Make Your Bathroom a Winter Haven

Not only do you need to get your house ready for the change of season by raking leaves, cleaning the gutters and caulking the windows, you need to get yourself ready -- both physically and mentally. A good way to prepare is by transforming your bathroom into the ultimate cold weather escape.

Every year around this time, companies that sell hot tubs, whirlpools and luxury baths are overwhelmed by inquiries, and for good reason. “People go into nesting mode when the weather turns cold outside. What better way to make the time you’ll spend cooped up bearable than to create a peaceful oasis inside your home,” asks Steven Deland, executive vice president of Acryline USA, a New Jersey-based luxury bath company.

His company specializes in hydrotherapy, or water massage baths, which allows bathers to enjoy a personalized bath experience tailored to their unique needs. “If you want a gentle bathing experience,” Deland says, “Acryline’s Aquamasseur System is the way to go.” This system directs warm air to a series of strategically located air injectors at the bottom and back of the bath, immersing bathers in a flood of massaging bubbles. The result is a subtle to intermediate massage. “Bathers who choose this system are typically stressed and hurried people who need to release the emotional burden of their day and free their spirit,” Deland says.

For those who are very athletic or involved in an occupation that daily fatigues their body, the Healthmasseur System may be the way to go. Its free-flowing warm air channel creates a tremendous air velocity that results in an intermediate to highly vigorous massage.

The Ultimate System combines the best of the Healthmasseur and Aquamasseur options, allowing individuals to achieve an ideal personal combination of water moved to motion by air and air in motion through water. This is a great system for families, where each member has different hydrotherapy needs. It can provide a gentle flow of air bubbles for babies, provide a vigorous after-sports massage for mom and dad, or an intermediate massage for stressed out family members.

Various options can make the hydrotherapy experience even more relaxing. Acryline offers extras like heated head, neck and back rests to soothe these muscles and aide in the recovery process. Chromatheraphy, the use of light to achieve well being, is often used in fancy spas. Acryline offers chromatheraphy options which are designed to be aesthetically comforting. “Light increases the sensual experience of our baths, adding and enhancing the overall sense of well being enjoyed by our bathers,” explains Deland. Bathers are also free to use bath salts, herbal remedies and other homeopathic mixtures without fear of damaging the tub or creating long-term risk of bacterial growth, thanks to state-of-the-art design elements like spring activated warm air injection systems that prevent water from entering the injectors and channels that use gravity to ensure quick and complete evacuation of used bath water.