company sunk an above-ground spa into an ipe wood surround to match the decking and offer an advantageous perch point where people can dangle their feet into the water without fully submerging.
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I love the idea of a French tile instead f ll this tile. Not a very long walk back into the house, but not much privacy either!
6. Provide an in-shower spot for a towel. This can be as simple as a Dollar Store plastic hook that hangs over the enclosure. Anyone who has ever had to streak indoors after being pranked knows this is an important detail.
14. Make the outdoor shower work for your pets. A handheld outdoor faucet can be a great way to give dogs a bath, depending on how much they tolerate it before running around and shaking the water off all over you. See the rest of this show house
7. Let there be light. An outdoor rinse in the pitch dark can be creepy. This elegant barn light illuminates the stall for nighttime showers.
4. Blend the shower with the landscape. This stone wall marries the shower's architecture and the landscape architecture, while woolly pockets create vertical garden walls around it.
Love the flooring around a spa.
Love the spa and the tiles on the floor.
Love the brick patio.
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