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Understanding that time is at a premium, home designers are incorporating time-savers into new home designs. Rather than getting the entire family dressed and loaded up to go to the local theater, it's just a short walk to the family room where the latest blockbuster can be enjoyed on the built-in home theater system. No more time-consuming trips to the local gym when a home workout room may be just down the hall. Socializing and entertaining can once again be an in-home activity with spacious open-plan kitchens, large islands, high-tech appliances and even individual beverage dispensers.
The latest lifestyle design trend, officially identified by the American Institute of Architects in a recent survey, is a spa bath, such as the Suite Retreat by Champion Homes. As spacious as many bedrooms, it combines a large ceramic shower, complete with a soothing rainmaker-style showerhead, full-width ceramic seat, and a modern glass enclosure with an oversized soaking tub, built-in electric fireplace and an electronics niche, ideal for a TV and DVD player. "We wanted the bath to have the warm, relaxing atmosphere of a spa," said Roberto Kritzer, award-winning architect and vice president of corporate design for Champion Homes. "The design gives homeowners a place to relax, unwind and refresh without the added expense and time of a spa visit. With its adjustable lighting scheme, variable flame fireplace and plantation shutters for privacy, the homeowner can create the ideal environment for total relaxation."
Luxurious and spacious, a spa bath is the next evolution in home design being dictated by today's busy lifestyles. And for many people, escaping to the soothing tranquility of a spa may be as simple as retreating to a room in their own home.
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