Authentic Luxury with Old World Inspiration

Authentic Luxury with Old World Inspiration

(ARA) - Many homeowners want all the modern conveniences of a brand new home, but they don't want it to look new. They may strive for a home that looks as if it has been passed down through generations. They crave history, provenance, tradition and fine craftsmanship.

Historic European style inspiration from the UK, France and Italy has become a deeply rooted trend. We have seen designs that give a nod to the Old World for some time, but lately the style has gathered a larger audience. Many homeowners have paid tribute in various ways throughout their homes, but the bath and the kitchen usually exhibit the most notable aspects of the trend.

More than any other room in the house, the kitchen is the place where homeowners often choose to include hints of European Old World style. It is usually a larger, roomier space, where family and friends congregate, that needs to feel warm and inviting. A touch of Old-World luxury mixed with function gives this room style that works for everyday use.

Recreating the Old-World style is also about quality; the desire to have finely crafted products in the home that have tried and true staying power. So the trend is a bit two-fold, the antique-like aesthetic of stately pieces and designs, as well as the unmatched quality of hand-crafted luxury products.

ROHL kitchen and bath products have long been sought out by the savviest consumers, interior designers and other specifiers. ROHL brings Old-World products to the design arena that are the epitome of luxury, the finest quality and have a history or story to their creation.

Scouring the globe for the most beautiful, well-designed and highly functional kitchen and bath faucets and fixtures has been something ROHL prides itself in making a priority. All of the manufacturers that they partner with, such as Cisal in Northern Italy, have been making faucets and fixtures for years, in the same province and with the same attention to detail and fine crafting that they have perfected over time.

Cisal was known a century ago for making brass bells. When the need for bell making had reached saturation, the town industry switched to creating incredible faucets and fixtures from brass and the town is now known in Italy as the "Village of Faucets." The provenance and history is true and honest, one that incites a consumer to go the extra mile to get style that is absolutely one hundred percent authentic.

Another example is La Cornue ranges. These ranges are almost like pieces of art in your kitchen and for the gourmand, a dream come true. In the same way, a ROHL Shaw's fireclay apron sink speaks to legacy and heritage, while also providing authenticity mixed with sheer elegance. Crafted in the same town in Northern England for over 100 years and hand stamped by each artisan, these fireclay sinks are certainly not pretenders. The fireclay sink is a true fashion statement for the kitchen.

A vacation to the South of France or Tuscany may inspire a myriad of exciting ideas upon returning, and be the impetus of a complete kitchen makeover, or the basis for your brand new kitchen. "Many ROHL customers come back from Europe with a renewed sense of style, that is based upon Old-World traditions and ideas and they want to recreate exactly what they have seen in their own kitchens or baths," says Lou Rohl, chief operating officer of ROHL.

As for the bath, many homeowners want to recreate the experience they have had on their travels to five star resorts and decadent spas all over the world. Maybe they have stayed at the Relais & Châteaux's Hotel Paradies in St. Moritz, only to have fallen in love with the spa amenities, and they just have to recreate that experience at home in their newly renovated master bath.

A gorgeous spa like the one at the Hermosa Inn located in Scottsdale, Ariz., is inspired by Spanish Colonial architecture and aesthetics. Bringing that same atmosphere home to your own private bath oasis is coveted more and more in today's market. Why not feel like you are still on vacation and enjoy your bath or kitchen as you would if you were staying in a gorgeous villa on holiday.

The Old-World heritage sentiment is one of the strongest threads that ties together true authentic luxury. It only makes sense to commit to the "real thing," not only to make your home a haven, but to have it exude good quality and substance, because it is most likely your largest investment.

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