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Friday, November 20, 2020

We know it has been a tough period amid the Covid-19 global pandemic, and an ongoing month-long MCO. Do not worry as Cosentino Malaysia would like to offer you 3 simple solutions to how you can spend your time wisely. 1. Online shopping We know you’ve missed going to malls, but we can offer you the next best thing! Our website (www.cosentino.com) is filled with an array of surfaces you can choose or get inspiration from for your next home project. If not, just check out our new collection, we promise it’s worth a scroll! 2. Design your own kitchen With Cosentino Kitchen 3D (http://kitchen3d.cosentino.com/), you can make your dream kitchen come come alive with the creation of 3D images where you can configure the colour, the edge and the sink! 3. #wearehygiene Share your tips/ habits of safety and hygiene in the kitchen/bathroom on FB and IG. Do tag @CosentinoAsia and hashtag #wearehygiene and #cosentinoMY, we would love to see your beautiful stories!

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Friday, November 20, 2020

A storage water heater can work wonders to give your bathroom an added layer of comfort. This type of water heater comes equipped with a in-built tank, where water is heated and stored to provide safe, clean and consistent hot water. It's ideal to go for storage water heaters that incorporate innovative technology, quality materials and exceptional safety features. Here are some that we think fit the bill very well. Browse through our top storage water heater recommendations below:

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CENTON Nautilus Series Multipoint Storage Water Heater Centon Nautilus Series is the latest generation multipoint storage water heater with user-friendly adjustable heating power and temperature control, giving users full control over their sensational shower experience. These features are especially useful for hotels, allowing them to save energy usage during low season. Nautilus Series's compact size and clean design also allows it to be installed on any bathroom walls or even below the basin, benefiting users with easier and cheaper installation and maintenance cost, as opposed to the above ceiling storage water heater varieties. Built with Blue Diamond Enamel-coated Tank Technology, all of Centon's new generation storage water heaters have longer lifespan, improved leak resistance and better heat insulation, outperforming other conventional stainless steel tank storage water heaters in the market.

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Elton Electrical Storage Water Heater Elton Electrical Storage Water Heater supplies 24/7 hot water regardless of weather changes. It is energy efficient and its performance is guaranteed with minimum service maintenance. Also, water temperature in the storage tank is fixed at 60°c to prevent legionella bacteria and scalding risk. Every model is installed with an Isolation Barrier, a fitting located at the inlet and outlet of the electric storage water heater. This barrier provides double-layered protection by lengthening the water pathway to make it into a “non-conductive” path. This fitting is small, light and compatible for all types of water heater, to protect users from electrocution risks. On top of this, the storage water heater also comes with precise thermal cut-out and overheat protection.

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Hydro One EcoHeater Breakthrough technology for Storage Water Heater is finally here. With Hydro One EcoHeater, you can now enjoy instant and safe hot water with electricity cost savings up to 50% against conventional storage heater system without compromising on the heating performance. Hydro One EcoHeater uses heating component that is made of non-metal based silicon composite material with lower power consumption rating that was first invented in Germany. It features non-electricity conductive material for lower risk of electrocution and higher efficiency in terms of water heating application. The heating component is widely used in many challenging industries such as automotive, medical and semi-conductor due to its ability to generate heat rapidly, efficiently and high reliability under harsh environments.

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Joven Storage Water Heater With leading cutting-edge innovation and expertise, Joven Storage Water Heater is the perfect choice if you are looking for an efficient hot water solution for your bathroom. This storage water heater pairs compatibly with bathtubs, jacuzzis, rainshowers, showers, basins as well as kitchen sinks just by a simple connection to the hot and cold mixter tap system. The storage water heater offers a nifty temperature control which enables thermostatic control between low, medium and high with temperature display. Built from high quality SUS 304 Grade stainless steel, Joven Storage Water Heater withstands rust and rupture for higher durability and stellar performance.

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Alpha Storage Shower Heater Featuring U.K. hi-tech performance heating technology that comes with a triple safety system and incoloy heating element for higher durability, Alpha storage shower heater is made from high quality materials: stainless steel grade 304 for its inner cylinder tank and epoxy-coated outer casing to prevent rusting. The storage shower heater also features CFC-free PUF insulation for maximum insulation and a pressure relief valve to prevent internal pressure build-up. For additional safety, there's a primary thermostate cut-out and a secondary thermal cut-off. It's also easy to install - thanks to its multi-mounting bracket.

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Friday, November 20, 2020

With a rainshower, your can easily bring a relaxing shower experience into your bathroom. Good news is there are so many varieties out there to fit any style and preference. Check out some of these brands that offer rainshowers with distinctive design and high performance features.

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AXOR AXOR Showers. An absolute must in the shower. The AXOR Showers include overhead, side and hand showers, shower systems and shower sets. Whether round or square-shaped: they transform the shower into a place that you can truly appreciate. Their exceptional design and outstanding technology make them an absolute must in the shower. For example: the AXOR Shower Heaven 1200. Unique in every dimension. Its majestic size makes it the new archetype in the shower. Each of its jets is a homage to the precious element of water: ranging from revitalising water jet through to PowderRain, the latest innovation from AXOR.

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HANSGROHE HANSGROHE's Raindance turns ordinary showers into an extraordinarily luxurious experience. For big bathrooms, he rectangular Raindance overhead shower 260/260 1jet with fully chrome-plated metal spray disc embodies showering indulgence on a grand scale. Measuring 260 x 260 mm, it makes for an impressively large shower area. Its minimalist, elegant design and high-quality metal surfaces visibly enhance the bathroom setting. The water is enriched with air (AirPower), making it softer and more luxurious and leaving a pleasant sensation on your skin. A tonic for the soul - in your own personal spa.

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ROCA Roca's Raindream collection is the brand's premium range of extra slim metallic shower-heads for wall or ceiling installation. Its Easyclean system prevents limescale build up. Ideal for ultra minimalist bathrooms, the sleek design of this rainshower features a pristine look while offering a gentle water flow. Available in round or square, shower arms can also be installed as an additional feature.

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THG Colours and water come together in perfect harmony with THG's chromotherapy Skyshower. Equipped with a flow limiter, this rainshower is installed onto ceilings, ensuring a sleek and minimalist appearance with its slim frame. The showerhead comes with silicone nozzles to facilitate the removal of limescale. Once turned on, water gently flows down along with coloured illumination, offering a therapeutic showering experience.

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Brands are presented alphabetically in this listical.

Friday, November 20, 2020

While bathroom accessories may seem like an afterthought when it comes to bathroom design, they add personality and a charming touch to your bathing space. Here are some of the best brands that offer exquisite bathroom accessories to help to enhance your bathroom atmosphere.

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DURAVIT Mention beautiful bathroom, and Duravit comes to mind. The brand stands for successful, attractive design where collections are created by internationally renowned designers and manufactured with the utmost care and precision, offering superb planning flexibility down to the very last detail. Duravit bathroom accessories provides just the perfect finishing touch for contemporary bathrooms. Their new accessory line “Starck T”, a collaboration between Duravit and Philippe Stack, features the geometric “T” shape as the defining design feature of the series. “Starck T” by Duravit

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GROHE Timeless design. And quality that lasts a lifetime. Again and again GROHE products surprise users with unique features that provide ‘Pure Freude an Wasser’.To complete a stylish and harmonious bathroom design, the GROHE Essentials master bathroom accessory set does a pretty great job. German engineered to last a lifetime, the five-in-one set includes a towel ring, towel rail (600mm), robe hook, toilet paper holder and holder with soap dish – everything you need to make your bathroom a pleasure to visit. GROHE Essentials accessories – precision craftsmanship, highest quality materials and style that lasts. We think it's the perfect finishing touch for bathrooms of all designs! GROHE Essentials

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INAX Using Japanese ideas and technologies to maximize limited space, INAX generates spaciousness by giving the function of a shelf to the products. The bathroom accessories range from the S600 LINE pursues the sense of cleanliness rooted in Japanese culture and the ease of cleaning. Combining the square shape, representing architecture, and the oval shape, representing human beings, the squoval is a design which is easy to use and fits beautifully with architecture. Above all, the S600 LINE incorporates universal designs cultivated in Japan that allow for intuitive use of the products regardless of the user’s age or physical characteristics. S600 LINE from Inax

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KOHLER A brand synonymous with quality and style, KOHLER offers a wide range of designer bathroom and kitchen products including luxury toilets, showers, taps, baths and enclosures plus many others. To add flair to bathrooms, KOHLER innovative bathroom accessories complete your bathroom design immaculately. From towel bars and toilet tissue holders to robe hooks and small shelves, their contemporary accessory collections are an easy way to add convenience to your space, offering you an easy way to mix and match or coordinate accessories with the style and finish of your faucets.

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Brands are presented alphabetically in this listical.

Friday, November 20, 2020

The trend toward welcoming, open floor-plan kitchens is still going strong. Functional and equipped with state-of-the-art technology, open floor-plan kitchens blend harmoniously into the living environment and reflect the individuality and personality of the user. With its new SilicaTec granite range of kitchen sinks, the hansgrohe brand offers a comprehensive range for the kitchen centrepiece, combining a warm and welcoming look, elegant colours, premium design and long-lasting quality. hansgrohe SilicaTec Granite Sink 450 SilicaTec—a Quality Material for the Rigors of Everyday Kitchen Life With SilicaTec, hansgrohe utilizes a composite made from quartz and acrylic resins, which has a natural look and is pleasing to the touch. But that’s not all it has to offer: only rounded quartz particles from quartz sand, the hardest constituent of granite, are processed. The result is a smooth, hard and nonporous surface, easy to clean and dirt repellent. It is odourless, UV-stable, heat resistant, food safe, impact resistant and stain resistant. Red wine, coffee, tea and even hot pots and pans leave no trace: a robust and attractive all-rounder for even the most hectic of kitchen routines. hansgrohe SilicaTec Granite Sink 450 with drainer The prestigious Phoenix Design studio created the minimalist, linear design of the range. The broad rim surface, so distinctive of the design, showcases the material and provides room for additional features. This wider rim is the connecting element for the innovative two-hole mixer used in hansgrohe sink combination units. In addition, the overflow in all of hansgrohe’s granite sinks is hidden from sight. It is positioned on the right side of the bowl, giving the sink a clean, uncluttered look. At the sink, the hub of the kitchen, every move should be as easy as possible. All innovative hansgrohe sink combination models in graphite black come with a choice of two intuitive controls. The controls have been positioned at the front right-hand side of the sink rim for more ease of use. The central control unit on the first model is a lever handle on the front right-hand side of the sink. It can be switched and turned to select precise water temperature and volume. Once selected, these settings remain constant. Water flowing from the tap can then be turned on or off by simply pressing the Select button strategically positioned on the high spout. On the second model, the Select button, which turns water from the multi-spray kitchen tap on and off, is located on the right sink rim. Turning the button opens and closes the drain. Both models allow you to control the flow of water using the back of your hand or elbow; for instance, when your hands are dirty. hansgrohe SilicaTec Granite Sink 660 The hansgrohe sBox, which stows away the hose of the pull-out spray tap in a flat casing, keeps the base cabinet tidy. It protects the hose from being bumped into by drawers and waste bins, and ensures comfortable, smooth and quiet functioning. In addition, the sBox enables the use of hoses up to 76 centimetres long.. This creates a convenient operating range, making it easier to fill vessels near the sink.

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Friday, November 20, 2020

Some of us just might be able to live with cold water showers, especially after a day in the heat of the tropical sun. While a water heater may be a luxury for some, the realisation that you need one probably hits you just as quickly as the cold water does, so we summed up the nation's best water heaters (with pumps) in the following list for your convenience (2020).

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CENTON Image Credit: CENTON One of online's best-selling Malaysian manufactured instant water heaters, this ECOnomical and ECO-friendly Centon Water Heater is built-in with an advanced 3-phase brushless DC Silent Pump that generates high water flow rate and consumes 50% lower electrical power than normal AC Pump. Centon EcoSerene Series is also equipped with Pentafecta 5-Point Safety System to shield you with maximum protection against electrical and scalding hazards. And if that is not enough assurance for you, all Centon Water Heaters are covered with RM1,000,000 product liability insurance, so that you can have sensational showers with a peace of mind.

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Electrolux Image Credit: Electrolux

A multinational corporation headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden, Electrolux has almost 90 years of experience in the field of electronic home appliances, showcasing their engineering and technical know-how with the EWE361TA-DECT1. This ecologically-conscious offering provides a touch-activated interface that enables one to select preferred temperatures, and to view information on temperature and water consumption rates on an unambiguous digital display. In an expression of Scandinavian ingenuity, Electrolux included a precise turbine flow sensor to enable the dynamic adjustment of temperature, protected the shower nozzles with a bacteria-resistant coating to keep the water clean, and provided the EWE361TA-DECT1 with the ability to check itself for leaks.

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Hitachi Image Credit: Hitachi

The company that occupies itself with Japan's utilities, transport, communications, and healthcare infrastructure, can be expected to be capable of producing a decent and affordable water heater. The HES-36WPY is equipped with a basic assembly of showerhead and hose  made entirely of antibacterial materials. The shower head comes with five different flow settings, selected with a thumb push on the rotary selector dial - and a pause button to on the grip of the showerhead to stop water flow entirely.

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Joven Image Credit: Joven

A homegrown brand of water heaters equipped with storage and pumps, Joven's offerings are SIRIM tested to ensure quality and safety - no less so with their tankless i90P, a newer iteration of their iconic water heaters equipped with a silent pump. The slim slider bar and shower heads of the i90P are chrome plated, and the splash-proof casing of the heater is available in red, gray, or black to match modern interiors.

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Panasonic Image Credit: Panasonic

Bringing a century of expertise in dealing with electronic home appliances, Panasonic offers the highest standards in user-friendliness, silent operation, cleanliness, and low-energy usage with the DH-3NDP1MS - featuring an LCD display screen with touch button selectors, an ingenious algorithm that cycles between hot and cold water sprays to save electricity, and antibacterial materials infused with silver particles.

* Brands are listed alphabetically

Friday, November 20, 2020

As the year draws to a close, it is an opportune time to reflect on the past year, and get prepared for the new goals, resolutions and beginnings with the approach of 2018. To ring in the new year, many may take this chance to declutter and refurbish their homes in anticipation of the exciting new start. One could consider designing and creating a minimalist home, focusing on the important things that matter and to discard the excesses. However, a minimalist home does not need to be boring or devoid of character; in fact, a minimalist home is anything but that. It offers a lot of benefits, including a more aesthetically-pleasing appearance, an easier-to-clean home and a less stressful environment. Hansgrohe Singapore offers some tips on creating a beautiful minimalist home.

AXOR offers its Universal Accessories which are modular, multi-functonal and universally applicable. Designer: Uli Maier for AXOR / Hansgrohe SE

Accessorise Sparingly As renowned architect Antonio Citterio aptly explains, accessories have a “significant effect on the overall appearance of a room” and are “an essential part of its décor”. Like small jewels, accessories add the perfect finishing touches to rooms, including the bathroom and the kitchen.

However, it is important not to over-accessorise the home with over decorative features which can end up cluttering the home. Accessories should be used sparingly, and home owners could consider accessories which are multi-functional and space-saving for a minimalist home.

AXOR offers the high quality and timeless Universal Accessories range, which can be used individually or flexibly combined with each other. With its smooth contours, the grab rail can be incorporated together with the shelf, allowing for a generous accessories space as well as a towel holder. This simple and space-saving combination is a perfect solution for minimalist bathrooms.

Minimalist design is not only applicable for the bathrooms; it can apply for other rooms in the home, including the kitchen. As a space for activities such as cooking, cleaning and washing, it may be a challenge to design a minimalist kitchen that is suitable for these activities. However, with the aid of accessories, this can be made possible.

AXOR Universal Accessories also bring comfort and beauty to the kitchen. For those who treasure organization, this product range offers creative freedom while ensuring that the most important kitchen utensils and favourite herbs and spices are within easy reach. This allows home owners to keep their kitchens clutter-free while still achieving a beautiful, elegant and minimalist look.

With the use of accessories to lightly decorate and store objects in a home, this can help to make the living space much more attractive and less stressful to manage.

Light-Filled Spaces There should ideally be an abundance of light filling the space of a minimalist home, with light coloured surfaces and uncluttered spaces. The rooms could be designed to be spacious and clean, allowing for light to fill the room and freeing the home from unnecessary objects.

For instance, a bathroom can turn into a place of well-being with the liberal use of sunlight, made possible with large windows to create a spacious and comfortable ambience.

To complement clean and light-filled spaces, home owners can design their bathrooms with clean and minimalist bath fittings. The Hansgrohe brand offers the aesthetically-pleasing and high quality PuraVida bathroom fittings, which will be coveted for its award-winning sculptural appearance. Its DualFinish (white/chrome) brings a new design dimension to your bathroom, allowing surfaces to seamlessly blend together while brightening the bathroom with chrome and white.

With a good combination of clean and light-filled spaces with complementary products, the home can be transformed into a beautiful and attractive space with a lot of character and personality too.

Space-Saving Products The key to a minimalist home is to have products with clean and simple details, thus offering the freedom of space in the home. Open floor plans and modest storage areas are features of minimalist homes, just like clean cabinetry with simple minimalist details. What are the other ways to create more space in the home?

AXOR One Thermostatic module for concealed installation for 2 outlets.

Space-saving products are also important in freeing up space in the bathroom, which is increasingly becoming a sanctuary of retreat and rejuvenation, and not just a space for hygienic purposes. It is more and more common for different generations of families living together in the same space, sharing common rooms like the bathrooms, and it has also become important to make sure that the bathroom is uncluttered and easily accessible for everyone including the elderly and children.

AXOR One, designed with Barber & Osgerby, is a generously proportioned but fascinatingly clean masterpiece statement in the shower, which offers three individual controls in an all-in-one shower control element. With its monolithic but soft form, AXOR One creates a new spaciousness in the shower, evoking a pleasant feeling of clarity and tranquillity for the users when they use it to select between shower outlets, control the temperature or choose their preferred amount of water. The AXOR One handshower launched in 2017 complements the shower control, with its monolithic form, refined proportions and reduced design, thus creating a timeless statement in the bathroom.

Dual-jet Hand-Held Shower Head from AXOR.

Home owners can also consider products which help to free up more space in the kitchen.

Home owners will be thrilled to know that with the Hansgrohe brand’s recent foray into the kitchen sink business, the brand is now offering innovative sink products that not only help to save space but also are extremely practical and easy to use.

The innovative Hansgrohe Select technology is directly integrated into the Hansgrohe stainless steel sink itself. A large elegant button on the right sink rim turns water flow from the multi-jet kitchen mixer on and off. The clever button also opens and closes the drain so that no other control is required in or around the sink, or detracts from its visual appeal. This allows the easy control of the flow of water using the back of the hand of the elbow for the user, especially when he or she is holding a large pot with both spaces. The technology behind the Select button is purely mechanical. No electricity or extra devices are required in the base cabinet, therefore freeing up space.

In addition, home owners can opt to pair the new stainless steel sinks with Hansgrohe kitchen mixers with the new Hansgrohe sBox. The sBox keeps the base cabinet tidy and ensures reliable functioning. It stores the hose of the pull-out spray in a flat box specifically designed to fit standard base cabinets. This protects the hose from being bumped into by drawers and waste bins, and ensures comfortable, smooth and quiet operation.

Therefore, with such space-saving products found in the kitchen, the home can be transformed into a clean and minimalist space with added conveniences of cleaning and maintenance, which is very important for the modern home.

Simplified Colours By reducing the variety of colours and simplifying the colour schemes to two or three colours, this could help to achieve a more uniform minimalist appearance for the home and could be achieved by having the same colour but in different textures. This does not, however, mean that home owners cannot be creative or artistic in a minimalist home – in fact, a minimalist home is about having simplified and well-balanced aesthetics.

If the home owners decide on a darker colour scheme like black, grey or even any dull tones, they could consider choosing fittings in customised colours like gold, bronze, brass etc which would match perfectly and stand out in the bathroom setting.

Almost all of AXOR bathroom fittings can be made bespoke with AXOR FinishPlus, a special service offered in Germany, with a total of 15 special finishes possible for selection. These special finishes are created with the PVD (Physical Vapour Deposition) and the result is a more robust and brilliant product, which adds exclusivity and elegance.

One example would be AXOR Uno, designed with Phoenix Design, which epitomises purism in perfection with consistent construction: two precisely shaped cylinders joined together at a right angle. With AXOR FinishPlus, the products become as visible as the user desires from a bold gold to a subdued nickel finish, perfect for the home owners to complement their minimalist colour scheme.

Text and Images by Hansgrohe

Friday, November 20, 2020

As the year draws to a close, it is an opportune time to reflect on the past year, and get prepared for the new goals, resolutions and beginnings with the approach of 2018. To ring in the new year, many may take this chance to declutter and refurbish their homes in anticipation of the exciting new start. One could consider designing and creating a minimalist home, focusing on the important things that matter and to discard the excesses. However, a minimalist home does not need to be boring or devoid of character; in fact, a minimalist home is anything but that. It offers a lot of benefits, including a more aesthetically-pleasing appearance, an easier-to-clean home and a less stressful environment. Hansgrohe Singapore offers some tips on creating a beautiful minimalist home.

AXOR offers its Universal Accessories which are modular, multi-functonal and universally applicable. Designer: Uli Maier for AXOR / Hansgrohe SE

Accessorise Sparingly As renowned architect Antonio Citterio aptly explains, accessories have a “significant effect on the overall appearance of a room” and are “an essential part of its décor”. Like small jewels, accessories add the perfect finishing touches to rooms, including the bathroom and the kitchen.

However, it is important not to over-accessorise the home with over decorative features which can end up cluttering the home. Accessories should be used sparingly, and home owners could consider accessories which are multi-functional and space-saving for a minimalist home.

AXOR offers the high quality and timeless Universal Accessories range, which can be used individually or flexibly combined with each other. With its smooth contours, the grab rail can be incorporated together with the shelf, allowing for a generous accessories space as well as a towel holder. This simple and space-saving combination is a perfect solution for minimalist bathrooms.

Minimalist design is not only applicable for the bathrooms; it can apply for other rooms in the home, including the kitchen. As a space for activities such as cooking, cleaning and washing, it may be a challenge to design a minimalist kitchen that is suitable for these activities. However, with the aid of accessories, this can be made possible.

AXOR Universal Accessories also bring comfort and beauty to the kitchen. For those who treasure organization, this product range offers creative freedom while ensuring that the most important kitchen utensils and favourite herbs and spices are within easy reach. This allows home owners to keep their kitchens clutter-free while still achieving a beautiful, elegant and minimalist look.

With the use of accessories to lightly decorate and store objects in a home, this can help to make the living space much more attractive and less stressful to manage.

Light-Filled Spaces There should ideally be an abundance of light filling the space of a minimalist home, with light coloured surfaces and uncluttered spaces. The rooms could be designed to be spacious and clean, allowing for light to fill the room and freeing the home from unnecessary objects.

For instance, a bathroom can turn into a place of well-being with the liberal use of sunlight, made possible with large windows to create a spacious and comfortable ambience.

To complement clean and light-filled spaces, home owners can design their bathrooms with clean and minimalist bath fittings. The Hansgrohe brand offers the aesthetically-pleasing and high quality PuraVida bathroom fittings, which will be coveted for its award-winning sculptural appearance. Its DualFinish (white/chrome) brings a new design dimension to your bathroom, allowing surfaces to seamlessly blend together while brightening the bathroom with chrome and white.

With a good combination of clean and light-filled spaces with complementary products, the home can be transformed into a beautiful and attractive space with a lot of character and personality too.

Space-Saving Products The key to a minimalist home is to have products with clean and simple details, thus offering the freedom of space in the home. Open floor plans and modest storage areas are features of minimalist homes, just like clean cabinetry with simple minimalist details. What are the other ways to create more space in the home?

AXOR One Thermostatic module for concealed installation for 2 outlets.

Space-saving products are also important in freeing up space in the bathroom, which is increasingly becoming a sanctuary of retreat and rejuvenation, and not just a space for hygienic purposes. It is more and more common for different generations of families living together in the same space, sharing common rooms like the bathrooms, and it has also become important to make sure that the bathroom is uncluttered and easily accessible for everyone including the elderly and children.

AXOR One, designed with Barber & Osgerby, is a generously proportioned but fascinatingly clean masterpiece statement in the shower, which offers three individual controls in an all-in-one shower control element. With its monolithic but soft form, AXOR One creates a new spaciousness in the shower, evoking a pleasant feeling of clarity and tranquillity for the users when they use it to select between shower outlets, control the temperature or choose their preferred amount of water. The AXOR One handshower launched in 2017 complements the shower control, with its monolithic form, refined proportions and reduced design, thus creating a timeless statement in the bathroom.

Dual-jet Hand-Held Shower Head from AXOR.

Home owners can also consider products which help to free up more space in the kitchen.

Home owners will be thrilled to know that with the Hansgrohe brand’s recent foray into the kitchen sink business, the brand is now offering innovative sink products that not only help to save space but also are extremely practical and easy to use.

The innovative Hansgrohe Select technology is directly integrated into the Hansgrohe stainless steel sink itself. A large elegant button on the right sink rim turns water flow from the multi-jet kitchen mixer on and off. The clever button also opens and closes the drain so that no other control is required in or around the sink, or detracts from its visual appeal. This allows the easy control of the flow of water using the back of the hand of the elbow for the user, especially when he or she is holding a large pot with both spaces. The technology behind the Select button is purely mechanical. No electricity or extra devices are required in the base cabinet, therefore freeing up space.

In addition, home owners can opt to pair the new stainless steel sinks with Hansgrohe kitchen mixers with the new Hansgrohe sBox. The sBox keeps the base cabinet tidy and ensures reliable functioning. It stores the hose of the pull-out spray in a flat box specifically designed to fit standard base cabinets. This protects the hose from being bumped into by drawers and waste bins, and ensures comfortable, smooth and quiet operation.

Therefore, with such space-saving products found in the kitchen, the home can be transformed into a clean and minimalist space with added conveniences of cleaning and maintenance, which is very important for the modern home.

Simplified Colours By reducing the variety of colours and simplifying the colour schemes to two or three colours, this could help to achieve a more uniform minimalist appearance for the home and could be achieved by having the same colour but in different textures. This does not, however, mean that home owners cannot be creative or artistic in a minimalist home – in fact, a minimalist home is about having simplified and well-balanced aesthetics.

If the home owners decide on a darker colour scheme like black, grey or even any dull tones, they could consider choosing fittings in customised colours like gold, bronze, brass etc which would match perfectly and stand out in the bathroom setting.

Almost all of AXOR bathroom fittings can be made bespoke with AXOR FinishPlus, a special service offered in Germany, with a total of 15 special finishes possible for selection. These special finishes are created with the PVD (Physical Vapour Deposition) and the result is a more robust and brilliant product, which adds exclusivity and elegance.

One example would be AXOR Uno, designed with Phoenix Design, which epitomises purism in perfection with consistent construction: two precisely shaped cylinders joined together at a right angle. With AXOR FinishPlus, the products become as visible as the user desires from a bold gold to a subdued nickel finish, perfect for the home owners to complement their minimalist colour scheme.

Text and Images by Hansgrohe