Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Bathroom Furniture from Roper Rhodes

Roper Rhodes is the UK’s Leading independent suppliers of bathroom accessories and bathroom furniture. Their products are modern and stand out through twisted shapes and an overall bold approach. The Roper Rhodes portfolio presents both traditional and contemporary designs of wall and freestanding accessories, vanity units, furniture, bath panels and toilet seats in a wide variety of colors, materials and finishes.

A range of products from the Roper Rhodes bathroom furniture offer contemporary, modern and traditional collections to enhance any bathroom. With a variety of colour and wood finishes, plus exciting combinations of glass and stainless steel, their furniture range is truly comprehensive.

We are pleased to be associated with Roper Rhodes Ltd which is one of the UK’s leading independent suppliers of bathroom accessories and bathroom furniture.

Here we are provide overview of some of the products by Roper Rhodes.

roper rhodes cabinet
A contemporary styled and beautifully manufactured 600mm wide bathroom wall cabinet offers an alternative to the mirror/canopy option. An optional light kit designed specifically for this cabinet can be added.

roper rodes walnut washstands
Karmas perfectly proportioned 900mm washstand features an internal wooden shelf. The chunky chrome bar handles echo the curved shape of the ceramic basin. The washstation has tall solid wood tapered legs and full 5 piece solid wood shaker inspired door construction - features synonymous with traditional carpentry.

The washstand also benefits from the added luxury of soft-close doors enabling quiet and controlled closure of doors.

wallmounted unit
Walnut finish 700mm wallmounted washstand complete with two large drawers providing ample storage. Drawers feature discrete push-to-open technology; just a simple push action allows you to open and close the units, basin not included.

Thursday, September 24, 2009

Bathroom Tap Guide

Bathroom Taps are a necessity for every bathroom. There are many different types of bathroom taps from where you can choose from, now you don’t have to be a muted purchase. Consumers are now seeing taps as a fashionable addition to their bathroom and as such are spending more focus and money on these. You can select either contemporary or traditional taps, some designed solely for the sink or tub area and you can choose from individual spouts or one spout with both hot and cold water allowing you to adjust the temperature and pressure to your preference.

The focus on taps is not only due to the shifts in fashion but in focusing on the quality, as whilst a bath is just an item that you fill with water (though understandably the materials used and thickness of the base do differ depending on model and influence overall quality), the tap has a number of moving parts and there is nothing worse than a dripping tap when it all goes wrong. Consumers are now spending that little bit more money for not only a fashionable item but a product that they can rely on for the life of their bathroom.

Now at last we wonder against the issue of whether to go branded or unbranded as the two will be sat side by side and typically, the major difference between the two will be that of the quality and price. If you go for brands like Crosswater or Hudson Reed you always feel a difference between the two but for that you have to spend little more money.

Bathroom Updating Guide

If you are planning to update your bathroom, then you should follow some guidelines. Updating your bathroom requires not only design you chose, it involves steps to change the layout and bring elegance.

First Decide the correct place for bath shower, if you have plenty of space then decide the place where you can put your bathroom furniture. If your loo is in you bathroom, decide where will be place and then position the bath basin.

Bathroom taps are a necessity for every bathroom and with the choice available they no longer have to be a dull purchase.

Collection of designers taps are available in the market. Their styles vary from contemporary to the more traditional and come in all different shapes and sizes. Its your choice whether you want to purchase Cross water taps or Hudson Reed Taps out of dozen of big brands such as Balterley, Grohe, providing styles to suit your individual needs.

Choosing the bath and basin can be a time-consuming task. Even if you're not opting for something like a jacuzzi spa or indoor hot tub, baths come in all shapes and sizes standard oblong, rollover bath, corner, curved, wider at one end than the other and colors. Unless you desperately yearn for a particular colour it's best to stick with white. It's clean-looking, inoffensive and will go with any colour you decide to use for paint and furnishings.