Australia’s $126B+ wellness economy isn’t just about bathhouses; it’s reshaping how we experience our time at home.

But what you cannot see with the eye in all these wellness retreats is hidden under the floor, as the foundation of every wellness space is invisible.

Before you invest in a sauna or steam room, the most impactful health decision you’ll make is underfoot.

Comfort Heat have spent more than 25 years refining and understanding that home luxury isn’t always visible: it’s experienced.

The Wellness Movement Meets Home Design

Australia’s bathhouse boom reveals our lifestyle needs and they are popping up everywhere.

Saint Haven in North Sydney is the newest location for high-end private wellness clubs. The Bathhouse in Penrith brings Palm Springs-inspired mineral pools to Western Sydney. Sense of Self is opening Sydney’s largest bathhouse in 2026, spanning over 1,000 square meters in Surry Hills.

These spaces understand thermal wellness: radiant heat warms the body without forcing air through your lungs and heated surfaces soothe joints while keeping areas dry and comforting.

But you don’t need a 700-square-meter facility, or costly membership to access these benefits.

Comfort Heat are bringing this spa experience into your home and, it has never been so attainable.

Floor heating brings bathhouse-quality radiant warmth into your every day. Your bathroom becomes your spa, your bedroom your sanctuary.

The Problem with Traditional Heating

Traditional heating systems no longer align to the health expectations and aesthetics of our wellness lifestyle.

Ducted heating blows dust, pollen, and mould spores through every room. The forced air dries out airways, causing respiratory irritation and sore throats.

Ducted and gas heaters require annual cleaning, run fans that disrupt your sleep, and are not safe or hygienic for use in bathrooms. Wellness spaces avoid forced air for good reason.

How Floor Heating Works

Floor heating is the invisible infrastructure of wellness.

Heat radiates upward like sunlight warming the earth—warming surfaces first, then allowing the warm air to rise naturally through convection.

No fans, no forced air. Just gentle, even, radiant warmth.

It creates the “barefoot warmth” sensation central to every spa experience, operates in complete silence and remains completely invisible. No vents, radiators, or visual clutter.

At Comfort Heat, their 25 years of floor heating expertise means they have heated it all. They offer complete solutions including electric and hydronic options, and custom design for wellness spaces such as bathrooms, yoga studios, and bedrooms.

Five Top Health Benefits for Wellness Homes

1. Drastically Reduced Airborne Allergens

Forced-air systems stir settled dust into breathing zones every heating cycle. Floor heating systems have zero air movement. Allergens stay where they belong: settled and out of your lungs. Your wellness space remains allergen-free, bedrooms become true sleep sanctuaries, and you breathe easier before entering your steam room.

2. Maintains Optimal Humidity Levels

Floor heating warms surfaces without moving air, preserving natural humidity. This matters enormously for wellness rooms. Steam showers need stable humidity transitions from bathroom to bedroom. Your skin stays hydrated. Your respiratory system stays protected. It’s the bathhouse secret, now in every room.

3. Prevents Mould and Moisture

Steam rooms, spa baths, and hot showers create condensation risks. Mold is a major asthma trigger and wellness space saboteur.

Floor heating warms floors and walls evenly, and dries floors faster after steam showers, keeping wet rooms free from mold.

4. Creates Barefoot Warmth

There’s a reason to have warm feet: barefoot warmth signals relaxation to your nervous system. Warm feet trigger the parasympathetic “rest and digest” response, while cold tile activates the sympathetic “fight or flight” stress response.

Japanese wellness culture has known this for centuries; heated floors belong in every contemplative bath.

Complete your spa bathroom’s luxury retreat experience. It is, quite literally, the foundation of feeling at home in your sanctuary.

5. Silent Operation

Silence is essential for meditation, recovery, and deep rest. Wellness spaces require silence, comfort and need warmth without mechanical noise.

Floor heating delivers true “invisible luxury”, where you feel the warmth but hear nothing at all.

The Wellness Investment That Compounds

Wellness rooms feel incomplete without warm, dry, surfaces. Heated floors consistently rank as essential wellness bathroom upgrades.

Whilst floor heating undoubtedly adds value and appeal to your property, it also adds immeasurable long-term health value. A 25-35 year system lifespan means decades of wellness benefits.

Health isn’t just about gym memberships—it’s about how you feel every day.

Start Your Wellness Project Here

At Comfort Heat, “Invisible luxury, irresistible comfort” means superior health outcomes.

For over 25 years, Comfort Heat has helped Australians create homes that heal, not just heat.

Whether you require a complete whole-home underfloor heating system, are upgrading your bathroom or adding a wellness extension, Comfort Heat provides expert guidance to deliver tailored solutions to suit your project.

Comfort Heat can design complete solutions, offer sound technical advice and dependable after sales support.

Ready to design your home wellness sanctuary from the ground up? Contact Comfort Heat for a free consultation and discover why architects, interior designers, and wellness-focused homeowners across Australia trust our team of specialists to deliver invisible luxury that you will feel every single day.

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When it comes to relaxation and recovery, the new Ice Bath + from Stoked Stainless is a game-changer. This groundbreaking addition to the wellness world is handcrafted in Wanaka, New Zealand, with a commitment to exceptional quality, sustainable materials, and unmatched versatility. Whether you’re a dedicated fitness enthusiast, a wellness advocate, or someone who loves soaking under the stars, the Ice Bath + offers the perfect blend of design, functionality, and innovation.

Hot & Cold Combo Therapy. Get the benefit of both worlds

With a remarkable temperature range of 5ºC to 41ºC, the Ice Bath + transitions effortlessly between icy cold immersions and warm, soothing soaks. Start your day with a revitalising cold plunge to awaken your senses, recover after a workout with a refreshing dip, or end your evening in a cosy bath. Whatever your routine, this product adapts to your lifestyle, making it one of the most versatile ice baths in the world.

Handmade Excellence

Handcrafted from 316L stainless steel and cedar, the Ice Bath + is designed with both durability, functionality and beauty, making it a favourite of architects and designers across New Zealand and Australia. Stoked Stainless has been perfecting the art of creating high-quality tubs for over a decade, ensuring every detail is refined for maximum performance and longevity. Backed by an industry-leading 50-year warranty on both structure and the inner tub, this is an investment in wellness built to last and look good indoors or out for a lifetime.

Perfect for Australian Outdoor Living

Designed to seamlessly integrate into your outdoor spaces, the Ice Bath + brings a touch of luxury to courtyards, gardens, and patios. Its sleek, integrated, modern design complements any aesthetic, while its functionality ensures year-round enjoyment, no matter the season.

Pre-Order Yours Today

The Ice Bath + is now available for pre-Christmas orders, with deliveries scheduled for early 2025. Don’t miss your chance to elevate your wellness journey with the ultimate in hot and cold therapy.

Whether you’re seeking recovery, relaxation, or a stunning addition to your outdoor oasis, the Ice Bath + delivers whatever your lifestyle needs. Experience why Stoked Stainless is Australia’s top choice for premium plunge pools, hot tubs, spas and outdoor bathtubs.

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Wellness has become one of the newest buzzwords in housing. From soothing tones to oxygen boosting indoor plants, homes are now exploding with wellness opportunities that provide us with the same level of self-care that our body and mind practices do.

Now, we spend a lot of time decorating our homes to make them look great. But how do you really want to feel in your home? A space that establishes all those good feelings acts as a haven after a hectic day. Fun fact: if you have a healthy environment, you’re more inclined to live a healthier life. Having a space full of healthy triggers has a huge impact on your overall wellbeing. Homes that have unkempt environments, with poor indoor air quality, contribute to a range of physical and mental health issues such as asthma, allergies, stress and depression.

In a bid to energise our spaces, we’ve chatted to the experts for their tips on creating a wellness haven at home. Following these tips is sure to enhance your own wellbeing, because being a homebody is the new going out.

Flooring 101

If you’re serious about reducing VOC emissions in your home, flooring is a great place to start. VOCs are carbon-containing compounds that readily vaporise into the air. They are often to blame for headaches, eye and nose irritation, respiratory issues, fatigue, poor concentration and allergic reactions.

Indoor air quality is incredibly important to your wellness and the health of your family. Selecting non-toxic flooring is the first step to creating an improved indoor environment. “Care should be taken when introducing materials into your home as these choices can influence the quality of air you are breathing in each day,” says Jess Hall, marketing manager of Havwoods. “Many flooring products are made out of, coated by or constructed with harmful toxins that contain volatile organic compounds (VOCs), such as formaldehyde, that turn to vapour at ordinary room temperature, meaning you are breathing them in.”

This can easily be avoided by choosing products that have certification of low VOCs or excellent emissions ratings such as the Havwoods Par-ky range, which has obtained an A+ European emissions rating through quality construction. Timber flooring also has the added benefit that it does not trap pet dander, pollen, dirt, dust and other allergens that other floorings such as carpet tend to do. This creates a safer, healthier air environment, particularly for people who may suffer from allergies.

“When selecting wood floors, it is important to search for natural, oiled wood floors as they are far healthier and ecological than any painted, smoked, lacquered, UV-coated or wax treated wood floors,” explains Ella Brichta, marketing coordinator of Mafi Australia. “Natural, oiled wood floors aren’t sealed, so the pores of the timber remain open and are able to regulate humidity, absorb smoke in rooms and prevent allergens. Timber has many positive health benefits and the only way to embrace these qualities is to treat it in the most natural way possible.”

Still not convinced on timber? This should do it: “In addition to helping maintain your physical health, choosing timber can positively impact your mental health,” says Jess. “Studies have shown that the use of real wood in interior schemes has a similar stressreducing effect to nature itself and that the favourable effects cannot be replicated with imitation timber-look products.”

Furniture With A Difference

In the past, eco-friendly products may not have been aesthetically pleasing, but that’s all changed thanks to a new generation of designers and furniture companies with green thumbs.

While a lot of furniture looks great, it’s hard to know what they are finished with. Eco brands typically use 100 per cent natural wood versus plywood. In addition to solid wood being better quality and more durable, plywood can contain harmful chemicals such as formaldehyde. In terms of finishes, ecofriendly furniture pieces feature clear coats, paints and glues that contain low or zero VOC.

Case in point: furniture mega-brand PGT-Reclaimed. The company is part of an increasing number of businesses that are heralding change and bringing eco-friendly designs to the masses. PGT-Reclaimed founder, Ian Burden, has built his 20-year-old company on producing lifestyle furniture that promotes wellness and sustainability, with products manufactured using 100 per cent solid reclaimed wood and other non-toxic materials.

While Ian is focused on ensuring consumers can enjoy non-toxic furniture, he also considers the impact on workers during manufacturing. For this reason, the company launched a program dedicated to the use of finishing materials that are 100 per cent waterbased and that don’t contain nitrocellulose (NC).

“When we use NC, our factory has a strong chemical smell and although NC isn’t toxic, workers do worry,” says Ian. “Our program was a significant investment, which included appointing six employees to focus solely on developing new finishes and, over 18 months, they performed tests on more than 1000 colour boards,” says Ian. “Although costly, we couldn’t put a price on our workers’ or consumers’ health and comfort.” “Using high-quality, toxin-free materials is very important to us, and it should be to consumers when they consider the furniture they are breathing in or are in contact with each day,” continues Ian. “My advice for consumers is to do their research, look at where a piece of furniture is made and what it is made from, ranging from the wood and the glue to the finish.”

The best houseplants for purifying air

Plants do more than beautify your home. The best indoor plants are also incredible agents for expelling chemical pollutants and promoting wellness. Below, we outline our picks of the best indoor plants for cleaning the air.

1. Bamboo palm
2. English ivy
3. Tulip
4. Dendrobium orchid
5. Aloe vera
6. Peace lily
7. Rosemary
8. Boston fern

Cool, Calm And Collected

Colour can have a profound impact on mood, emotion and overall wellness, making it a powerful transformative design tool. So before you pick up a paintbrush, let us improve your colour know-how.

Are you going through a slump or feeling down or on edge when you are at home? The problem might just be the colour that’s around you. “There is now a WELL Building Standard – the first building standard to focus exclusively on the health and wellness of the people in buildings,” says Sarah Stephenson, brand and communications Manager for Wattyl. “In part, this WELL Building Standard references the effects of both colour and sound on an inhabitant’s wellbeing.”

Harmonious colour schemes have a calm and soothing effect on the psyche. There is increasing evidence that physiological health is improved when our interior environment mimics that of nature, in terms of colours and raw materials. For example, orangebased hues are perceived as warm, friendly and soothing in a world that is increasingly hyper-stimulated. “Currently, we are seeing a huge trend towards the colour blush,” says Sarah. “This is a derivative of a warm, orange-based tone – a reaction to our need to feel more comfortable and safe within this fast-paced, technologydriven world. Similarly, green, another nature-based colour, symbolises life, growth and sustainability. We are seeing this colour, in all its many hues, appearing in the form of paints, soft furnishings and indoor plants.”

On the other hand, blue helps achieve a calm, peaceful space while warmer colours such as reds can stimulate the appetite and introduce energy to a space. Meanwhile, yellow is known as a joyful colour. But be advised, the balancing of colour should be approached with caution. “Just note that too much of a colour can have a negative effect – for example, too much blue could create a chilly atmosphere in a room, rather than a calm one,” says Sarah. “And too much red can create too much energy and become stressful.”

Just add water

“In the past, it had been believed that paints required VOCs for higher performance, such as in traditional solvent-based products. With advancing technology, however, water-based paints can now replace high-VOC solvents with water to produce milder-smelling paints with fewer emissions. Dulux Wash & Wear is a low-VOC and family-friendly paint choice for the home.” Jennifer Ngo, Dulux development chemist.

Call It Magic

Centre yourself by trying out the newest trend in wellness: crystals. Sure, they look pretty, but they also claim a plethora of other benefits. Here, Stoned Crystals founder, Ashley Bellino, explains this age-old healing approach.

Why should we include crystals as a part of a holistic approach to wellbeing?

Crystals have been used for their powerful healing properties for thousands of years. At an atomic level, our universe is in a constant state of vibration. Crystals emit high-frequency vibrations and are extremely good at holding a stable vibration due to their crystalline lattice structure.

We, on the other hand, are a very complex mix of vibrations that can easily be disturbed and become unbalanced, which makes us feel sick and unwell. By using crystals as an aid during meditation and mindfulness, we are able to still the chatter of the mind and eliminate negative thought patterns.

What are your tips for using crystals to promote wellness in the home and office?

Computers, devices and other types of technology are increasingly overcoming our homes and workspaces. Crystals, especially shaped crystals, not only look beautiful when styled but also offer us a natural and tactile distraction to negate stress and improve mood and performance.

Crystals adjust imbalances by absorbing excess energy and can help intercept the electro magnetic forces from our computers and devices. They can also be beneficial for your visitors, customers and coworkers at the same time.

Could you run us through the best type of geode for the following spaces and what their effects are?

Geodes come in all different types of formations and it is best to look at the type of crystal rather than its formation to decide where it is best placed. All of the following crystals are available in geode form:

• Living room: Clear quartz – healing properties such as to induce patience, focus and positivity.
• Study, office or workspace: Citrine — the stone of abundance, stimulating confidence and helping to manifest new ideas.
• Yoga studio, meditation space or bedroom: Amethysts — this crystal has a calming energy and is used to de-stress and relieve headaches and insomnia.

How do crystals work to balance and align our chakras?

The body is composed of a number of different energy centres called chakras. Our chakras are located down the midline of the body, each related to acupressure points. Ideally, the upper chakras and the lower chakras should be balanced to ensure optimum health of those body parts. Each of your seven chakras is also strongly connected with specific crystals that produce
vibrations to help balance, align and cleanse your chakras.

Styling crystals in the home and workspace

• Keep natural stones or crystals as paperweights and
  bookends.
• Change the stones to fit in with the colours that suit
  your mood, interior style and colour palette.
• Use carved stone or crystal platters on tables to display candles, plants ornaments and decor on.
• Place crystals on the soil of potted plants or terrariums in your home and office. A cleansed crystal will help the plant last longer as well as look divine.
• Keep a couple of stones on the windowsill or hallway table in plain sight. Set an intention for this stone and let it act as a reminder.
• Put crystals by any tech devices in your home such as in the home office or games/television area to offset their strong electromagnetic fields.
• Use a favourite crystal as a worry stone, massage object or for brainstorming on your desk, workstation or even the dashboard of your car.

Want to learn more about interior design? Check out our interiors archive. 

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Wellness enthusiasts rejoice! IKEA has announced a limited edition wellness range ideal for everyday use within the comfort and tranquility of your own home. Featuring a range of furniture, home furnishing accessories and a yoga kit, all elements of the collection are designed to set the ideal conditions for rest, relaxation and gentle exercise—and come with the benefit of being highly affordable too.

Here are a few of our favourite pieces from the collection:

I for one will be bolting to IKEA to get my hands on the impossibly pretty yoga kit featured in the range… and quite possible most of the rest of the range too!

Designed by IKEA designers Maja Ganszyniec and Andreas Fredriksson and made using sustainable materials, the HJÄRTELIG range was designed to encourage wellness at home by encourage people to  hit to pause button on their fast-paced lives, and embrace the beauty of being mentally present.

“With the HJÄRTELIG collection, we wanted to help more of the many people embrace those moments where they can focus, relax and revitalise”, says Andreas Fredriksson.

Designer Maja Ganszyniec shares her inspiration for the yoga bag, “In the HJÄRTELIG yoga bag there is room for everything you need to bring to your yoga class. The big part has room for both exercise clothes and towels, and in the pockets you can have smaller things. “I also created opening in the straps on the outside where you can slide in your yoga mat for ease. Even better, it is made by cotton from more sustainable sources – Namaste”.

The HJÄRTELIG range is available for a limited time in all Australian IKEA stores from April 2018.

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