Kitchens Bedrooms & Bathrooms and These Three Rooms
September 2023
Kitchens Bedrooms & Bathrooms
- How its made: Vispring
- How it started: H Miller Bros
- Exploring bedroom styles
- Been there, done that: Our whimsical family bathroom
- Before you start: What you need to know when visiting showroom
- Buyer’s guide: Finding your perfect throne
August 2023
Kitchens Bedrooms & Bathrooms
- How it started: Dowsing & Reynolds
- Been there, done that: We designed and built our outdoor kitchen
- Material of the month: Ceramic
- Before you start: How long will my renovation take?
- Buyer’s guide: Everything, including the kitchen sink
These Three Rooms
July 2023
Kitchens Bedrooms & Bathrooms
- How its made: Drummonds
- How it started: Harrison Spinks
These Three Rooms
- Pink and green bathroom: how we created a whimsical scheme
- Project timelines: How long will my renovation take?
- Pink bathroom ideas: from pale blush to rich rose
- Kitchen coffee station ideas to start your morning right
- How to design a wheelchair accessible bathroom
- Upholstered headboard ideas to add interest to your bedroom
- Wheelchair accessible kitchen ideas and expert advice
- DIY outdoor kitchen: how we built our dream design
- Decorating with wood in your kitchen, bedroom or bathroom
June 2023
These Three Rooms
- Terracotta kitchen ideas: from burnt orange hues to warm pastels
- Basin tap ideas: fluted, knurled, and textured designs
- Scandi bedroom ideas to create a peaceful retreat
- Painting kitchen cabinets: should I DIY or use a professional?
- Shower enclosures: how to choose the right one
- How to create a wet zone bathroom
May 2023
These Three Rooms
- Best outdoor pizza oven: gas and wood burning ideas
- Colourful bedroom: how we created our boutique hotel master suite
- Outdoor seating ideas: from small set-ups to grand solutions
- The latest bathroom launches at Clerkenwell Design Week 2023
- Decorative lampshades and bases to refresh your bedroom
- Outdoor dining ideas for al fresco entertaining this summer
- Rattan bedroom furniture ideas: shop the look
- What is a shower niche and why do you need one?
- The latest BBQs for outdoor cooking and entertaining
- Coloured grout: everything you need to know
- Solid wood kitchen cabinets: all you need to know
April 2023
These Three Rooms
- Top 6 stylish and functional bathroom shelf ideas for 2023
- Quirky downstairs loo ideas we spotted on Instagram
- Teen bedroom ideas: expert tips for designing a personal space
- Biophilic interior design: what is it and how to get the look?
- What is a pot filler tap and why you should have one
- Pet-friendly design ideas for your kitchen and utility room
- Danish pastels: modern Scandi decorating ideas with soft shades
- 70s interior design ideas for 2023: sunset shades and natural wood
- Pet-friendly design ideas for your kitchen and utility room
March 2023
These Three Rooms
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May 2023
- Feature: Keller Kitchens: Sustainable ethos, sustainable growth
- Feature: Showroom of the month: Bathroom Envy
April 2023
- Feature: Clearwater: One stop shop
- Trends: Kitchen, bathroom and appliance
- Feature: Showroom of the month: Life Kitchens
March 2023
- Feature: Lakes: If you don’t hold stock you are dead
- Trends: Kitchen, bathroom and appliance
- Feature: Showroom of the month: Jones Britain
February 2023
- News: 13 Tile Giant stores close as it goes into pre-pack administration
- News: Are you a designer who sells or a salesperson who designs?
- Feature: Training the new generation
- Trends: Kitchen, bathroom and appliance
- Feature: Showroom of the month: Home Living Group
January 2023
- News: 500 jobs could go as Magnet owner Nobia plans cull of UK operations
- News: Retailers must ‘get to grip’ with eco appliances or risk losing sales
- Trends: Kitchen, bathroom and appliance
- Feature: Showroom of the month: Village Bathrooms
December 2022
- News: Retailers more satisfied with suppliers but some still complain of ‘awful service’
- News: Majority of retailers predict slowdown in customer spending
- News: Warendorf in administration again
- Trends: Kitchen, bathroom and appliance
- Feature: Showroom of the month: Junction 2 Interiors
- News: Optiplan Kitchens calls in administrators
- News: German manufacturer Störmer restructures business
- Trends: Kitchen, bathroom and appliance
- Feature: Showroom of the month: Cooks and Company
November 2022
October 2023
- News: EXCLUSIVE: Falmec UK doubles business despite ‘hard times’
- News: Could sky-high energy bills force retailer cutbacks and price increases?
- Feature: Energy crisis
- Trends: Kitchen, bathroom and appliance
- Feature: Showroom of the month: Et Lorem
September 2022
- News: Managing supply chain now ‘hardest part’ of retailers’ job
- News: What’s hot in the brassware market?
- News; KBB industry pays tribute after death of Queen Elizabeth II
- News: Leave kitchen design to kitchen designers, says SBID CEO
- News: ‘We offer customers a unique solution’, says Rak Ceramics CEO
- News: Open-door, locked-door or appointment-only?
- Feature: Rak: We offer customers a unique solution
- Trends: Kitchen, bathroom and appliance
- Feature: Showroom of the month: Dayrooms
August 2022
- News: Independent studios grab lion’s share of £5bn UK kitchen market
- News: Glasgow kitchen retail hub named the third coolest street in the world
- News: ‘We are fully stocked in certain categories,’ says Smeg CEO
- News: Retailer ‘disheartened’ as bin strikes ‘turn Edinburgh into a landfill site
- News: Retailers outraged by ‘ridiculous’ surcharges
- Feature: Hafele: Listen then react
- Feature: Salone Review and Smeg interview
- Trends: Kitchen, bathroom and appliance
- Feature: Showroom of the month: The Wood Works
July 2022
- Podcast: TikTok for Retailers
- Online feature: How to become viral on TikTok
- News: Kitchen degree funding shortfall resolved, but questions remain
- News: Haier’s success down to its retailers, says European CEO
- Feature: Haier: Data driven design
- Trends: Kitchen, bathroom, appliance and surface
- Feature: Showroom of the month: BKNC
June 2022
- Podcast: Bathroom trends, guest designers and being a one-stop-shop
- News: Recruitment crisis: ‘Give younger people a chance’
- News: KBBG: strong start for year after 78% sales uplift in 2021
- News: Rak Ceramics opens global Design Hub in London
- News: Have the nationwide rail strikes affected the KBB industry?
- Feature: Shine bright like a diamond
- Feature: Showroom of the month: Poggenpohl
May 2022
- Feature: The lay-on, the pitch and the wardrobe
- Feature: Showroom of the month: Kitchens Etc
April 2022
- News: Are supply shortages hurting customer relationships?
- Feature: Selling sustainable kitchens
- Feature: Showroom of the month: The White Kitchen Company
March 2022
- News: When will the stock shortages end?
- News: Villeroy and Boch Kitchens growth ‘beyond expectations’
- News: ‘Get into people’s heads and ask the right questions,’ says Kelly Hoppen
- News: 72% of customers see the value of virtual showroom tours
- Feature: Showroom of the month: Olive and Barr
February 2022
- News: Can KBB retailers make money from contracts work?
- News: Urban living: threat or opportunity for KBB retailers?
- News: Bathroom retailer beats the skills crisis by taking on own fitters
- Feature: Home sweet office
- Feature: Showroom of the month: Abiss Kitchens
January 2022
- Feature: Showroom of the month: West One Bathrooms
December 2021
- News: What does Plan B mean for your showroom?
- Feature: Personalise with colour
- Feature: Showroom of the month: Napier Bathrooms
November 2021
- News: CP Hart revamps flagship showroom in Waterloo
- Feature: Kuchenmeile, open and in person
- Feature: Showroom of the month: House of Rohl
October 2021
- News: ‘We have allowed the skills shortage to happen’, says KBBG MD
- News: KBBG sales and membership grow despite Covid challenges
- Feature: Save our high street
- Feature: Showroom of the month: Sheraton Interiors
September 2021
- News: KBB retailers coping with fuel shortages but fear longer-term problems
- Feature: Tackling the recruitment crisis
- Feature: Showroom of the month: Kitchens International
August 2021
- News: Get on board with accessible design or lose sales, warns expert
- News: Bucks New Uni adds BA option to kitchen design course
- Feature: Make your designs universal not just accessible
- Trends: Kitchen, bathroom, appliance and surface
- Feature: Showroom of the month: Tom Howley
July 2021
- News: Retailers choose to stay appointment only after restrictions are lifted
- News: Edinburgh retailer ‘heartbroken’ as floods strike for second time in eight months
- News: Recruitment nightmare for retailers as skilled staff cherry-pick where they work
- Feature: In conversation with… Bertrand Lejoly
- Feature: Spa wars, in a bathroom not too far away
- Trends: Kitchen, bathroom, appliance and surface
- Feature: Showroom of the month: Birkdale Kitchens
June 2021
- News: ‘No jab, no job’ policies – ‘disgusting’ or reasonable?
- News: A third of KBB retailers will require staff to be vaccinated
- News: Customers confused by new energy labels, say kitchen retailers
- Feature: Bold, durable and sustainable
- Trends: Kitchen, bathroom, appliance and surface
- Feature: Showroom of the month: Sola Kitchens
May 2021
- Trends: Kitchen, bathroom, appliance and surface
- Feature: Showroom of the month: Ripples, Chelmsford
April 2021
- News: Orders flood in as KBB retailers reopen post-lockdown
- News: Appliance shortages continue to frustrate retailers
- News: Retailers upbeat after positive week’s trading post-lockdown
- News: 60% of KBB showrooms will open by appointment only
- News: Retailers happy to be reopening their showrooms
- Feature: One year on: The Impact of lockdown
- Trends: Kitchen, bathroom, appliance and surface
- Feature: Showroom of the month: The Kitchen Store
March 2021
- News: Ernest Smith diversifies into manufacturing pocket plugs
- Feature: Spa days at home
- Trends: Kitchen, bathroom, appliance and surface
- Retailer profile: It’s all about the people
February 2021
- News: Unfair or justified? What retailers think of the exit roadmap
- News: Top industry figures start up new bathroom brand
- News: Retailers remain optimistic with Brexit in full swing, our survey says
- News: New road scheme could finish our business, says retailer
- Feature: We have a deal and we are out of the EU – now what?
- Feature: Keep it clean
- Trends: Kitchen and surface
- Feature: Showroom of the month: Gessi Clarkenwell
January 2021
- News: Retailers fear latest lockdown will impact future orders
- News: Installations and government support top concerns for retailers as new restrictions bite
- Feature: A picture tells a thousand words
- Feature: Design and function
- Feature: Showroom of the month: Ocean Bathrooms
December 2020
- Feature: A statement about luxury
- Trends: Kitchen
- Feature: Showroom of the month: Halcyon Interiors
November 2020
- Online-only News: Retailers react to surprise government U-turn
- Feature: Finding lootopia
- Trends: Kitchen, bathroom, appliance and surface
October 2020
- News: New bathroom supplier One of One promises exclusivity and better margins
- Online-only News: Silestone’s new sustainable surfaces confirm its commitment to the environment
- Trends: Kitchen, bathroom, appliance and surface
- Feature: Connected and smart living
September 2020
- Online-only News: Ex-BCT employees set up The Branded Tile Company
- News: ALM Studios expands
- News: Ripples diversifies with new range of body and home products
- Online-only News: Bax sees UK growth after collaboration with Haus of Design at kbb show
- News: Ocean Bathrooms revamps showroom during lockdown
May 2020
- Online-only News: New association aims to secure best future for bathroom retailers
- Online-only News: Wren reduces its showroom staff
- Retailer Profile: Sheffield Sustainable Kitchens
- Feature: Showroom of the month: Burlane Interiors
April 2020
- News: Baumann launches bathrooms in the UK
- Retailer Profile: Bathe and Beyond
- Feature: Showroom of the month: Humphrey Munson
13th issue – The design trends shaping your world
- Feature: Timeless design
- Feature: International design
March 2020
- Online-only News: Smart technology creates theatre in the showroom, says BSH
- News: Ashley Ann expands HQ with £2 million investment
February 2020
- News: City vibes and global living
- Feature: Showroom of the month: Searle and Taylor
January 2020
- Online-only news: Firefighters battle blasé at kronospan’s Chirk factory
- News: Bauformat opens first UK training centre
- News: An ideal partnership
December 2019
- News: Ex-Bathstore franchisee bounces back under own name
- Feature Q&A: In conversation with Joe Fattorini
- Feature Q&A: ‘Our mission is suitability’, Insinkerator
- Feature: Let’s get Digital: Make Friends and influence people
- Trends: Kitchen, bathroom, appliance and surface
- Retailer Profile: Cambridgeshire Bathrooms
- Feature: Showroom of the month: Silver Birch Interiors
November 2019
- News: Kohler Mira declares goal to be carbon-neutral by 2035
- Feature Q&A: In conversation with Emma Culshaw Bell
- Feature: Manufacturing profile: Sales figures never lie, TKC
- Trends: Kitchen, bathroom, appliance and surface
- Retailer Profile: KCA
- Feature: Showroom of the month: New Forest Designs
October 2019
- Feature: Manufacturing profile: Kohler Mira UK
- Trends: Kitchen, bathroom, appliance and surface
- Retailer Profile: The Furniture Union
- Feature: Showroom of the month: DNA Bathrooms
September 2019
- News: George Clarke calls for 100,000 council houses a year for 30 years
- Feature Q&A: In conversation with Roberto Palomba
- Feature: Distributor profile: ‘We’ve never gone for a quick sale’, CDUK
- Feature: The forgotten B (bedrooms)
- Trends: Kitchen, bathroom, appliance and surface
- Feature: Showroom of the month: Simply Kitchens
August 2019
- Online-only news: Mira Showers wins second Queen’s Award for Enterprise
- Online-only news: BCT bought out by Al-Murad Tiles
- Online-only news: New sales director for LG UK
- News: Bathstore in administration
- News: Ideal Standard targets design crowd with £1m showroom in Clerkenwell
- Online-only IG video: Ideal Standard showroom
- Feature Q&A: Minhyeok Bu, Samsung
- Feature Q&A: In conversation with Brent Heavener, @tinyhouse
- Feature: Manufacturing profile: Grohe
- Trends: Kitchen, bathroom, appliance and surface
- Feature: Showroom of the month: CP Hart
July 2019
- News: Uncertainty is ‘hurting consumer confidence’
- News: Our potential is so big, Brexit is irrelevant, says Grohe CEO
- Feature Q&A: In conversation with Simon Rimmer
- Trends: Kitchen, bathroom, appliance and surface
- Feature: Showroom of the month: Tom Howley
June 2019
- Feature Q&A: Mark Bickerstaffe, Kohler
- Feature: Experiential retailing: ‘Everyone deserves an experience’, Parlour Farm, ‘It’s all about breaking down barriers’ Kitchen Culture and Stars of the big screens, Marks Electrical
- Feature: Distributor profile: ‘Without good customers, I don’t exits’, IDS
- Trends: Kitchen, bathroom, appliance and surface
- Feature: Showroom of the month: Porcelanosa
May 2019
- Feature Q&A: In conversation with Georgie Barrat
- Feature Q&A: Manufacturing profile: ‘We only work with true partners’, Vitra
- Feature: Manufacturing profile: Prepared for whatever Brexit brings, Blanco
- Trends: Kitchen, bathroom, appliance and surface
- Feature: Showroom of the month: Dobsons
April 2019
- Feature Q&A: Neolith
- Trends: Kitchen, bathroom, appliance and surface
- Feature: Retailer profile: ‘Customers must get on board or go elsewhere’, Sustainable Kitchens
- Feature: Showroom of the month: Baden Bathrooms
March 2019
- Feature: A marriage of convenience, retailer/supplier relationships
- Trends: Kitchen, bathroom, appliance and surface
- Feature: Showroom of the month: Acaelia Home Design
February 2019
- Online-only news: : BCT retailers ‘left in dark’ over administration
- Feature Q&A: In conversation with Simon Acres
- Trends: Kitchen, bathroom, appliance and surface
- Feature: Manufacturing profile: British, bullish and Brexit ready, Omega
- Feature: Showroom of the month: Bury St Edmunds
January 2019
- Online-only news: Cevisama: Brexit fears blamed for dip in Spanish tile sales
- Online-only feature: Tile counsel: How to create a showroom display
- Online-only news: Omega ‘taking the bull by the horns and investing’ ahead of Brexit
- Feature Q&A: In conversation with Joel and Kate Booy
- Trends: Kitchen, bathroom, appliance and surface
- Feature: Showroom of the month: Richard and Richard’s
December 2018
- Feature Q&A: In conversation with George Clarke
- Feature: Making the internet work for you
- Trends: Kitchen, bathroom, appliance and surface
- Feature: Showroom of the month: Classic Interiors
November 2018
- Online-only news: Neolith celebrates strong first year of direct sales in the UK
- Online-only news: MHK buying group growing but behind target in UK
- News: Kbsa hits 40th anniversary and report ‘unheard of’ growth
- Feature Q&A: ‘Join us and be a bigger industry voice..’, Allister Reed, kbsa
- Feature Q&A: Designer roundtable
- Feature: ‘People still want a German kitchen’, Jens Klar, Nobilia
- Trends: Kitchen, bathroom, appliance and surface
- Feature: Conducting the perfect event
- Feature: Showroom of the month: Harlequin Bathrooms
October 2018
- News: Ram raiders wreck kitchen showroom
- Feature Q&A: In conversation with Rachel Khoo
- Trends: Kitchen, bathroom, appliance and surface
- Feature: Retailer profile: From rivals to partners, Kutchenhaus
- Feature: Showroom of the month: Victoria and Albert
September 2018
- Feature Q&A: In conversation with Kurt Merki Jr
- Trends: Kitchen, bathroom and appliance
- Feature: ‘I wanted to build an army of women plumbers’, Hattie Hassan
- Feature: Showroom of the month: Harvey Jones
August 2018
- Feature Q&A: In conversation with Patricia Urquiola
- Feature: Hire purpose
- Trends: Kitchen, bathroom and appliance
- Feature: Showroom of the month: Elite Stone
July 2018
- Online-only news: and video: New colours and styles for PWS’s 1909 kitchens
- Feature: Navigating the marketing minefield
- Trends: Kitchen, bathroom and appliance
- Feature: Showroom of the month: Farnham Furnishers
June 2018
- Online-only news and video: Duravit showroom opening in Clerkenwell London
- Online-only news and audio: Charlie Smallbone and DeVOL Chelsea Flower Show
- Feature Q&A: In conversation with Christopher Howe
- Trends: Kitchen, bathroom and appliance
- Feature: Showroom of the month: Stanford Designs
Builders’ Merchants News (BMN)
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- Feature: Independents
- Feature: Nationals
- Feature: Branch openings
- Feature: Giving something back
- Feature: Voice of the independents
April, 2018
- Feature: Take a look into virtual reality
BMF Supplement
- Feature: Elliott’s 175th Anniversary
- Feature: A decade of Digby Stone
- Feature Q&A: 30 minutes with Glenn Paddison
March 2018
- Feature: Investing in people and branches
October 2018
- Feature: Timco is expanding to support its legacy
Heating Ventilation and Plumbing (HVP)
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