Bathroom Trends
CAN DESIGNER BATHROOM PIECES INCREASE IN VALUE?
Margaret Talbot, Marketing Manager, VitrA
“With the current market for refurbished Victorian and Edwardian sanitaryware, the answer is a definite yes! The idea may seem a little farfetched but a restored Victorian console basin on a stand can sell for up to £3000 while a refinished cast iron roll top will be well over £1000. Sanitary pioneers such as Thomas Twyford, George Jennings and Frederick Humpherson probably never imagined that their products would be highly desirable over 100 years since they were first produced but there are many flourishing
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We asked our friends at VitrA Bathrooms if the implausible is possible. Marketing Manager Margaret Talbot shares her views ...
restoration specialists selling baths, basins, showers and WCs to home owners in search of the authentic. The current trend for authentic design is gradually moving away from period to retro with classic suites by designers such as Renzo Piano, Axel Enthoven and Courréges now in demand from specialists in discontinued sanitaryware. Today, anyone installing a new bathroom can create a design classic for the future and potentially have their bathroom art accrue value too. VitrA is
a leader in using internationally known designers to create products with cutting edge yet timeless style. Istanbul by Ross Lovegrove was launched in 2005 and is hailed as a groundbreaking and iconic design – it continues to do well in the VitrA portfolio almost 15 years later. VitrA has also teamed up
with Christophe Pillet for Memoria and has commissioned inspired accessory products from Sebastian Conran, along with products from Matteo Thun and NOA. The company’s latest designer collaboration has created Plural with Milan-based American designer,
The answer is a definite yes! The idea may seem a little far-fetched but a restored Victorian console basin on a stand can sell for up to £3000 while a refinished cast iron roll top will be well over £1000."
