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kitchens, bathrooms & washrooms
essential elements for creative kitchen design
Paul Illingworth, Design Manager at Abode discusses the latest in kitchen sink designs and the rise of the boiling water tap...
Tapping into the multi-functional trend Over the past year, online search trends reveal a recurring theme for multi-functional kitchen taps with pull out spray taps and boiling water taps ranked as the most popular. Helping to maintain a healthier, happier, and more efficient household, functional products go hand-in-hand with both home and lifestyle by making daily chores easier and more time efficient. As the market continues to show preference towards interior
lifestyle elements like an integrated home bar or coffee station, it continues to fuel the growing interest in multifunctional taps, which offer enhanced functionality in lifestyle-oriented living environments. Now a must-have small domestic appliance in today’s kitchen, the latest statistics report that 80% of all new premium kitchens, and 20% of all mid-range kitchens now include a boiling water tap as the go-to kitchen essential to support wellness at home with
quicker, healthier recipes and purer drinking water. As this trend continues to evolve, we are noting a greater
desire to achieve synergy between the taps with other key elements in the kitchen like the furniture, sink, and appliances. Putting personalised design in its own style category, and this heightened level of coordination is encouraging end users to seek out multifunctional taps, which are highly sophisticated, perfectly streamlined, and fully customisable with interchangeable hardware that adds texture and individuality. The ability to coordinate the functional elements in a kitchen
to the brassware will continue to drive boiling water tap trends, and not only complement the most desired furniture trends but also other products like the worktops, flooring, hardware, wall paint, soft furnishings, and even lighting solutions. Early tap designs were larger and bulkier, whereas today, customers can hand-pick from a range of contemporary,
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