Turn Your Shower into a Spa Retreat

If you like a downpour instead of a drizzle, check out Kohler's Waterfall, which is part of its BodySpa line. BodySpa shower enclosures have a high-walled bottom section and a pump system to reuse the water. After your waterfall (and/or multiple body spray) massage, you can turn off the pump and open the drain to take a regular shower.

You can also choose between a regular shower and a steam bath in a steam shower unit. This shower is totally enclosed to keep the steam in — so you not only get its full benefits but don't grow biology experiments in your bathroom — and many models have massaging body-spray systems as well. You can add a steam-producing unit to your own shower, but make sure that it's completely enclosed and has waterproof walls, ceiling and door. A steam shower's ceiling should also be curved so that cool water droplets condensing there will run down the sides instead of dripping on you.

With any of these new shower accoutrements, that daily shower can turn into a daily spa retreat.

Resources

Clark Products, www.clarkeproducts.com

Kohler, www.us.kohler.com

Grohe, www.groheamerica.com

Hansgrohe, www.hansgrohe-usa.com

Ondine, www.interbath.com

Rohl, www.rohlhome.com