We all want bathing to be a glorious luxurious experience. So when it comes to designing a luxury bathroom a stylish bath is going to always be a focal point. Choosing the right bath is important. Consider it an investment in your health and well-being.

In this article we point out the advantages and disadvantages of some of the more common bath shapes.

Concrete is one of the most flexible building materials ever created. It plays such a fundamental role in modern life.  So much so that it seems impossible to imagine living without it. Our dependency on ‘liquid stone’ can be traced as far back as 2000 years ago when the Romans used it to build the Pantheon.

Yet despite this, we have a tendency to think of concrete as ugly. And while we are happy to expose bricks and wooden floorboards in our homes, we hide this ‘basic’ building material away.

Here at The Cast Iron Bath Company, we think that, when done well, concrete has an inherent beauty and should be celebrated.

Perhaps the most appealing thing about concrete is how customisable it is. Virtually anything is possible. The amount of creativity it affords you is unprecedented. As well as being able to be shaped into almost limitless forms, from integral sinks to curved walls, and windowsills to sunken shelving, it can be coloured in a multitude of ways: from simply painting it to terrazzo

There’s a fine line between rustic and plain old rusty. The more enlightened amongst us might argue that rustic isn't something you can design. An object, whether it’s a cast iron bath or an enamel mug, either has it or it doesn’t. We agree. And while others have described our Marseille Stannum Copper Bateau Bath as ‘elegantly rustic’, we think of it as a contemporary bathtub with it's feet planted firmly in the past.

Is copper the most stubborn colour of them all? Its metallic tones hit the catwalks over two years ago, but the trend has now reached interiors and is refusing to go away.

Great design means not cutting corners. And while it takes a real luxury bathroom enthusiast to get excited by the thought of overflow wastes, we think our latest design demonstrates that the devil really is in the detail.

For many people, cast iron baths don’t get any better than the seductive La Rochelle, our classic roll top bateau bath. The stunning painted exterior alongside the vitrified enamel cast iron interior results in a jaw-dropping centrepiece for your bathroom. However, some of our customers made a simple suggestion to make it even better...... make it bigger!

There is something so gorgeously self indulgent about outdoor bathing. Seriously, what can compare to slipping into a beautifully fragranced cast iron bathtub on a warm evening, while a cool gentle breeze laps your wet skin and nature chirps and rustles around you?

From catwalks to interior design, pink is making a breakthrough. But we’re not talking sugar-sweet and girly. Next to contemporary greys, the only shocking thing about this pink is its subtle sophistication.

Our Creative Director (fashion/textiles designer Ann Louise Roswald) is keen to share some secrets with you about how to style your bathroom and cast iron bath. She is responsible for styling many of the beautiful shots on our website, so she knows what she’s talking about!

The Marseille Cyprium Copper Bath with its polished outer and tin interior exudes style and works beautifully in both traditional and contemporary rooms. Rarely have design and comfort come together in such perfect harmony. Slip into this copper bateau bath and luxuriate in the sensuous contours and hand finished surface - pure joy.