Monthly Archives: October 2016

Bathrooms for Real Men

Why can’t men have a more masculine bathroom? These days, men spend a lot of time in the bathroom. We take showers, groom ourselves, relieve ourselves, and some of us even take the time to read there. It’s a space used for many different purposes, so why can’t we make it our own? Interior decorating […]

7 Amazing Up-Cycle D.I.Y Projects

The latest trend has been to up-cycle old or unwanted items, and we simply love it! As our drains are all from up-cycled material. This post shows you how you can take your old ordinary objects that are laying around the house or garage and turn them into extraordinary every day useful items, that are […]

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Designer Kitchen – All About Black

I’ll Take One! What Do You Think?  Kitchen of the Week: A Study in Black by Designer Nicole Hollis October 27, 2016 4:00 AM BY Meredith Swinehart Photography by Laure Joliet, courtesy of Nicole Hollis. Above: In the studio’s communal staff kitchen, floors are custom dark gray concrete, and walls are painted in Benjamin Moore’s […]

A Cheeseboard Never Looked So Glamorous!

 I am a HUGE fan of cheese & black, so this is a must! New from Normann Copenhagen: A Glamorous Cheese Board in Black Marble October 27, 2016 6:00 AM By Julie Carlson New (and noirish) from Normann Copenhagen: the Pebble Cheese Set, designed by Simon Legald, consists of a smooth, pebble-like black marble serving […]

21st Gallery – New Yorks Newest Art Gallery

New York’s Newest Art Gallery Jackie Caradonio September 15, 2016   Emmanuel Babled’s designs at the new Twenty First Gallery. New York City art ace Renaud Vuaillat has eschewed tradition with the launch of his latest Manhattan outpost. Opened in May on a tree-lined street in West Chelsea, Twenty First Gallery (21stgallery.com) is set within […]

Decorate Your Home With These 7 DIY Fall Wreaths

 The Holidays Are Around The Corner, Spruce Up Your Holiday Decor! 7 DIY FALL WREATHS TO DECORATE YOUR HOME Written by Clarissa There’s something about fall that brings out the inner nester in all of us. What better way to enjoy the cool, cozy days of autumn than with a DIY fall wreath project? We’ve rounded up […]

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Clean Up In Black – The Best of Black Soaps

 Clean Up With Black Soaps! 10 Favorites: The Best of Black Soap October 25, 2016 8:00 AM BY Julie Carlson Essential for the noirish bath: black bar soap: Here are 10 favorites, ranging from Seattle-made Blackbird soap inspired by the Mount St. Helens eruption to a soap evoking “the feeling of drinking a fine scotch in […]

10 Dramatic Black Dinnerware PIeces

10 Easy Pieces: Dramatic Black Dinnerware October 26, 2016 4:00 AM BY Annie Quigley Every home should have a set of Basic White Dinnerware, but we think everyone should have a stack of pitch black plates on hand too. Ideal for moody dinner parties and striking when displayed on white shelves, think of black dinnerware as white dinnerware’s dark alter-ego. Here are […]

Six Easy Steps To Painting Popcorn Ceiling! – How To

Easy Do It Yourself, In Only Six Steps! How To: Paint Popcorn Ceiling Give that tired textured surface a fresh new coat with these steps. The popcorn effect—so-called for its resemblance to America’s favorite fluffy snack—results from loose particulate materials mixed into paint and applied to a surface, usually with a sprayer. A common treatment […]

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Grohe Brothers To Step Down – Hansgrohe & Axor – Industry News

 Major Shakeup With Industry Leader Hansgrohe! Alice Morby | 25 October 2016  Philippe and Richard #Grohe are to leave their management roles at Hansgrohe SE, the company their grandfather founded 115 years ago. Richard, who is deputy chairman of the executive board, and his brother Philippe, vice-president of design management, will hand over their duties […]

Carl Hansen’s Limited Edition “Black Collection” – Interior Design

The Last Chair Is To Die For, Being Dark Has Never Been This Awesome! Dark Shadows: The Limited Edition Black Collection from Carl Hansen October 25, 2016 6:00 AM BY Julie Carlson Danish brand Carl Hansen has been playing around with the classics, reintroducing dormant designs from midcentury masters and updating classic pieces with new […]

Kloof Road House – #ModernMondays

The South African architectural firm of Nico Van Der Meulen completed one of my personal favorites at the foot of a nature reserve in Johannesburg, South Africa. The Kloof Road House, as it has now come to be known, is a distinctive property that was designed with the priority of creating and enhancing a family-oriented […]

Cabinets Are Essential To Your Bathroom Design

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Cabinets Are Essential To Your Bathroom Design Is your bathroom design daunting to you? No need to worry; every discontent of yours will soon be gone!  Three words.. Bathroom Cabinets Knobs. With the right bathroom cabinet, your bathroom will seem more spacious and elegant, which is the appeal we all want when we are building our […]

8 Simple Bathroom Design Tips

8 Simple Bathroom Design Tips You might be building a new home and designing the bathroom of your dreams, or maybe you’re just remodeling and adding a new bathroom or changing an existing one. In any case, you have a certain amount of room to work with. Here are some ideas we’ve come up with […]

Six Essential Tips Before You Begin To Remodel Your Shower

Thank you for reading our latest post; let’s jump right into it. We’ve all heard horror stories from friends and family members when they remodeled their showers. Instead of adding to the horror stories narrative, here are a couple of tips to review before pulling the trigger and deciding on the person who will be […]

The House of the Infinite by Alberto Campo Baeza – #ModernMonday

“From the architect. On a marvelous place like a piece of earthly paradise, at Cádiz, we have built an infinite plane facing the infinite sea, the most radical house we have ever made. At the very edge of the waters of the Atlantic Ocean, where the sea unites the new and the old continent, emerges a stone […]

How a Shower Drain can make the World a better place

So, we know what you’re thinking. How the heck can a shower drain make the world a better place? Most people barely even know what their shower drain looks like, let alone think about them in the context of making the world a better place. Well, maybe shower drains won’t change the entire world, but […]

How it’s Made: 10 amazing photos of our oval drains in production

Hey everyone! Here at designer drains we like to do things a bit different. We love beautiful photography and we also love to show off our products. A lot of companies make great products but they rarely show you anything about how it’s made.  So, we decided to show you how we manufacture our oval drains. […]

FREE Designer Drains Geometric No. 6 Computer Wallpaper

Geo #6 Wall Paper

  Hello everyone! Here at Designer Drains, we are constantly creating exciting new products. With the arrival of our newest product, our Designer Drains Luxury Cabinet Hardware, we would like to give everyone a free Designer Drains wallpaper for their computers. Every week, we will release a new wallpaper design featuring the designs on our […]