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Heating in the bathroom: any opinions on what will heat the space best (there’s no radiator in there, and in any case the hot water system isn’t going to help in summer).

Radiant heating seems like it could work, but how long does it take to actually heat the room? Would electric work or does it have to be hydro? How expensive are such systems, anyway (the bathroom is 77 sq ft, but the bathroom and shower will take up a good third of that floorspace). If we’ve already put in the subfloor, is it too late?

Otherwise, any opinions on the merits, advantages and disadvantages of electric baseboard heating vs some kind of electric wall heater? Do such things exist that aren’t horrendously ugly?

(Aesthetically, we’d love the towel rack kind of heaters, but ones that aren’t tacky or cheap looking are way out of our budget. I’ve yet to see a heat lamp that doesn’t make me shudder out of ugliness).