Fashion Meets Function in High-End Bath Appliances

(ARA) - As homeowners continue to look for luxury products to turn their baths into spas, they are also demanding that those same products deliver function. They want products that add style and fashion in ever-more upscale designs. From toilets, to showers and towel warmers, fashion and function are in.

Toilets, long an overlooked commodity, are now offered with a wide range of options. Heated seats, bidet seats, soft-closing lids and low flow, water efficient design all make shopping for a toilet a new experience for many consumers. These newly designed and engineered fixtures, with aesthetics sculpted and designed by well known designers, are also pleasing the green crowd. Sleeker looking and more attractive fixtures have incorporated low-flow engineering and dual flush actuators for water and energy savings.

Newer showerheads deliver both a better shower experience, and save water at the same time. And with improved design, showers are also less likely to clog up, deliver water at pre-determined temperatures and help to save water and energy. Multiple body sprays enhance the shower experience, and are often incorporated into high-end shower units. To provide the hot water for these new shower "systems," many homeowners are turning to in-line water heaters. These efficient water heaters do not use a storage tank, but instead they heat the water as it flows through the unit, which allows for virtually unlimited hot water while in the shower.

Towel warmers are gaining popularity quickly in the U. S. and Canada. Their common use in European homes and hotels has lead to their quick rise in popularity here. Just as the previously mentioned products have turned toward function to gain widespread appeal, towel warmers are also going upscale and functional.

One such brand of towel warmers is the new Villeroy & Boch by Zehnder line from Switzerland. They are at the pinnacle of fashion and function. Zehnder is the pre-eminent brand of radiators in Europe, while Villeroy & Boch, based in Germany, produces some of the finest china and bathroom fixtures in the world. This combination of German and Swiss engineering and design has resulted in a really great marriage of fashion and function.

Zehnder radiators function as much more than towel warmers. They are designed to both heat the bathroom, and warm and dry towels. They operate on standard 110 volt power, come with a wireless seven day programmable controller and install easily. Homeowners can program the radiator to turn on before waking up in the morning, and wake up to a warm bathroom and a warm towel. After showering, the towels are dried, helping to eliminate musty towels and prevent mold in the bathroom. As heaters, they can save energy by heating the bath without heating the entire home.

The fashion component is derived from Villeroy and Boch models combined with Zehnder's full range of colors and finishes to enhance the bathroom's design. Zehnder offers over one hundred colors, with white, satin nickel, cream white, oil rubbed bronze and chrome being the most popular. Combined with quality towels, they can add a significant fashion statement to any bath.

Bath design has become significantly more complicated as these innovations have become more and more common in bath showrooms and in bath designers' and architects' creations. Many of these products, which were driven purely by their fashion component in the past, are now incorporated into energy efficient, green design, as well as their function in providing homeowners with baths as spas.

For more information about towel warmers and other bathroom appliances, log on to www.zehnderamerica.com or call (888) 778-6701.

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