Wellness in the Bathroom: The Future of Everyday Rituals

Once considered purely utilitarian, the bathroom is undergoing a quiet transformation. No longer just a place to wash and go, it’s becoming a sanctuary — a space to pause, restore, and reconnect. In the midst of longer workdays, rising living costs, and the constant hum of modern life, Australians are looking to their bathrooms as a retreat from the everyday.

Our 2025 Future Bathroom Whitepaper reveals that wellness is not just a passing trend, but a powerful driver of design. From calming palettes that soothe the senses to intuitive technology that makes routines effortless, bathrooms are now balancing form and feeling, function and emotion.

Projects Bringing Wellness to Life

Wellness on The Block
This year’s partnership with The Block brings the idea of bathroom-as-sanctuary to the nation’s living rooms. Viewers are invited to see the bathroom through a new lens: as a personal wellness retreat. We're seeing spa-inspired details, muted tones, and intuitive tech shaping some of Australia’s most-watched spaces.

Check out the beautiful 2025 Block bathrooms, here.

Arli Homes
In collaboration with Arli Homes, Reece continues to champion wellness-led design that’s accessible and enduring. These homes show how smart layouts, timeless design, and carefully chosen products can create bathrooms that feel every bit as good as they look.

Product Launches: Wellness in Every Detail

Mizu Brushed Bronze
Warm, tactile, and expressive — brushed bronze is leading the colour story of 2025. Available across the Mizu Drift, Silk, and Soothe ranges, this finish strikes a balance between elegance and everyday durability. With Mizu’s Universal Inwall Body (UIB) technology, homeowners can switch between finishes and designs without the need for major renovations. The full collection spans tapware, showers, and accessories, offering a cohesive way to elevate any wellness-focused bathroom.

Kado LED Mirrors
Lighting has always shaped the atmosphere of a room, and Kado’s new LED mirrors put ambience front and centre. Featuring Veil technology, the LED strip light disappears when off, while dual front and back lighting provide both function and mood. Available in a wide variety of shapes and sizes, these mirrors help transform daily rituals into restorative experiences.

Bathrooms and the Language of Wellness

Technology and innovation have accelerated bathroom design, from touchless taps to germ-resistant coatings. Yet at its heart, the bathroom is increasingly about wellbeing. The choices we make — from colour and material to form and even sound — are as much psychological as they are physical.

Stylus’ 2025 Colour & Materials for Wellness report highlights that global anxiety and stress are fueling demand for design that restores balance. According to the report, 91% of people believe that crises such as climate change, AI risks, and societal tensions are having an increasingly significant impact on daily life. It’s no surprise, then, that self-care has become a priority.

In fact, Reece’s own 2025 bathroom design survey revealed ‘Wellness Sanctuary’ as the most-loved trend. Cleanliness, in this context, is more than a practical need — it’s an aesthetic and a philosophy, mirroring shifts we see in food, beauty, and lifestyle.

Wellness on the International Stage

Global trade shows across Europe this year echoed the same theme: wellness is reshaping product design, now extending into the realm of sound. Engineered silence — the deliberate reduction of noise — is increasingly being built into bathroom technologies, creating serene, immersive environments.

Take Roca’s Avant Smart Toilet, which uses InTank technology to quietly flush with reduced noise, or Hansgrohe’s PowderRain shower, designed to envelop the skin in a mist-like spray while softening sound. Across categories, the emphasis is clear: the bathroom is no longer just about efficiency, but about comfort, calm, and care.

Wellness, Your Way

From The Block’s dramatic reveals to Arli Homes’ thoughtful family spaces, and from Mizu’s brushed bronze finishes to Kado’s mood-enhancing mirrors, Reece is placing wellness at the heart of Australian bathroom design.

Because the bathroom is more than the bookends of the day. It’s where balance, restoration, and wellbeing truly begin.