Articles Tagged with ''kitchen and bath''

Homeowners are investing larger budgets into their kitchen and bathroom renovation projects, according to the fifth annual Houzz & Home survey of more than 120,000 respondents in the U.S.

Each year, hundreds of new kitchen and bath products are introduced  at the Kitchen and Bath Industry Show (KBIS), but only five are crowned the Best of KBIS.

While I admit the title of this column may seem a bit strange to our readers in Southern California and the Southwest, for everyone else around the country who has experienced a cold, snowy, miserable winter, you’ll understand.

In the late 1990s when laminate was all the rage and other hard surfaces such as wood and tile were starting their surge with consumers there were rumblings around the industry the resilient category was becoming a dinosaur and like it, a dying breed as market share was being eaten up every which way.

Gearing up for the return of a healthy home building and remodeling market, manufacturers and suppliers have stepped up plans for exhibit spaces for the new Design and Construction Week, when the International Builders' Show (IBS) and the Kitchen and Bath Industry Show (KBIS) join forces for a mega-exhibit in Las Vegas Feb. 4-6, 2014.