MERLYN and VADO announce collaboration for the first time at KBB 2026
ERLYN and VADO are proud to present a comprehensive, design-led bathroom solution at KBB 2026. The partnership brings together MERLYN’s specialist knowledge in premium shower enclosures and trays with VADO’s expertise in brassware, accessories and furniture, demonstrating how both brands can deliver a cohesive, total bathroom offering for retailers, designers and specifiers
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This is the brands’ largest stand to date and features five distinct bathrooms each centred around a themed daily ritual and showcasing complimentary bathroom solutions. By pairing MERLYN and VADO products throughout, the stand highlights how complementary ranges work together to ensure consistency in design, performance and finish across the entire bathroom. Through a considered use of colour, form, lighting and materials, the stand positions the bathroom as a personal sanctuary shaped by intentional design and everyday rituals. It reinforces MERLYN and VADO’s shared commitment to
quality, innovation and sustainable, design-led solutions for the UK market.
Designed as a flowing, guided layout, the stand will offer clear sightlines between each bathroom setting, alongside a welcoming central ‘Ritual Lounge’ a dedicated social space and focal point for meetings and discussion. Additional elements include dedicated brand meeting areas, hospitality, and takeaway ritual journals, enabling visitors to explore the concept further and translate inspiration into real-world projects beyond the show.
Eileen Slattery, Marketing Director at MERLYN, comments: “We’re delighted to be collaborating with VADO, for the first time at KBB 2026. Our goal is simple: to make the journey easier for our customers by bringing a complete bathroom offering together in one space.
This year, we’re showcasing five beautifully themed bathrooms, designed by Jo Love. Every space pairs a curated VADO range with a complementary MERLYN shower enclosure and tray, available in a variety of colours and finishes.
Visitors to the stand will be able to see an entire bathroom brought together in one space and gain practical insight into how our products are complementary and how a joined-up approach can simplify projects with a beautiful result.” Angela Neve, Product and Marketing Director at VADO, comments: “Our collaborative approach with sister company MERLYN will be a real standout at KBB Birmingham. This partnership brings together two established brands with a shared ambition: to simplify bathroom design and
specification by ensuring our products work seamlessly, aesthetically and technically. Together, we are providing retailers with the confidence of a fully coordinated bathroom solution, removing the need to juggle multiple suppliers or worry about compatibility. A key part of this collaboration has been the careful alignment of finishes many are now matched like-for-like, while others have been intentionally designed to complement one another, with scale and application in mind.”
MERLYN is also proud to have been shortlisted in three prestigious categories: Best Shower Brand, Best Customer Service and Best Sales Representative – Ross Moore.
Visit stand E65 to experience the collaboration first-hand at KBB 2026.
www.merlynshowering.com
www.vado.com
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