It seems that everyone loves a spa break at the moment. With society being much more focused on health and well-being, but also loving a getaway as much as ever, spa retreats offer the perfect solution. However, few of us can afford to spend every weekend of the year at a luxurious spa enjoying energizing treatments.
If that does sound like your dream, however, you’ve probably been thinking of ways to bring the spa to you, whether that’s training your other half to be your personal masseuse or treating yourself to top-of-the-range bath salts.
If you want to increase your commitment to bringing the spa to you, consider how you can best use your outdoor space and transform it into a spa-like oasis. If you like the sound of this but don’t know where to start, here are some helpful ways to modernise your garden and leave yourself with a home spa that will have your friends dying to spend more time in your home!
Jacuzzi/Hot Tub Area
Purchasing a hot tub or jacuzzi and sticking it in the centre of your garden may appear a little too much like attention seeking for some people’s liking. Yet, with a few extra touches and some sophisticated design, it will ooze relaxation, luxury and tranquillity.
The key is to not think of your hot tub as a stand-alone item. Instead, think of it as the focal point of an area within your garden. Build or add a structured frame to go around and over your hot tub. Not only will this allow you to use your tub all year round, but it can also be styled with lighting, greenery and other decorations to make your hot tub area far more welcoming.
Adding flooring around your jacuzzi will also help to create an indoor-outdoor vibe to the point you may forget you are actually lying in your own backyard!
Utilise Your Conservatory
Speaking of indoor-outdoor, if you’re fortunate enough to have a conservatory leading to your garden, you can renovate this to create a luxurious retreat-like entrance to your garden. Most conservatories are considered outdated now with more homeowners favouring extensions, orangeries and sunrooms. To give your conservatory a new lease of life, view it more as a connection between your home and your garden by combining aspects of your home interior with your new spa-like garden.
The first step is to modernise your conservatory. Adding a tile roof to a conservatory is a great way to do this, while sliding doors that can be fully opened will help transform your conservatory from an indoor space to an outdoor one.
In keeping with the spa theme, use your conservatory as a relaxing seating area that can be enjoyed in both cooler and warmer climates. For those in colder parts of the world, the addition of a fireplace will help to create a sophisticated yet wholesome vibe.
Garden Sauna
Another option can be to replace an old shed with a sauna or even convert it yourself if you’re handy when it comes to DIY. This will really help to set your garden apart from others who are also trying to give their garden space a glow-up.
Saunas and steam rooms have become increasingly common in recent years and studies show they can help with things like skin health, stress relief and pain reduction. While this may sound like a huge investment, you may be surprised to learn that a small, portable sauna can be picked up for a few hundred dollars. For a top-of-the-range sauna, you can expect prices to easily go into the four-figure mark.
Plunge Pool
If you’re working with a big budget, and also a big garden, you may have the option of adding a pool to your garden. Obviously your garden and budget will determine how big of a pool you can add to your garden, but even a plunge pool for one will leave your garden the envy of your neighbors.
This can either work alongside or instead of a hot tub. Smaller plunge pools will add an extra touch of elegance to your relaxation area while a larger pool will work as the crown jewel in your garden. A great way to add a sophisticated touch to your pool area is through an outdoor fireplace, day beds or possibly even a BBQ station.
