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California Faucets Poetto Series Takes Italian Style and American Craftsmanship to Contemporary Kitchens

Part of the new Kitchen Collection from California Faucets, Poetto’s sleek, gently curved silhouette perfectly complements today’s modern styles

(Huntington Beach, CA, February 25, 2016) California Faucets brings signature Italian style to the modern kitchen with the debut of its Poetto Series Pull-Down Kitchen Faucet. Introduced along with The Kitchen Collection, the company’s long-awaited sophisticated new series of designer kitchen faucets, Poetto combines sleek modern Italian design with American craftsmanship. Available in a selection of more than 30 artisan finishes, including the world’s first stainless steel PVD finish Ultra Stainless Steel™, the Poetto features a minimalist, uninterrupted silhouette. Plus, like every faucet in The Kitchen Collection, Poetto offers a full range of matching accessories—just one of the many reasons for The Kitchen Collection’s recent wins in the Best of Year Awards by Interior Design as well as The Product Innovator Awards by Kitchen & Bath Business.

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California Faucets and Italian Filmmaker Create Video for Biggest Product Launch in Company History

Video, directed by Federica Gregotti of FG Films and filmed on location in Milan, creatively introduces the effortless beauty and function of The Kitchen Collection


(Huntington Beach, CA, January 14, 2015) California Faucets has produced a captivating, short video introducing The Kitchen Collection, the company’s first-ever line of kitchen faucets, which includes the Corsano Culinary Pull-Out Kitchen Faucet, recent winner of the coveted Interior Design BoY Awards. Directed by Italian filmmaker Federica Gregotti, the video captures some whimsically warm moments in the life of a young family, while subtly demonstrating the effortlessness of the Davoli kitchen faucet. Filmed on-location in Milan, the video will run on-air as a television commercial, as well as in select California Faucets showrooms.

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California Faucets Corsano™ Culinary Pull-Out Kitchen Faucet Wins “Best of Year” Award from Interior Design

Corsano’s first place win in the kitchen category, marks the third consecutive year California Faucets has brought home the gold from the premiere design awards event

(Huntington Beach, CA, December 18, 2015) For the third straight year, California Faucets is the proud recipient of the coveted Interior Design Best of Year (BoY) Awards. This year, the Corsano™ Culinary Pull-Out Kitchen Faucet, part of the company’s newly launched line of kitchen products, was recognized in the highly competitive kitchen fittings and fixtures category. Corsano was one of 1,800 entries judged by nearly 60,000 professionals in the architecture and design industry.

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California Faucets’ New Davoli Series Offers a Fresh Spin on Traditional Style in the Kitchen

Where Italian design meets California craftsmanship, you’ll find Davoli, part of the new Kitchen Collection from California Faucets

(Huntington Beach, CA, November 17, 2015) California Faucets proudly introduces the Davoli Pull-Down Kitchen Faucet. Part of the company’s new line, The Kitchen Collection, the Davoli Series offers a fresh spin on traditional design. From the company known for lavatory faucets made with high-quality craftsmanship and endless customization options, the new Davoli Series brings Old World European style to the kitchen sink, but with a modern twist. With uniquely customizable handle options, plus a full range of coordinating accessories including a pull-down prep/bar faucet, hot and cold water dispensers, soap dispenser, air activation switch for disposer, and air gap, Davoli lets designers and homeowners create a completely coordinated ensemble.

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California Faucets Palomar Art Deco Tub Filler Wins 2015 DPHA Plumbing Product of the Year Award

Tub Filler recognized at the decorative plumbing industry’s top annual events for its distinctive bygone-era styling and flexible ability to meet a variety of design preferences

(Huntington Beach, CA, November 12, 2015) California Faucets Palomar Art Deco Tub Filler received the 2015 “Plumbing Product of the Year, Water Delivery” award at this year’s Decorative Plumbing Hardware Association (DPHA) annual conference. The award ceremony took place during the October 15-17 event at the Hilton at Torrey Pines in La Jolla, California. DPHA, the industry’s premier plumbing industry association, chose the Palomar Art Deco Tub Filler out of a record number of entries for its distinctive bygone-era styling and its unique flexibility, allowing the ultimate ability to create a range of new looks. In addition to the retro-inspired elegance of the winning Palomar Art Deco design in Polished Nickel (PVD) with Matte Black Topanga handles, designers and consumers alike can choose from a range of handle styles and 30-plus decorative finishes.

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California Faucets Pixar-Style Tub Filler Fever Video Makes Remarkable Leap from Web Video to TV Spot

Kitchen and bath showrooms adapt widely popular animated video—featuring amusing performances by dancing tub fillers—into effective local market TV commercials


(Huntington Beach, CA, October 27, 2015) Dancing tub fillers from California Faucets’ promotional Web video Tub Filler Fever are now cutting a rug in America’s living room. The unusual migration from Internet video to TV spot is happening in markets around the country, where kitchen and bath dealers are broadcasting the creative, Pixar-style animation as commercials on local TV. The uniquely creative video has enabled a growing number of dealers to increase traffic to their showrooms by making tub fillers—a product typically viewed as just another commodity—into amusing entertainers. Continue reading →

Presenting… The Kitchen Collection From California Faucets

Long recognized for its signature handcrafted lavatory faucets, the company unveils a sophisticated new series of designer kitchen faucets combining Italian design with American craftsmanship

(Huntington Beach, CA, October 14, 2015) Known for lavatory faucets made with high-quality craftsmanship and endless customization options, California Faucets introduces The Kitchen Collection. A collaboration of Italian design and California craftsmanship, the four new series of kitchen faucets embody the same sophistication and artisan quality that designers and consumers have come to expect from California Faucets. A uniquely customizable series of kitchen faucets, each of the four debuting design series comes with a full range of matching accessories for a thoroughly coordinated look.

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California Faucets Names Paulette Gibson Corporate Controller, and Stephany Nguyen is Promoted to Customer Service Manager

Significant growth noted as the impetus for California Faucets’ new controller position and customer service promotion

(Huntington Beach, CA, June 26, 2015) California Faucets, manufacturer of fine quality custom faucets, trim, and accessories, appoints Paulette Gibson to the newly created position of corporate controller at its Huntington Beach, California headquarters. In addition, Stephany Nguyen is promoted to customer service manager—a testament to her many contributions to California Faucets’ award winning customer service team. The appointments are a result of California Faucets’ continued success and significant growth in recent years.

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California Faucets — a Recurring Theme at the 2015 Pasadena Showcase House of Design

The versatility of the faucet manufacturer’s hand-finished bathroom fittings helped designers imagine and create five unique bathroom settings in one of the nation’s top house and garden tours

(Huntington Beach, CA, June 24, 2015) The Los Angeles area’s most elite designers honored California Faucets by selecting its faucets and shower fittings for five distinctly different bathroom designs in the 2015 Pasadena Showcase House of Design. The prestigious event ran this year from April 19 through May 17, and has been held annually in Pasadena, California since 1965 to support the local efforts of a diverse list of nonprofit organizations in the community. The showcase house features the most innovative design concepts, products, and technologies available for today’s elegant homes as conceived by leading ASID-affiliated designers.

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California Faucets Debuts Collection of Tub Fillers To Complement All Styles of Design

Four new models offer customizable companions to today’s popular freestanding bathtubs

(Huntington Beach, CA, April 30, 2015) California Faucets introduces four new tub filler series, offering increased options and flexibility for accessorizing today’s popular freestanding bathtubs. The largest collection of tub fillers in the industry, the new designs bring homeowners and designers alike a myriad of choices to personalize any style of bathroom project, from traditional to contemporary—and everything in between.

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Tub Filler Fever – California Faucets Freestanding Tub Fillers Bust a Move in Video

Pixar-like computer-generated tub fillers come to life and dance their way into hearts



(Huntington Beach, CA, February 3, 2015) California Faucets has released a short video—Tub Filler Fever—to creatively introduce its four new tub fillers. In the imaginative production the company’s original tub filler, the Balboa Series, comes to life and to his astonishment is joined by four new tub filler series, each of which hits the dance floor for a solo performance. In addition to their dance moves, the tub fillers display human mannerisms, which whimsically illustrate their unique design and personality. Continue reading →

California Faucets ZeroDrain® “Pop-Down” Sink Drain Wins Interior Design Best of Year Awards 2014

Fourth BoY nod reinforces company’s role as an industry innovator

CaliforniaFaucets-ZeroDrain-closeup(Huntington Beach, CA, December 16, 2014) For the fourth time since 2009, California Faucets wins the prestigious Interior Design Best of Year (BoY) Awards. This year, the revolutionary ZeroDrain® “pop-down” lavatory drain was voted winner in the highly competitive Bath Accessories and Hardware category. ZeroDrain won top honors among more than 2,000 entries—a record-breaking number of submissions for the industry’s premier design award contest. Interior designers and architects placed more than 60,000 online votes, naming ZeroDrain the most innovative product in its category. Interior Design editor-in-chief Cindy Allen presented the iconic light bulb BoY Awards trophy before a standing-room-only crowd of over 950 design community members during the awards ceremony. The ceremony was held on December 4, 2014 at the equally iconic Frank Gehry-designed IAC Building in New York City.

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California Faucets Introduces BËL Multifunction Showerhead, the Latest Addition to StyleFlow™

BËL satisfies a desire for traditional style in the modern age shower

(Huntington Beach, CA September 4, 2014) Timeless design fits a home like a couture gown fits the curves of a woman’s body. California Faucets embraces the concept of enduring style with BËL, a multifunction showerhead inspired by classic architectural forms and traditional elegance. The new showerhead design is the latest addition to the StyleFlow™ family of multifunction showerheads and handhelds that feature Swiss Shower Technology™.

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California Faucets Introduces ZeroDrain™—the World’s First “Pop-Down” Drain

The new, patent-pending drain creates a new standard for sink drains, with its sleek beauty and incredibly easy installation

(Huntington Beach, CA May 14, 2014) ZeroDrain™, the latest patent-pending innovation from California Faucets adds to the beauty of a bathroom sink, rather than detracting from it. In place of a standard pop-up drain with a protruding stopper and cumbersome lift rod, the world’s first “pop-down” drain sits flush with the sink, and it requires no lift knob to operate it. Measurably easier to install and clean, ZeroDrain removes a longstanding blemish on the bath sink—the traditional pop-up drain—and decoratively enhances it instead.

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The 2-Minute Custom Faucet Video from California Faucets Puts California Cool into Made in America

Video captures SoCal lifestyle before following the company’s local employees through entire manufacturing process, from custom bath fitting assembly to finishing, in fast motion

 


(Huntington Beach, CA, March 13, 2014) California Faucets presents The 2-Minute Custom Faucet, a fast-motion video that demonstrates the company’s commitment to producing a handcrafted Made in CA product. The video, which fades in with a fast-paced taste of sunny Huntington Beach local color, gives designers and consumers a rare, inside glimpse at how and where it’s done. Not by a mass production factory in a foreign country, but by human artisan hands within the borders of the Golden State. The footage begins inside the company’s factory with the point of view of a forklift driver delivering parts, and then jets through the production process, capturing each efficient, meticulous step along the way, from sandblasting and brushing, to packaging and shipping.

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California Faucets Introduces the DIVA™ Series

New high-style, high-performance faucet, shower fittings, and accessories harmonize Italian design and California craftsmanship

No Image(Huntington Beach, CA, February 25, 2014) Madonna. Cher. Mariah. Beyoncé. These divas have always represented an outstanding harmony of style and performance. Now DIVA™, California Faucets’ new faucet series, takes the show to the bath.
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StyleDrain® Fleur Design Makes a Royal Statement in the Shower

California Faucets brings timeless elegance to the bath with its new shower drain in
the fleur-de-lis pattern

CaliforniaFaucets-StyleDrain-Fleur-9176_fleur-1(Huntington Beach, CA, December 18, 2013) California Faucets introduces StyleDrain® Fleur, the new design from its award-winning StyleDrain series, which features the timeless fleur-de-lis pattern. Literally translated from French to mean, “flower of the lily,” the fleur-de-lis pattern has lent a sophisticated look to home décor and architecture for centuries. The stylish new addition to the StyleDrain series revives the fleur-de-lis design to make a distinctive statement on the shower floor in a world dominated by basic, industrial-looking drains.

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California Faucets StyleDrain® Tile Wins Interior Design Best of Year 2013 Award

Groundbreaking shower drain singled out for design that allows inlay of any tile or stone to seamlessly integrate with the floor

CalFaucets-StyleDrain-Tile-mosaic(Huntington Beach, CA, December 16, 2013) California Faucets StyleDrain® Tile was named Best of Year 2013 winner by Interior Design magazine. The award, presented at Frank Gehry’s IAC Building in New York City on December 5, recognized StyleDrain Tile with first place distinction in the bath product accessories and hardware category. The latest, most innovative addition to the company’s award-winning StyleDrain series was honored for outstanding design. The design allows the inlay of any tile or stone to match surrounding shower flooring, thus creating the illusion of water vanishing into the floor.

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California Faucets StyleDrain® Tile Wins 2013 DPHA Innovative Accessory Product of the Year Award

Decorative shower drain design takes top honors for innovation and style at the premier decorative plumbing industry association’s annual event

CalFaucets-StyleDrain-Tile-mosaic(Huntington Beach, CA, November 5, 2013) California Faucets StyleDrain® Tile received the “Innovative Accessory Product of the Year” award for outstanding design at this year’s Decorative Plumbing Hardware Association (DPHA) annual conference. The award ceremony took place during the event on October 9-12 at the Sheraton Wild Horse Pass Resort & Spa in Chandler, Arizona. DPHA, the industry’s premier plumbing industry association, chose StyleDrain Tile for its innovative design, which allows for the inlay of any tile or stone to seamlessly integrate with shower floor tile schemes.

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California Faucets Introduces the RINCON BAY™ Series

The sleek, new widespread lavatory faucet design blends transitional and art deco style to deliver a cosmopolitan feel

CaliforniaFaucets-RINCON-BAY-4502-2(Huntington Beach, CA, September 5, 2013) California Faucets introduces RINCON BAY™, the latest addition to its line of Custom Faucetry®. The sleek, new design described as, “transitional meets deco,” exudes the cosmopolitan feel of the San Francisco bayside town for which it was named. With an angular, low-set spout, and cool blade handles, RINCON BAY’s symmetrically balanced proportions deliver a timeless sense of sophisticated style.

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