The showstopper at KBB – the product that had the aisles clogging up – were the great new Focal and Optical Mirrors on the outside of the HiB stand. With a height adjustable and detachable magnifying mirror, mounted on a gentle felt-covered magnet, positioning for personal usage becomes simple – a brilliant idea. But this [...]
Schmidt Wimbledon is now open to give prospective kitchen buyers in the London area a new and highly stimulating experience. Owner Ryan Marfleet has installed 9 inspiring displays which offer visitors a superb range of choice in terms of colours, styles, finishes and ideas. Design concepts range from the traditional to highly contemporary and even [...]
2012 is off to a big start for leading bathroom products supplier HiB as they launch two new mirror designs that offer simplicity of style yet excellent performance at a very affordable price point. Skye and Casey are both fluorescent illuminated mirrors using a back-lit light source that gives a clear light across the mirror [...]
As a fifth generation family-owned company that holds the Royal Warrant to HM The Queen, Stoneham Plc is one of Britain’s finest makers of quality kitchens and cabinet furniture. The traditions of craftsmanship and unique skills run as deep today as they did all those generations ago. Although Stoneham have a reputation for producing some [...]
Some elements to successfully building and selling houses are fundamental. We all know about location but how often do developers concentrate on kitchens? More and more, especially with open plan living, the kitchen is the hub of the home. Leading house builders Croudace Portland specified Stoneham kitchens for their highly successful Westways development at Bickley [...]
World leaders in kitchen fittings and storage systems – Blum – have conducted intensive research into the use of kitchens and best use of the volume of the kitchen cabinet. Blum UK Marketing Director, David Sanders, says that “functional cabinets” are the way to go: “We buy a refrigerator or an oven for a specific [...]
From bathroom accessory suppliers, HiB, come two new compact but elegant basins in the lustrous Mineral Marble. Delta (40cm) and Swirl (50cm) are available as either wall hung, with attractive chrome rails, or fitted to storage. HiB’s latest designer furniture Solo, is designed to work with the two basins, giving an attractive, all-in-one solution. Delta [...]
Launched at the international ISH exhibition in Frankfurt, and already fully available to UK retailers, the new S20 range of bathroom sanitaryware and associated brassware products has proved a runaway success with UK retailers. The S20 collection of products can be encapsulated on two words – “affordability” and “versatility”. VitrA’s S20 fits perfectly into the [...]
As the demand for bespoke kitchen services increases, Stoneham have bolstered the size of their design department in this area with 3 specialised appointments. Samantha Judges joins the Stoneham team as a Kitchen Designer while Arvind Dhorajiwala and Emma Jeffery have both been recruited as Design Technicians. At the design stage of individual cabinets these [...]
HiB, leaders in bathroom mirror design have introduced two distinct styles that reflect past graciousness. These mirrors will be welcomed by a huge number of homeowners who prefer to furnish their houses in a more traditional fashion. However the beautiful etching on the mirrored surfaces of the two designs, Grace and Victoria, belie a sophisticated [...]
