BATHROOM & INTERIORS Magazine ISSUE 3 The Wellness Issue Baths, bathing and a better you. News & Trends Healing bubbles Style Guides Furry Friends Find out what’s Whirlpool systems From Monochromatic Our modern living happening with Carron bring extra benefits to to Scandinavian. guide has handy hints Bathrooms and the your bathing. We get Two simple, understated to help you and your world of bathrooms into the details of our styles with a very dog get the most from and interiors. bespoke systems. different outcome. your bathroom. Contents Carron Bathrooms Carron Bathrooms is the UK’s premier bath manufacturer. Every bath is hand finished to 44_ the exacting standards that have been our benchmark since the first Carron works opened in 1759. GET IN TOUCH 52_ 58_ ADDRESS: Carron Bathrooms Limited North Carron Works REGULARS Stenhouse Rd Falkirk FK2 8UW Scotland Welcome FAQs: Cleaning United Kingdom 05 _ A welcome to the third issue from 50 _ Keep your Carron bath looking as good TEL: +44 (0)1324 638 407 Managing Director, James McMorrine. as possible for as long as possible. EMAIL: [email protected] News + Trends Style Guide: Scandi Style 06 _ A range of Carron updates, industry 52 _ The timeless simplicity of FOLLOW US news and interior trends. Scandinavian style interiors is the ideal FACEBOOK: facebook/carronbathrooms choice for almost any bathroom. TWITTER: @CarronBathrooms Modern Life: Furry Friends YOUTUBE: www.youtube.com/CarronbathroomsUK A guide to helping your dog, and you, ColourMatch PINTEREST: uk.pinterest.com/carronbathrooms/ 08_ get the most from your bathroom. 58 _ With Carron’s ColourMatch system, we have a colour to match any style. Style Guide: carronbathrooms.com 10 _ Monochromatic FAQs: Carronite™ Simple and striking, this interior style 62 _ What are the benefits of Carronite? can be easy to implement with Check our handy guide and find out. maximum effect. Credits Product Range Bathing Guide: Plant Life 64 _ Our entire range in a new, easy to PHOTOGRAPHY DESIGN Natural, healthy and pretty stylish, view format. MARK K SEAGER, SEVENFIVE 22_ GRAHAM WYLIE CREATIVE too. Check out our helpful guide to Product Focus: bathroom friendly plants. ILLUSTRATIONS Ishga Organic Seaweed EDWARD McGOWAN 70_ Accessories: Anthracite Innovative skincare products that 24 _ New for 2020, our custom, Anthracite utilise the natural benefits of organic, accessories bring a modern, sleek Hebridean seaweed. ON THE edge to your bath. COVER Modern Life: Fitting In COVER When space is at premium or the PHOTOGRAPHY 36_ MARK K SEAGER layout is less than flexible, these space saving baths from Carron could be the answer you are looking for. Bathing Guide: 44 _ Sports Relief As research finds that a warm bath is one of the fastest routes to recovery, we have some tips that will have you back in the gym, or pounding the streets, in no time. CONTENTS 03 14_ Welcome 60_ elcome to the third edition of the Carron Magazine, an opportunity for Carron Bathrooms to look beyond FEATURES technical specifications and into the Wcreative process that inspires our designs and the Celsius Range: people who make them a reality. A Guide to Luxury 14_ The theme of this edition is “Wellness”. A word that appears When it comes to bathing, it doesn’t get more and more in our everyday life, whether it be in diet, much more luxurious than our Celsius range. exercise, relaxation or mindset. In an age when the pace of Cover Feature: change seems to be accelerating, we have tried to stop and 26 _ Wellness reflect on what Wellness actually means. For us it is about Bathrooms are more than just functional. time, specifically making more of it for ourselves. They can also contribute to your wellbeing and act as an antidote in stressful times. Whether it be 24 hour news stations, social media or the internet, life can seem overwhelming and more and Feature: more we are looking for relief, for sanctuary and solitude. 34 _ The Art of Bathing With bathing, the immersion of the body in water is a Our guest writer, author Suzanne Duckett, primitive feeling and one that reinvigorates the body, gives us tips and insight on how to get mind and soul. With the addition of whirlpool jets we can the most from your bath. turn that water into massage and physical wellbeing. Feature: Don’t take my word for it, however. Our guest feature writer, 38 _ Whirlpool Suzanne Duckett is an authority on wellness and her column If you need to recover from exercise, is well worth reading. increase your health and wellbeing or just relax, there’s a whirlpool system for you. In our supplier interview, we speak to Alan Gape of Supplier Focus: 26_ SpaSplash products, who has driven innovation in the Laings UK whirlpool industry for over 30 years. His wealth of 46_ knowledge has seen him develop tailor-made solutions We talk to Darren Walker from Laings, that allow our customers to take full advantage of the on what it takes to make an award winning therapeutic power of water. showroom and the constant improvement of the customer experience. We also talk with Darren Walker of Laings of Inverurie, Supplier Focus: about how their award-winning showroom inspires the 56 _ SpaSplash consumer experience and how a well-designed bathroom Alan Gape from SpaSplash fills us in on how layout can make such a difference. his route into the world of custom, whirlpool systems was anything but conventional. Of course, us humans are not the only ones that enjoy the benefits of a bath. We have featured man’s best friend Feature: in this issue, and Louis the Cavapoo proved to be the star 60 _ History attraction in our recent Wellness photoshoot. Carron’s history has always attracted the attention of the nation. Now, a local group Our hope is that this year you find some time to relax and are aiming to bring this history to life. enjoy some time for yourself, hopefully in a Carron bath. JAMES MCMORRINE MANAGING DIRECTOR 04 CARRON MAGAZINE ISSUE 3 WELCOME 05 COLOUR TRENDS The latest news, industry and bathroom NEWS + trends from Carron. Back in TRENDS BLACK Bathroom design tends to be evolution rather than revolution, and until recently chrome finished brassware, WELLNESS radiators and trims were uniform in a bathroom makeover. Anthracite accessories, however, have gained increasing prominence in the bathroom, and Carron have worked closely with our UK partners to devise a range of modern handgrips and wastes to ensure that your bath tub synergises with your overall scheme. Available from Winter 2020, further information is available on page 24 and at carronbathrooms.com Wellness: the trend Colour of the we all need Year 2020 Pantone Classic Blue It has been building for a number of years, but on the Following on from 2019’s ‘Living Bathing has always been capable Coral’, Pantone has gone for a more back of an increased focus of contributing to relaxation and understated hue for the 2020 Pantone on mental health, the need recovery – from sports recovery Colour of the Year with Classic Blue. delivered by whirlpool systems to the for wellness has become simple pleasure of lying in a warm ‘Instilling calm, confidence and connection’ paramount in our everyday bath after a hard day. Wellbeing is a is how Pantone describe Classic Blue. lives. From the workplace to trend we can get behind, especially if And this style of blue is a favourite of it leaves you healthier and happier. Carron’s, too. So much so, we used it as the home, we are all making part of our ColourMatch exhibit at the KBB small steps to improve our trade show in Birmingham. mental and physical wellbeing. 06 CARRON MAGAZINE ISSUE 3 NEWS + TRENDS 07 MODERN LIVING If you share your life with a dog, there’s a good chance you’ll share your bathroom too. So as always, we have some handy tips and hints to make sure you and your furry friend get the most out of your bathroom and hopefully keep your bath in top condition, too. 01. 02. 03. Bath time Warm, not hot Lather up Luckily, most dogs love a bath Dogs can handle the cold You should never use your which is good news as they much better than us humans own shampoo as they can need to bathed from time to but they still have sensitive damage your dogs skin. time to ensure basic hygiene skin. Luke warm water is best, Most vets recommend using as well as keeping their hair so let the water run and test a specialist dog shampoo, and skin as healthy as possible. it on your wrist to ensure the specially developed to leave When bathing your dog it is it isn’t too hot. A dog that is their fur in the best condition FURRY a good idea to protect the uncomfortable is not going to while still protecting their skin. bath surface with a product be easy to wash, either. like the Karlie Bathing Mat (amazon.co.uk) as their claws can inadvertently damage it. FRIENDS 04. 05. Getting dry Shake it off An old cotton towel will And remember, even after get your dog dry but with the smallest drop of rain or the amount of water their puddle jump, your pup will coats can hold, its a good want to shake off as much idea to get an ultra absorbent excess water as possible. towel to help speed things up. To keep the majority of the Microfibre dog towels water inside the bath, make (pawsandpresto.com) can sure they are behind the absorb 10 times more water shower screen or curtain than cotton.