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Is it safe to come out yet?!   If your email inbox is anything like ours you may have become rather weary this week of all the Black Friday hype.   Where did Black Friday suddenly come from?!  Black Friday is always the day immediately after Thanksgiving in the United States and marks the start of the […]

Remembrance Sunday is always a time to take stock of what has gone before and made us what we are now.  Today we honour and respect all those who sacrificed themselves to make it possible for us to live in freedom and absence of fear.  Even though we are living in a time of great

Halloween is with us again!  With putting back the clocks heralding the darker nights we expect there will be lots of pattering of tiny feet tonight demanding sweets with menaces!  The American concept of “trick or treat” probably dates back around 100 years but was definitely a regular part of American culture by 1951, when

Don’t panic!  Despite the title, we are not suggesting that we all start sharing bathroom time.  We know that most of our discerning customers view their bathrooms as a peaceful haven from the hustle and bustle of life:  a little slice of joyful solitude in an otherwise hectic day.   No, we are referring to

Summer seems to finally be over and that distinctive autumn nip is in the air.   We are now in that brief lull before the winter festivities start: Halloween, Bonfire night, Thanksgiving and – dare we mention it?! – Christmas.  This is often the time when we feel a little restless, as if we ought to

As the Paralympics get under way prepare to be inspired!  Twelve days of an enormous variety of events with many world records expected to be broken.  The image on the left shows the Paralympic Mural which was officially unveiled on Wednesday.  Made of tiles and decorated with waves of orange, blue, green – the colours

  Well done Team GB!    We are so proud of them for clinching second place in Rio and for all the hard work and effort that they have put in to be able to do that.   We’re now looking forward to the Paralympics and wish them too every success.   Why the green water?!  

August is upon us and for many of us it’s the Great British Summer Holiday!     Whether we’ve been away, are about to go away, or are enjoying a staycation, bathrooms are of critical importance!   Hotel Bathrooms   Anyone who has stayed in a hotel will have at least one bathroom horror story to tell.

At Stone and Chrome we were delighted to be featured in the April edition of the magazine Kitchens and Bathrooms News – see image on the left.   In the article – entitled Set in Stone – we discussed our experiences in bathroom design and in particular our belief in “differentiation by design”.  Design is a

4th July is a special day for our American friends.  It is the day on which they celebrate the Declaration of Independence, which was adopted on 4 July, 1776. Under this declaration, the then thirteen colonies of America declared themselves as states of America and no longer part of the British Empire.    23rd June is