An average person spends three years in the bathroom in a lifetime: Kalpana Ramesh

Hyderabad, July 31, 2017: Seventy lakh people lose mobile phones across the world every year in bathrooms. We visit toilet 2500 times in a year and spend three years on the toilet in our lifetime. The bathroom is the reason for the argument of 70% couples in the country. People are spending more money on bathrooms than on drawing rooms; these are some of the interesting facts revealed in a Knowledge Sharing Seminar ---"Changing Face of Bathrooms" organized by Vita Fresh and Indian Plumbing Association, Hyderabad Chapter, Concern for Twin Cities here in the city on Sunday night.

No one ever says they are living room singers. Everyone says they are bathroom singers. Nobody can judge you, and you are yourself in the bathrooms. Bathrooms are very important. They are the places of reassuring, Self-motivating places to comfort oneself few positive things, like ‘yes I can do,' ‘nothing is impossible’ ‘all is well’ kind of affirmations. Bathrooms serve as best the places for people to overcome their negative thoughts. These positive affirmations can successfully treat people with low self-esteem, depression, and other mental health conditions are some of the remarks made the experts who spoke on the subject a seminar that lasted well over 90 minutes

Pratap Paduchuri of Vita Fresh who markets an imported shower therapy product spoke on how much chlorine in shower water harms the skin, hair, and other ailments. With products like Vita Fresh and others, bathrooms now become wellness rooms. Shower filters for chlorine free bathing are now available in the market he said. These new age Shower Therapy products dechlorinate the shower water for disease free skin and healthy hair, he informed. He spoke about how bathrooms can be used as stress busters since we spend so much time being there, he informed.

Indian Plumbing Association, Hyderabad Chapter, Vita Fresh and Concern For Twin Cities jointly organized the seminar with single objective of sharing the knowledge and latest developments in the area

Dr. DGP Sastri Vice President Indian Association of Dermatologists, Venereologists and Leprologist, Telangana Chapter and Krishna Indian Plumbing Association Chairman, Hyderabad Chapter who is the Chairman of the Technical Committee were also present on occasion.

Sowmya Reddy Menda, a Software Professional, turned Interior Designing student at Hamstech was rewarded for her best innovative idea on bathroom contest for recommending presence of driers and sanitizers in bathrooms under the category of using technology to solve human needs.

“Bathrooms have become an important part of our lifestyle these days. People’s perceptions are changing while buying their houses. The builder fraternity too has geared up and is spending more to come up with innovatively designed bathroom spaces. These days the clients are focusing more on better options to the dry and wet areas of the bathrooms,’”said, Chaitanya Rayapudi, Director, Supra Builders, while addressing the 70 plus gathering comprised of students of interior designing, architecture, aspiring house/flat owners in a knowledge sharing seminar on "Changing Face of Bathrooms" held at Hotel NKMs Grand, Erramanzil.

A relaxed state of mind distracted from your existing ineffective solutions and high dopamine (chemical released in the brain) levels of our brains, neuroscientists globally have factored as the magical combination of getting creative ideas. Our sedentary lifestyles have restricted us from engaging in cardio vascular activities like swimming, jogging which creates this magical combination, while a refreshing bath in the soothing ambiance of our bathroom helps create this impact, Chaitanya further added. It enlivens the Archimedes in you, who jumped out of his bath tub shouting Eureka Eureka and came out with the Archimedes principle.

“Earlier bathrooms were neglected spaces. Today our clients to ensure that there is a standard size allocated to it with suitable fitments from branded companies. Moving to the luxury segment the customers are giving due consideration to sensible and practical designs. Innovatively managing the spaces and use of water, embracing technology is the need of the hour.’, Kalpana Ramesh, interior architect and water conservationists, one of the panelists in the seminar said.

Bathrooms have today acquired prominence while designing the interiors of a house as stress buster spaces where one could ease out, relax, refresh and get some of the greatest startup ideas. Appropriately so it has evolved to the pivotal point of the design. According to a study, people are spending three years of their lives in the bathroom, added Kalpana.

Pratap Paduchuri of V’ Lour Enterprise and distributors of Vitta Fresh Shower filter one of the organizers of the seminar from South Korea said, “The uniqueness of this shower is that it comes with Vitamin C cartridge packaged in it. Soft water filters through it enriched with Vitamin C, neutralizing the chlorinated water, helping us to heal symptoms of dry skin, eczema, etching, hair fall, and dandruff. Taking a Vita Fresh shower creates good mood and lot of freshness. The best part about it is that it could be self-fitted to existing fittings without any modifications to them. “

Today water is a major issue. People are struggling hard dealing with chlorinated water. Usage of vitamin C enriched water in homes is gaining popularity worldwide, especially by the various international hotel chains. Even in India Tata homes has come up with wellness homes equipped with Vitamin induced filters as standard fittings. Vitamin C treated water will give you the feel good factor and enable you to think creatively, Pratap added.

The bathroom is the most peaceful place. The most creative moments are spent there. They are the of spas of homes, test places to get ideas. They are right places for breakthroughs. Best start-up ideas have struck in bathrooms, observed the panelists.

Designing a bathroom takes careful consideration. It’s sort of like the jewelry of the home, where your visitors can retreat from a dinner party or family gathering, shut the door, take a deep breath and get away from you for a moment. Meanwhile, the master bathroom is about creating an intimate haven to get away from life’s daily stresses