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Franke

Posted on 14th April 2022

At Franke, we want you to experience the pleasures that cooking, eating and entertaining in a kitchen fitted with our products can bring. That’s why we keep developing innovative home solutions which excel in form and function.

Franke is globally renowned for a product range that offers style, convenience and precision craftmanship. Our unrivalled portfolio offers premium kitchen sinks, cutting-edge taps, handy accessories, waste management solutions and beautifully engineered cooker hoods.

For over 100 years, we’ve been pushing the boundaries and exceeding our customers’ expectations with unique, intuitive products that are a joy to use, day in and day out. We’re constantly innovating the style and functionality of our products to meet the changing needs and lifestyles of our customers and to deliver industry-leading, award-winning designs. We use only the highest quality materials and the most beautiful colours, finishes and textures to help you create elegant, ergonomic kitchens that will stand the test of time and trends.

Our sinks are precision-made and offering something to suit every requirement and style of kitchen. Spanning classic and contemporary designs and offering a range of installation options, you’ll find the highest quality stainless steel models in a variety of sizes and formats, beautiful ceramics, while our impeccable Fragranite sinks come in a growing selection of trend-setting colours and combines durability with hygiene thanks to our exclusive Sanitized® technology.

Cutting-edge design and lifestyle enhancing functions are the hallmarks of our kitchen tap ranges. From electronic 100°C instant boiling water taps and touch-free options with water saving features to practical mixers in a spectrum of designs and filtered water taps that provide a healthier and more sustainable solution, our taps are the perfect combination of form and function.

Whatever your style or budget, our beautifully engineered cooker hoods are packed with innovative features and smart technology. Take your pick from eye-catching, designer models with voice activation that monitor air-quality, practical wall hoods and more discreet options offering a choice of speed settings and built-in LED lighting.

The small design elements always make a big difference and our practical waste disposal units and in-cupboard waste sorter bins will provide the perfect finishing touches to your kitchen.

Franke 0161 436 6280

Abode

Posted on 15th February 2022

Established in 2002, Abode is an award-winning designer and distributor of market leading kitchen taps, sinks, bathroom taps and showering solutions. With core values centred on passion, design innovation and assurance, we are dedicated to bringing UK homeowner’s the best-in-class tap and sink designs with distinctly unique features, special finishes and the latest technology.

With headquarters in Barnsley, South Yorkshire, we have earned a formidable reputation as one of the most innovative kitchen and bathroom brands in the KBB and interior design industry, with products designed in the UK by our in-house Product Design & Development Team.

Exclusively stylish, reliable and sustainable, Abode product offering includes:

Abode Kitchen Taps: Contemporary | Traditional | Aquifier Filter Taps & Abode Swich
Distinctly Abode Kitchen Taps: Pronteau Hot Water Taps | Classically Abode Kitchen Taps
Kitchen Sinks: Stainless Steel | Ceramic | Composite | Wastes and accessories
Bathroom Brassware & Showering

New for 2022 – Classic style meets modern function with our new Pronteau ProTrad collection. The name reflects all, this product is a TRULY traditional hot water tap design. A well-proportioned tap design offering truly traditional features, ProTrad includes ceramic style handles, Victorian detailing and traditional finishes. Enjoy steaming hot water on demand without compromising on style for a truly traditional finish in your kitchen.

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New City Heating

Posted on 25th January 2022

Our flagship Town Hall showroom is based in Fenny Stratford, Milton Keynes. Boasting 16 REAL displays and a variety of bathroom products to admire and inspire. We have a team of experts who are always on hand to help; whether that’s with a complete bathroom renovation or a simple upgrade of your taps.

We can use 3D design technology you show you, your NEW bathroom! Taking inspiration from your Pinterest boards to make your bathroom dreams a reality and all for within budget. View some of our designs over on our website.

The Myers Touch

Posted on 21st September 2021

Award-winning kitchen studio, The Myers Touch specialise in the holistic design of luxury kitchens in the Winchester area, creating truly bespoke living spaces that offer far more than conventional cooking environments. A family business established in 2003, we were delighted to win ‘Kitchen Retailer of the Year’ at the 2021 kbbreview awards, and enjoy a long-standing partnerships with German kitchen manufacturer SieMatic and luxury appliance brands including Gaggenau, Wolf, Sub-Zero, Miele and Siemens.

Our long-standing expertise in kitchens, architecture, design and local trades gives us specialist knowledge and experience that covers every element of a new project and the vision to make creative suggestions that go far beyond our clients’ expectations.

Tel: 01962 600700

Lucas Grant Kitchens

Posted on 24th August 2021

We are a small, independent, kitchen joinery company based in Farnham, Surrey. Our bespoke kitchens are designed, handcrafted and installed by us directly.

We make beautiful, bespoke kitchens, made for each individual client, their vision and their space, in any colour of their choice.

Craftsmanship, experience, and a desire to deliver the perfect kitchen runs through the heart of our business. We use the highest quality of materials that deliver a beautiful, durable and long-lasting kitchen that will be part of our clients’ homes for many years to come, without the huge price tag of many of our rivals.

Dowsing & Reynolds

Posted on 4th August 2021

Arriving home after a day out, you put your key in the front door. How do you want to feel as you step inside?

Dowsing & Reynolds believes it’s how a room or space makes you feel that’s going to make a house feel like your home when it comes to interior design and home renovation.

Perhaps you want to be welcomed in your hallway, inspired in your kitchen, cosy in your living room and calm in your bedroom. Whatever the feeling you’re looking to create, it’s often the little things that have the most significant impact.

Dowsing & Reynolds specialises in detail. They are passionate about improving the aesthetics of everyday things. Curious to see how they can make the often-overlooked, boring items in a home more beautiful.

The subtle beauty of a light switch and how pleasing it sounds as you turn it on. The way a kitchen handle feels to the touch as you open a cupboard or drawer: a statement light that creates just the right ambience and a focal point in your room.

Gorgeous bubble chandeliers that float across your ceiling, Miami pink taps in your kitchen or bathroom, beautiful extra large gold knurled handles on your wardrobes. A graffiti wallpaper feature in your lounge with Smoked gold switches and sockets. It’s surprising little details like this that reflect your personality.

Family and friends owned and run, Dowsing & Reynolds was launched in 2012 by James Dowsing-Reynolds after his wife and future co-owner Ally noticed the similarities between his concrete sculptures and expensive concrete light fittings in a magazine.

Fast forward to 2021, and Dowsing & Reynolds’ design-led home fixtures and fittings now include:

Lighting and accessories
Taps and showers
Switches and sockets
Cupboard and internal door handles
Shelving and brackets
Paint and wallpaper
Artificial and preserved/dried plants

Create a home that speaks to your unique personality, and it will always feel like your special place.

Tel: 0113 819 9985

Roundhouse

Posted on 30th November 2020

Roundhouse is a-multi award winning British company, founded over 20 years ago by architects with a passion for beautiful, functional design. We create bespoke kitchens and furniture with a discreet aesthetic, using a huge range of innovative materials, texture and colour.

All our furniture is made to order by expert craftsmen at our factory in Malvern, Worcestershire, in an area with a long heritage associated with furniture making. Here Roundhouse cabinetmakers bridge the gap between centuries old traditions of workmanship and the latest technical innovations, combining unique joinery skills with state-of-the-art manufacturing techniques.

Roundhouse bespoke projects are eclectic, elegant and architectural. All our kitchens work from an ergonomic point of view and feel wonderful to use and to spend time in. Renowned for our originality we work hard at staying ahead of the curve and have our own R & D team continually developing new uniquely beautiful finishes.

We are proud to be British and totally bespoke, manufacturing to order, making furniture to any size and virtually any finish, colour or veneer.

Roundhouse furniture is ‘Made in Britain, Built to Last.’

Albion Baths

Posted on 20th November 2020

Back in 1994, Albion’s founders had a mission – to create the ultimate bathtubs. After looking at the market it was clear that only two materials were available at the time. Acrylic, which is a soft plastic, become popular in the 1970’s due to ease of manufacture and low cost. However, acrylic’s properties fell short of what the customer wanted. It’s flexibility was always an issue. People reported a dread of taking a bath, as they felt the tub might break under their weight. People also said that acrylic was easy to scratch and always had a ‘cheap look about it’. These shortcomings remain today.

Cast Iron baths have been used for over 120 years. They’ve gained a reputation for being the ‘real-thing’ however, cast iron has many drawbacks, such as excessive weight, incredible heat loss from the bathing water and a proneness to surface chipping. Homeowners also found that liquid cleaners would ruin the white interior surface.

After two years of development, Albion had it sorted. A new material was created from an amalgam of high technology resin and a special reinforced mineral. Manufactured in our own factory, this material was named Iso-Enamel due to its high strength and hard surface. This formulation is cast into moulds and allowed to harden. To this day, our special process is unique and offers benefits that other materials cannot provide.

So what’s so good?

An Albion bath is 1/3rd the weight of a cast iron bath. The average weight of our baths is 70kg.
Your bathing water will stay hotter for up to five times longer.
Clean your Albion bath will all modern liquid cleaners.
An Albion bath has a hard, high gloss interior that gives years of sterling service.
Customise the bath exterior with any colour from the Dulux or Farrow and Ball colour palettes – or choose one of our burnished metallic options.
Made by hand in our Weeley factory. We mould, trim and polish our baths to the highest standard.

Phone: 01255 831605

CRL Stone

Posted on 18th November 2020

Drawing on its 20 years’ experience in the stone industry, CRL Stone supplies a large range of colours and finishes of ceramic and quartz surfaces that are ideal for kitchen worktops and bathroom vanity tops.

CRL Quartz is a beautiful engineered quartz stone, which is scratch, heat, stain and shock resistant, with no requirement for sealing. Needing minimum maintenance to keep it looking as good as new, the non-porous surface makes cleaning simple, with soap and water or a mild detergent all that is needed. CRL Quartz is available in a large choice of colours, with a polished finish. In thicknesses of 20mm and 30mm, the surface comes in an extra-large format slab allowing for greater consistency in design over large spaces such as kitchen worktops.

Ceralsio by CRL Stone is a beautiful, hard-wearing and versatile range of ceramic surfaces, available in a large colour palette and in a polished, natural or textured finish, making it an ideal option for any space. Ceralsio surfaces are 12mm thick and available in up to 1600 x 3200mm slab format, enabling them to be used to create large surfaces such as kitchen worktops and bathroom vanity tops with practically no joints, ensuring continuity and visual appeal.

Ceralsio slabs are ideal for splash backs, indoor and outdoor wall cladding and can be used for flooring too for a complete look. The ceramic surface is not only beautiful to look at but also a highly practical choice for the kitchen and bathroom. Totally impermeable, ceramic is completely stain, shock and scratch resistant, very thermally and UV stable and shock resistant. It is also very strong and simple to care for.

Phone: 01706 863600

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