One of the best things we did when remodeling the main bathroom was install a heated floor. There's no heat in most of the house, remember. The ground floor has forced air but the 2nd and 3rd floors have no heat to speak of, and we spend most of our time on the 2nd floor. That's where the main bedroom, bathroom, kitchen, and laundry room are all located.
So rather than install some sort of air ducts or radiators, we put in a heated floor. This is basically an electric blanket under the tile. It's connected to a thermostat and timer, so it only comes on for a few hours in the morning and again in the evening. It's set to 88 degrees: like a warm sidewalk in the summer sun.
There's nothing quite so wonderful as crawling out from under the blankets on a February morning and padding into the bathroom with its warm floor. We've been known to "accidentally" drop our bath towels before a shower so they get toasty.
Between the instant hot water from the tankless water heater and the auto-warming floor, I suspect this bathroom is a lot more comfortable than the Victorians ever imagined.
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