Kos Faraway Interior Pool
4 August 2009
“Somewhere”
I am on record as saying—entirely too many times I’m sure!—that bathrooms should be, to the extent that it is possible to make them such, luxurious rooms that restore, refresh, reinvigorate, and rebuild. And also, if you’re one of those who is gaping (can’t really call it “just looking” when your mouth’s hanging open!) at the subject of today’s blog, then I think you will agree with me when I say bathrooms should be a room for fantasies.
And let’s face it, this one’s a fantasy, people. The first thing you’ll surely notice is that this cannot possibly be done for anything less than a small fortune. But think about it for a moment. Why the heck are we working anyway? To leave the kids a nice inheritance? Well, maybe. Myself, I prefer the kind of people I read about who had a license plate holder on a Mercedes that said, “I’m spending my kids’ inheritance!” So, if price were no object, what might you do then?
Well, having spent a
fair amount of my life in our spa since we installed it some ten years ago, I think I can say that I would vote for the Interior Pool by Kos, a spa they call the Faraway, maybe because for most of us such a concept is faraway, but mostly, I think, because it enables one to simply go faraway without actually going any further than the bathroom! Or as they put it on their website, “I’ve got plenty of time. Traveling without moving, a new experience.” And the line I particularly like, that “sensual intelligence” is something possessed by “tomorrow people,” which when you think about it makes perfect sense. Ease your weary bones into a spa like this one, and any problem you might have entered the spa with is swiftly consigned to the tomorrow file.
It appears to be too large for all but the most elaborate bathrooms, but a special attached “make the world go away” room is certainly not out of the picture, right? The steps into the pool are also the source of underwater illumination for the pool, and just to double the bet as it were, there is also a blower placed under the steps which ripples the surface of the water over the entire length of the pool, thereby giving it a sense of enchantment and otherworldliness.
The Faraway Pool is a concept spa piece that was designed by Italian architects and designers, Roberto and Ludovica Palomba. It’s actually a sunken pool that has been leveled with the floor. So, where does the water go when people enter, because face it, you know it’s going up and over the edge, right? The answer is simple. They rimmed the pool with a catch basin that works similarly to those used in an infinity pool, one of those pools that sit on the edge of a lot and seem to merge into the sky. It’s a trough that catches the overflow and recirculates it, giving the illusion of something that cannot possibly be, but somehow is.
To return to the Faraway Pool… well, frankly, I wish I were going to return to this pool! But who knows, maybe in some far off time, I might actually get enough money for something like this for me and the wife. Maybe the song writer was right. Maybe there’s a place for us!
Joseph
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