Bathroom Furniture Bathroom Ideas at IKEA Ireland

A bathroom is a room in your home for personal hygiene pursuits, generally containing a kitchen sink (basin) and whether bath, a shower, or both. In some countries, the toilet is included in this room, for ease of plumbing, whereas other cultures think about this insanitary, and give that fixture a space of its own.Historically, bathing was often a collective activity, which took place in public areas baths. In some countries the shared social area of cleansing the body continues to be important, as for example together with sento in Japan and saunas in Finland.In North American English the word "bathroom" may be used to mean any room comprising a toilet, even a public toilet (although in the us this is more commonly called a restroom and in Canada a bathroom).The first records for the employment of baths date back as far as 3000 B. C. At this time water had a robust religious value, being seen as a new purifying element for equally body and soul, and so it wasn't uncommon for people to be asked to cleanse themselves before entering a sacred area. Baths are recorded as part of a village or town life throughout this era, with a split among steam baths in European countries and America and chilly baths in Asia. Communal baths were erected in the distinctly separate area towards the living quarters of the village. [citation needed]Nearly all of the countless houses excavated had their very own bathing rooms. Generally located on the floor floor, the bath was made of brick, sometimes with a surrounding curb to sit on. The water drained away via a hole in the bottom, down chutes or pottery pipes inside walls, into the municipal drainage process. Even the fastidious Egyptians hardly ever had special bathrooms.