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The spa in warm candlelight. A steam room behind glass, lined in pale green mosaic with tiny star lights in its ceiling, a rain shower in a stone niche with a wooden bucket, and a sauna of pale wood with lit benches behind glass doors. In front, curved stone heated loungers with folded towels, a jar of blossom and a lit candle, all in pale limestone.

← the floorHidden High Street/below the street·if / 075

The spa

Heat, steam and quiet, in a tight, well-planned suite that follows straight on from the pool.

The card

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The spa

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The notes

rendered

Modern spa. Basement under Abbott & Sons barbers, about 7 × 7 m, next to the pool hall.

Palette: Aspen sauna wood, Pale limestone, Grey-green tile, Dark bronze, Linen.

materials

  • Finnish sauna lined in pale aspen, with a glass front onto the relaxation area
  • Steam room tiled floor to vaulted ceiling in small grey-green mosaic
  • Treatment room in lime plaster with an oak floor
  • Rain shower and cold bucket shower in limestone between sauna and steam

furniture

  • Aspen benches on two levels in the sauna
  • A heated tiled bench in the steam room
  • A treatment couch and an oak cabinet
  • Two heated limestone loungers in a small relaxation area

lighting

  • Warm hidden LED under the sauna benches
  • Small star-like fibre optic points in the steam room ceiling
  • Dimmable soft wall washers in the treatment room

practical

  • Separate extract for the steam room and the sauna
  • Steam generator and sauna heater need their own electrical supply
  • Doors open outwards and must never lock from outside

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Photorealistic interior architectural photograph of a small, modern private spa in the basement of a house. In the foreground, a relaxation area with two heated pale limestone loungers and folded linen towels. Beyond, a Finnish sauna lined in pale aspen with a full glass front, warm light glowing under its two-level benches. To one side, a steam room tiled floor to vaulted ceiling in small grey-green mosaic, with a heated tiled bench and tiny star-like lights in the ceiling, its glass door misted. Between them, a limestone rain shower with a bronze cold bucket shower. Calm, warm, quiet light. Style: high-end interior photography, soft and serene, real texture. Avoid: cheap hotel spa look, plastic, people, text.

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The spa in warm candlelight. A steam room behind glass, lined in pale green mosaic with tiny star lights in its ceiling, a rain shower in a stone niche with a wooden bucket, and a sauna of pale wood with lit benches behind glass doors. In front, curved stone heated loungers with folded towels, a jar of blossom and a lit candle, all in pale limestone.
01 · The spa in warm candlelight