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Outdoor showers are cool. That’s why they’re all the craze right now. If you’re thinking about building or getting one for your house, you’re not alone. Here’s why outdoor showers are a great advantage for your home:

1. An Outdoor Shower Is a Relaxing Experience

Showering is meant to be a rejuvenating experience. When you’re outside with nature, a shower feels incredibly cleansing and powerfully liberating.

If you look up the word “natural” in the dictionary, it states the following: “existing in or formed by nature.” This is the opposite of artificial. A natural experience is precisely what you get in an outdoor shower.

What’s interesting is that you’ll actually find an ode to outdoor showering in the Boston Globe. Neil Swidey, the author of the piece, sums up the experience beautifully:

“Inside the outdoor shower, cool breezes mix with warm water, all under an open sky. Unlike the climate control of our indoor lives, these breezes are beautifully unpredictable, sometimes pushing up from the ground to graze our shins, other times swooping down from the clouds to penetrate clumps of wet hair.”

2. The Outdoor Shower Is More Than Just a Beach-house Extra

Sure, if you live near a beach, an outdoor shower is a must to wash off sand and salt. But outdoor showers can come in handy anywhere.

Regardless of where you live, you’ll find many unique advantages to having an outdoor shower. With an outdoor shower, you can:

• Clean off your dog.
• Wipe off dirt after gardening.
• Wash up after an intense workout.
• Clean up and change after swimming in the pool.
• Have an extra shower for when you have lots of guests.

So, unless you live in a very cold climate, an outdoor shower can benefit you greatly. Who knows, you might end up using it in more ways than you could imagine.

3. Outdoor Showers Look Great

Like with an indoor shower, there are countless ways you can design your outdoor shower. If you’re a DIY person, then you can let your creativity run wild.

From organic showers made of bamboo and stone to showers made of lavish sculptural tiles, you have plenty of options. You can make your shower extra private so that you can use it every night of the year as well.

Choose a design that matches your preferences and house architecture. You’ll have an outdoor shower that enhances the overall look of your property.

4. You Don’t Have to Worry About Mold Inside

Mold commonly grows in the bathroom. It’s such a problem that the United States Environmental Protection Agency has a whole guide about it. This isn’t something that you can ignore.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, exposure to mold and mildew can have a variety of health effects. For people with low or compromised immune systems, or with chronic lung illnesses, mold can cause very serious health problems.

With an outdoor shower, you at least lessen the potential for mold to grow in your bathroom. That puts yourself less at risk, and leaves the interior of your home looking and smelling great.

Get an Outdoor Shower You Love

Outdoor showers offer practical, aesthetic and health advantages. And that’s the reason for their rise in popularity. Jump on this trend and contact us at Scarlett’s Landscaping — you’ll be happy with your decision every time you hop in the shower.