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CIRCLE 752 ®QCCI ALL RIGHTS RESERVED | DESIGNER: PB KITCHEN DESIGN IN GENEVA, IL | PHOTOGRAPHY: VAN INWEGEN DIGITAL ARTS Table of Contents DEPARTMENTS 7 Editor’s Note Time-tested design 9 News Whirlpool unveils bold rebranding of JennAir 12 Featured Designer Ghislaine Viñas designs colorful kitchens and baths 14 Project of the Month Raw materials help create an artful live/work loft 16 Plan Review A Maryland bath renovated 20 for the future 50 Introductions A kitchen sink with storage, a touch-on/off faucet, and more 52 Process Geoluxe’s high-heat process mimics nature 55 Q+A American Standard looks to the past/eyes the future 44 46 58 Details Wire-mesh cabinet doors add fl air to a mountain kitchen FEATURES 20 Building for Boomers This generation wants kitchens and baths that incorporate safety—as well as luxury and style 44 Product Review: Shower Pans Mortar beds are still popular, but there are quicker and easier ways to create a waterproof shower pan 46 Product Review: Bidets Manufacturers hope technology and word-of-mouth will drive bidet sales COVER NKBA SPECIAL SECTION Ghislaine Viñas Photo: Eric Laignel 27 NKBA Matters NKBA.ORG / MAY + JUNE 2018 5 CIRCLE 753 Editor’s Note TIME- VOLUME 3 / NUMBER 3 NKBA CEO Bill Darcy EVP, INDUSTRY RELATIONS, & CHIEF STRATEGY OFFICER TESTED Suzie Williford SENIOR MANAGER, CREATIVE SERVICES Megan Hessel CREATIVE CONTENT SPECIALIST Dianne M. Pogoda Have you ever considered how long the kitchens MANAGER, NATIONAL SALES and baths you design will last? Alan Dove NATIONAL BUSINESS In theory, the faucets and other baubles you spec- DEVELOPMENT MANAGER Mauri Bailey ify should be in working condition 20 years from the ISSUE CONSULTANT time you install them. But how the space will look is Rick Beckham, CMKBD anybody’s guess—contingent on the quality of the Staff materials, the construction, and how the homeowners care for it. EDITORIAL DIRECTOR Denise Dersin / [email protected] I think hard on these things whenever I renovate a house, but I EDITOR-IN-CHIEF wonder about them every time I evaluate a project for publication. Nigel F. Maynard / [email protected] SENIOR EDITOR Recently I was leafing through a now-defunct architectural publica- Susan Bady / [email protected] MANAGING EDITOR tion when I came across a house by a noted Southern architect. The Ingrid Bush / [email protected] house—an exceptional interpretation of Florida cracker-style archi- ASSOCIATE EDITOR Amanda Hermans / [email protected] tecture—has crisp lines, top-notch craftsmanship, and elegant details. DESIGNER As for the kitchen, it looks as if it were completed last year, though it Robin McCartney GROUP DIRECTOR - PRINCIPAL actually dates from the early 2000s when the house was built. Tony Mancini The desire to push the envelope creatively and the need to give DIRECTOR OF EVENTS Judy Brociek clients something timeless is one reason being a designer is such a AUDIENCE DEVELOPMENT MANAGER difficult job. Those two tasks are seemingly at odds with each other. Ebony Fendley / [email protected] CREATIVE SERVICES COORDINATOR Of course, just because you design a kitchen or bath that is time- Dara Rubin / [email protected] MARKETING MANAGER less doesn’t mean the next owners won’t hate it and change it. I can’t Nancy Lewis / [email protected] tell you how many times I’ve visited salvage yards and seen practical- Corporate ly brand new cabinets, countertops, and fixtures that someone ripped CHAIRMAN EMERITUS (1922-2003) out of a house to make way for something else. H.S. Gillette CHAIRPERSON But you can’t worry about that, and it shouldn’t prevent you from giv- K.A. Gillette ing your clients a design that will age gracefully. At the very least, your CEO E.S. Gillette spaces should outlive the time an owner stays in a home. According to PRESIDENT Richard Schwer the National Association of Realtors, from 1985 to 2008, the median COO tenure of a family in a home was six years. Since then, that number has David Shreiner SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT increased to nearly 10 years. When you design a kitchen, that would be Ann O’Neill a good time frame to bear in mind. SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, STRATEGIC PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT & MARKETING Robert Haas Nigel F. Maynard VICE PRESIDENT OF CUSTOM MEDIA + CREATIVE SERVICES EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Diane Vojcanin SCRANTON GILLETTE COMMUNICATIONS 3030 West Salt Creek Lane Contact me: Arlington Heights IL 60005-5025 Ph: 847.391.1000 / Fax: 847.390.0408 [email protected] NKBA.ORG / MAY + JUNE 2018 7 Avery™ Faucet © AS America, Inc. 2018. © AS Designed for beauty. Engineered for reality. Introducing Avery,™ the hands-free faucet from American Standard. Engineered with touchless Selectronic® functionality, the Avery™ faucet allows you to turn the water on or off with a wave of a hand. Its soft, transitional design works beautifully in a wide variety of styles and design settings. It’s high-tech performance with stunning design for everyday life. Learn more at americanstandard.com CIRCLE 754 News DUPONT REBRANDS ZODIAQ QUARTZ DuPont has rebranded its longtime Zodiaq quartz surfacing and added it to the Corian Design family of products, services, and design solutions. The company says the quartz product contin- ues to be owned by DuPont but will be rebranded as Corian Quartz. “The move from DuPont Zodiaq to Corian Quartz will better align the product with the brand’s design principles and allow Corian Design to more effi- ciently and effectively communicate the product of- fering to the market,” says Julie Eaton, global busi- ness director for Corian Design. In addition to the name change, the quartz prod- uct, which currently comes in 52 colors, will be avail- able in bolder designs, textures, and aesthetics, the company says. Customers can expect to start seeing Corian Quartz in the market effective imme- diately, and the company has kicked off its new ad campaign: Corian Design—Make Your Space. DuPont says all product warranties, properties, and service customers previously experienced with DuPont Zodiaq will remain unchanged with Corian Quartz. —Nigel F. Maynard NKBA.ORG / MAY + JUNE 2018 9 News DELTA FAUCET SHEDS LIGHT ON REMODELING HABITS Delta Faucet Co.’s latest Homeowner Index finds that the vast majority of parents (85 percent) would rather receive the gift of a free kitchen upgrade than free babysitting ev- ery weekend for a year. It also finds that the average home- owner would be willing to spend $13,500 to remodel their entire kitchen. Tracking renovation, design, and purchasing habits among homeowners, “[the index] identifies consumer hab- its to develop products and innovations that deliver against WHIRLPOOL CORP. consumers’ wants and needs,” says Paul Ponsford, Delta Faucet’s senior market research manager. “The index allows REBRANDS JENNAIR us to track the ever- Whirlpool Corp. has given its JennAir brand a bold, changing landscape bi- aggressive new image and an ad campaign to match. annually and offer per- “The rebellious campaign signals the brand’s in- spective on seasonal tent to tear down stale conventions, slashing through trends, particularly as conformity to usher in a new era of luxury standards,” they relate to the kitch- the manufacturer says in a release of the launch. “With en and bath, as well as new product lines and an overhauled brand identity form and function.” rooted in the progressive spirit of founder Lou Jenn In its first iteration, and today’s tastemaker lifestyle, JennAir is breathing the index found that new life into the very meaning of luxury.” many homeowners (56 JennAir is aiming the new image at those who percent) have avoided share in the unshackled spirit of the Bound By Noth- hosting a party at home ing campaign—artists, innovators, and urban sophis- because they felt their ticates, the company says. home first needed to be “For too long, luxury kitchens have been de- updated or remodeled. signed with a compliant mindset that conforms to a More than half of one-size-fits-all notion of luxury,” Joe Liotine, presi- the homeowners sur- dent of Whirlpool Corp. North America Region, said veyed (53 percent) in a statement. “This uniform interpretation of mod- said that they prefer ern luxury lacks inspiration and inhibits personal ex- a stainless steel finish pression. JennAir exists, more than ever before, to in the kitchen—more empower designers and tastemakers to bury these than double the second blind conventions and give new life to luxury rooted choice, nickel (24 per- in confident, bespoke, earned and exclusive tenets.” cent). Matte black (20 Part of the relaunch includes two new designs, percent) and chrome Rise and Noir, conceived to meet the modern luxury (20 percent) rounded consumers’ desires and to deliver professional-style out the preferences.