Survey Spotlights Role of Lighting in Design

374 COOPERSBURG, PA — A vast majority of US homeowners say that quality lighting is important to the design of their home, with most reporting that lighting “is one of their most important design choices,” according to a Harris Poll survey conducted on behalf of Lutron Electronics, a major supplier of lighting, control and automated shading solutions. According to Lutron, the first-of-its-kind poll “signals the growing demand for modern, high-quality lighting solutions” that supports the role of lighting in everything from wellness and sleep routines, to creating ambiance, connecting to nature, incorporating sustainable design elements, and informing homebuying priorities. “Light…Continue Reading

Bemis Assist Premium Toilet Seat Wins Kitchen & Bath Business (KBB) Product Award

Assist Toilet Seat has been selected as the winner of the Bathroom Accessories category in the 2023 KBB Product Awards SHEBOYGAN FALLS, Wis., Oct. 5, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Bemis Manufacturing Company announced that its Assist Premium Toilet Seat has been named the winner of the Bathroom Accessories category in the 2023 Kitchen & Bath Business (KBB) Product Awards. The KBB Product Awards honor manufacturers for superior products on the basis of market need, technological advancement, aesthetic merit and innovation. The expert judges were impressed with the seat’s innovative design and its ability to provide safety and security for a variety…Continue Reading

Entries are now open for kbbreview Retail & Design Awards 2024

Retailers, designers, installers and suppliers are now invited to get their entries in for the kbbreview Retail & Design Awards 2024. After this year’s glittering event at The Depot in Cardiff, the 2024 ceremony and gala dinner will take place at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole on Monday March 4, 2024, alongside the kbb Birmingham show. The awards are FREE to enter and all shortlisted finalists will get two free seats to the awards. What makes this year’s event even more special is that it marks the 30th anniversary of the kbbreview Retail and Design Awards. The categories you can enter…Continue Reading

40 Bathroom Tile Ideas For Showers, Floors, And Walls

Once upon a time, just a few years ago, all-white bathrooms seemed like the only stylish possibility for bathrooms. From the tiles to the porcelain, paint, and linens, white was the go-to. While we still love white, we’re expanding our horizons to the world of intriguing colors. These days, interior designers are opting for more unique bathroom looks. Because bathrooms are enclosed spaces, they provide an awesome opportunity for fun design featuring interesting colors, patterns, and materials. Among them, tiles can be a particularly impactful choice with seemingly endless options. Not only do you have to choose the tile material,…Continue Reading

Experts love Jennifer Garner’s mid-century modern bathroom |

Jennifer Garner is the champion of celebrating beauty and practicality simultaneously in her home. Everything from her warm, Scandi lighting to her family fruit garden screams utilitarian coziness. Now, the 13 Going on 30 actress has given us a new clean-lined space to fade over: her mid-century modern bathroom. A recent Instagram post shows Jennifer Garner styling her hair with Virtue Lab’s Purifying Leave-In Conditioner and 6-in-1 Styler, but the background is the real star of the show. The Alias lead’s bathroom is styled minimally with a satisfying combination of natural materials like exposed wood beams and a small decorative…Continue Reading

A trip into the best bathrooms in America at BWI Marshall Airport

Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport has a cheeky new distinction — its new bathrooms have been declared the best in the nation for 2023. What went into winning such an award actually took years of work and thinking about the most private areas in most buildings. “Two national surveys say restrooms are the most important thing to passengers, which blows my mind,” said Paul Shank, the chief engineer at BWI. “Another survey said it was the second most important. So, I like to say restrooms are both the number one and number two most important thing for our traveling public.”…Continue Reading

10 bathroom designs we enjoyed this week | News

anchor Squirrel House in Palm Springs, CA by MWDA; Interior Design: Damerow Design; Landscape Design/Architecture: Surfacedesign In case you haven’t checked out Archinect’s Pinterest boards in a while, we have compiled ten recently pinned images from outstanding projects on various Archinect Firm and People profiles.Today’s top images (in no particular order) are from the board Bathroom Spaces. Tip: Use the handy FOLLOW feature to easily keep up-to-date with all your favorite Archinect profiles!↑ Blodgett-Calvin Residential Compound in San Marino, CA by Fung + Blatt Architects; Original Architect: Calvin Straub; Photo: Mark Mahaney↑ Jule…Continue Reading

Feeling flush? Bathroom hygiene is set to explode with the Irish buying public finally ready to embrace wall-hung rimless toilets

The bathroom innovators are on it with a new generation of fixtures and fittings, all designed to keep germs at bay. But do we really need them and are they worth the cost? “Bathroom hygiene is going to explode in the next ten years,” says Tony Murphy of Tile Style. “But for a lot of people, it’s still not high on the list.” His younger clients are understandably more concerned with the overall cost of a project than its long-term cleanliness. “If it looks clean, they think it is clean. But people in the 50-plus age bracket are the ones…Continue Reading