What Was Trending in Kitchen and Bath 2018: KBIS Report

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If you think going to your local kitchen and bath showroom is overwhelming imagine walking the halls of two convention show halls totaling over 400,000 square feet and over 600 vendors and try to figure out which products are the best for your clients!  It can be mind-boggling but I love every minute of working the KBIS show. 

 If you are a designer in the kitchen and bath industry,  I cannot stress enough how much you need to go to KBIS annually.  KBIS is where all the new products, technology, and trends are introduced not to mention the amazing educational opportunities with great speakers and industry icons, like Cindy Smith, Editor in Chief of Interiors Magazine, who gave the most amazing keynote ever!

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Mark Your Calender & Join Me on Feb. 23rd for "Breakfast At Tiffany's" Event With DXV & Thermador at Ferguson!

Awesome Auction by DXV and A Special Sample Sale!

For the past two years, DXV by American Standard has selected a panel of design professionals to create inspiring design concepts using DXV luxury bathroom fittings and fixtures. As you know if you read my blog, I was among the seven selected this year and challenged to create a bath or kitchen design concept drawing on the DXV portfolio of products.  The book I chose as my inspiration for the bathroom I designed was Truman Capote's Breakfast at Tiffanys."  There were other famous books represented in the bathroom vignettes such as Cloth and Kind's Like Water for Elephants, Regina Storck's Anna Karenina, Justin Saulis's and The Kitchen Network's Like Water for Chocolate.  Each designer drew inspiration from these famous works of literature to create bathrooms.  We used the beautiful DXV products as the anchor for our creations but added other luxurious furnishings to the room.  There were some fabulous items used to create the bathrooms.

DXV is offering a selection of these products for auction with proceeds being donated to Reach Out and Read (www.reachoutandread.org ) a national nonprofit organization that works through the pediatric healthcare system to prescribe books and reading aloud to foster language-rich interactions between parents and their young children.

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Insider Info: The Behind Scenes Story of My "Breakfast at Tiffany's" Bath for DXV

I am honored to be a member of DXV's 2015 Design Panel.  Meet the other talented designers chosen for the panel here.  As a designer on the panel, I was asked to design a bathroom with DXV Luxury products. DXV is a new division of American Standard and was introduced last year. 

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Breaking News from DXV!!!

I'll bet you thought this was sculpture didn't you?  Well, it is, sort of....
You can call it functional sculpture.  

BREAKING NEWS from DXV!! 

 I just returned from New York where I was a guest of DXV by America Standard.  I was there for the unveiling of the bathroom I designed using DXV products.  My bathroom is one of five projects that were unveiled this week by DXV for their 2015 advertising campaign.   I cannot wait to share more about my bathroom, and the other designers involved.  The DXV team also unveiled three new faucets that night as well. It was an exciting time for the world of plumbing fixtures as the DXV team launch the first ever commercially available faucets created with additive manufacturing, better known as 3D printing which redefines the way water pours from the faucet into the sink.  This allows for a magical way for water to enhance the user's experience.  This method employs a computer-guided laser beam which fuses powdered metal into the shape of the faucet with high heat and pressure after which a solid metal block rises up from the powder carrying the water inside.  Two of the faucets focus on reinventing the way water is brought to the user while the third design is focused on designing the experience of water. 

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The design of this sculpturally beautiful faucet is focused on re-thinking how water is transported, this design uses the inherent strength of the alloy to run water through a delicate filigree pattern to the spout of the faucet. Like magic!  This is true jewelry for the home!

DXV took notes from nature when designing this faucet.   The water runs across the top of the spout, creating the effect of a stream bouncing on the rocks of a riverbed.  The DXV design team used Computational Fluid Dynamic (CFD) technology to adjust each of the 19 waterways.

This faucet Exquisite design meets cutting-edge technology and a butler finish that evokes the look and feel of gently aged, buffed silver.

 Designs such as these are why I look to DXV for cutting edge technology in beautifully crafted products.  I'm proud to be a member of the DXV Design Team for 2015!  I'll be sharing my bathrooms and the bathrooms of the rest of the team this week.  Until then, feast your eyes on the latest products from DXV! 

Make sure to visit the DXV website  to see the entire collections of beautiful products for kitchen and bath.  DXV is a designers dream come true!  If you are a consumer and need help finding DXV send me an email  Lisa@lisamende.com 

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I invite you to follow DXV on Facebook, instagram twitter and pinterest to stay abreast of the DXV products!  Also follow Lisa Mende Design on instagram to see more of the debut of the 2015 Design Team!

Photographs credit to DXV American Standard

Don't Miss The #DXVTopsecret Project Video!

   

DXV Design Panel for 2015

I am honored to be among this talented group of designers, who were asked to design bathroom vignettes with the beautiful DXV products!  Please visit the DXV website and
 see all the lovely collections DXV offers.  

A special thank you to DXV and Veronika Miller of Modenus for
 including me in this project.  

 Veronika Miller of Modenus, shares her thoughts on the #DXVTopsecret reveal.   I hope you enjoy the video!  I just returned from New York and tired but excited to share the DXV products with all of you! More to come on Monday about the project, sponsors and the newest DXV project unveiling! 
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"Lisa Likes"

Lavin

I am so excited to travel to New York next week for the unveiling of a #topsecret project I have been working on for DXV.  I cannot wait to share the final reveal!  I must have something spectacular to wear.  I have been searching my wardrobe but so far haven't discovered anything I already own that fits the bill for the events.  I want something black, simple and chic.  Is that too much to ask?  While I was shopping for outfits to take to New York, I found a few other things I would like for summer too!  My list ranges from shampoo and jewelry to fun dresses and more! 

Make sure to scroll through and check them out below:

The Makings of A Savannah Dream Home & Grand Opening Giveaways!!!

I AM SO EXCITED ABOUT "THE MAKINGS OF A SAVANNAH DREAM HOME" post on the DXV website Decade15 Magazine, which is the first of a series of posts I will be doing about Jay Gould and his wife, Arlene's Savannah renovation.  Please join me on DXV's website to read the article in its entirety.  I think you will enjoy learning a little more about the amazing Mr and Mrs. Gould as well as Savannah.   Please join me as I journey through the renovation of the Gould's newly acquired home in "The Hostess city of the South" , Savannah!

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Grand Opening and Giveaways!!!

Traci Zeller and I are busy preparing for our Grand Opening on Wednesday, September 10th from 5pm - 8pm in our new studio at 2935 Providence Road Suite 202 Charlotte,NC .

If you are in the Charlotte area please drop in to have a glass of bubbly, enter to win amazing door prizes and see our new retail Design Center and studio!

A few of our artists in house will be here!!

Traci and I are working hard to raise money for Ronald McDonald Long Island Project!

We had our first several donation today thank you to our dear friends!  You will all be receiving a Traci Zeller candle while they last for your donation of $100 or more!

Whether you come in person to the Grand Opening or not, you may still enter to win our Grand Prize.   I will be posting the list tomorrow!!

Please Consider donating to Ronald McDonald by Clicking the Link Here!!!

 Friends near and far, we would appreciate your monetary support for

 Ronald McDonald.  It is easy to donate!  Click Here and do it today!  Anyone who donates $100 or more will receive a Traci Zeller Candle while they last!  Traci and I have made a commitment to raise $5000 so we need your help to meet our goal!  Every little bit helps!

Also each person who donates to RMD will be entered in the

 drawing for our Grand Prize!

Prizes announced tomorrow!!!!

Grand Opening 

September 10th 5pm-8pm

Champagne Reception

Come one, Come All!!!

Providence Plaza

Suite 202

2935 Providence Road

Charlotte,NC  28270