The Bath as Sanctuary: Carolina's Spa-Inspired Retreats
The primary bathroom has become the home's most personal luxury, and the state's designers are treating it as a private wellness retreat.
The bathroom, long the home's most utilitarian room, has quietly become its most indulgent.
A private retreat
Carolina designers are reimagining the primary bath as a spa-inspired sanctuary — a place for soaking tubs, rainfall showers, heated floors and natural materials chosen for calm. The room now serves ritual as much as routine.
The influence of the wellness movement is unmistakable, importing the language of the spa into the home.
Luxury made personal
Unlike the public rooms, the bath answers only to its owner, which makes it a canvas for deeply personal luxury.
For affluent Carolinians, the spa bath has become a daily retreat — a private corner of the home devoted entirely to restoration, and increasingly the room in which the household's design budget is most lavishly spent.
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