Hello World! Welcome Friends! Let’s face it: Americans are stressed out.
When we’re stressed, it affects nearly every aspect of our lives, from our work to our sleep to our personal relationships, not to mention our health and eating habits.
Is there any more effective way to destress than to spend a day at the spa? Well, what if you could have that experience at home?
Let’s take a look at the things you should consider before building home spas.
What Are Home Spas, Exactly?
Home spas is one of those terms that will be thrown around to refer to a number of different concepts. Sometimes home spa is interchangeable with hot tub, other times it refers specifically to an in-ground spa, and lastly, sometimes it’s used to describe a spa-area of the home.
In this article, we’ll be using home spas to mean the latter.
1. Inside or Outside?
Are you looking to create a luxury backyard spa or a zen-like indoor paradise?
There are pros and cons to both. Whether you choose one over the other might have to do with practical considerations, like not having any room inside or not having a backyard.
2. What Features Do You Want to Include?
Your home spa design can consist of anything and everything that supports your well-being and relaxation. Hot tubs, saunas, an outdoor bathhouse, and a relaxing sitting area could all be in the running.
You might also want to think about how you’ll want to decorate the space. Making it a peaceful environment can really contribute to how calming and restorative your home spa experience is. Don’t forget about including lush plants, incense, aromatherapy, candles, a fire pit, a music system, or anything else you could dream of.
3. How Much Space Do You Have?
Not all of us are so lucky as to have 2,000 extra square feet lying around. Realistically, space is going to be an important consideration.
While only having a small space to work with will limit your options, it really is amazing what can be done with tiny square footage.
4. What’s Your Budget?
The cost of spas is going to vary widely depending on what you’re putting in your spa. Maybe your budget is more in line with an outdoor inflatable hot tub rather than a magazine-quality in-ground spa surrounded by waterfalls and a dreamy landscape.
Fair enough.
What’s important is that you have a sense of what you’re working with in terms of budget. Combine that with your wishlist of what you want your spa to include, and you can start coming up with solutions that work for both you and your wallet.
Remember that the cost of installing a spa doesn’t end once you’re soaking in the tub. Various spa equipment will likely show up on your utility bills as well.
5. What’s Your Climate Like?
Where you live and the climate there might be one of the most important considerations in the indoor vs. outdoor debacle. If you live in a place with a long, cold, rainy season, you might not be able to use your spa as much as you’d like. At the same time, if you live in an area where it’s 90-plus degrees most of the time, you might not be too psyched very often to climb into a 104-degree hot tub.
You’ll always want to think about things like wind, nearby trees, and pollen.
6. Is Your Location Private Enough?
One of the best things about using spas at home is that you can just let it all go. We all need to relax from time to time, and frankly, most of us probably don’t do it enough.
Unfortunately, if you place your outdoor spa in a location where your next-door neighbors can see you from their deck and second-floor windows, you might not be able to feel as relaxed as you’d like.
Privacy is an important component of being able to fully unwind. This, of course, can be different for different people, so you’ll want to just think honestly about how important privacy is in order for you to get the relaxing benefits out of your home spa.
7. How Much Will You Really Use It?
When you’re putting in the time, energy, and money into building outdoor spas or indoor spas, it’s important to be realistic about how much you’ll really use it. Otherwise, there’s a good chance it’s not worth the expense.
One thing you’ll want to think carefully about is where you’re locating your spa. If it isn’t in a spot that is conveniently accessible, it’s likely you won’t use it as often as you would otherwise. This is particularly true if an outdoor spa is far away from the house and you have relatively frequent inclement weather.
A Home Spa: Is It the Right Choice For Your Place?
Having a home spa could help you get better sleep, alleviate the pain you might have, relieve your stress, and offer an awesome spot to hang out with your family and friends.
On top of all that, it can help improve your blood circulation, maintain the health of your skin, and help improve your mood!
There are lots of good reasons to build a home spa, but that doesn’t mean it’s something you should do thoughtlessly. Taking these considerations into mind will ensure that you’re making good choices regarding your home spa.
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