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Two New Products from California Faucets Honored for Innovation by NY Product Design Awards

Both the WaterSconce showerhead and the San Elijo™ bath faucet are recognized for their ability to improve daily life and enhance our world

(Huntington Beach, CA, July 16, 2024) California Faucets has once again been recognized by the NY Product Design Awards. And this year, it’s twice as nice. Fourteen jurors from eleven countries commended not one, but two of the company’s products in the 2024 awards program. WaterSconce, the showerhead inspired by the bright lights of Hollywood, and San Elijo™, the company’s first bath faucet series to incorporate teak wood, were both chosen from a pool of over 1,000 submissions for their contributions to the design world.

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California Faucets Brings Texture to Light With Jalama® Series Bath Faucet

Five uniquely tactile treatments, and the new “intaglio” finishing technique inspired by an ancient Italian printing method, bring a new dimension to customized bath faucets

(Huntington Beach, CA July 09, 2024) California Faucets infuses rich texture into the bath with the new Jalama® Series. Featuring statuesque cylinder-shaped handles with subtle “wings” for enhanced grip, the Jalama Series brings a new distinctively tactile dimension to customizable faucets. The series offers a choice of five treatments—Smooth, Knurled, Hammered, Pinstripe, and Rivulet—each making their own unique design statement.

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California Faucets La Spezia Named a Most Innovative Product by Beautiful Kitchens & Baths

The 13th-annual award honors 30 new standout products for design, technology, and more

(Huntington Beach, CA, March 19, 2024) Beautiful Kitchens & Baths magazine has recognized California Faucets La Spezia faucet as one of The 30 Most Innovative Kitchen and Bath Products of 2024. Selected by the magazine’s editors, the Most Innovative Products list distinguishes the year’s “most impressive” kitchen and bath products embodying “high style, cutting-edge technology, and a little something extra.”

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Dreams Come True with California Faucets’ Bathroom Faucet Creator™

Online tool makes it simple for designers and homeowners to configure a uniquely customized bathroom faucet

(Huntington Beach, CA, January 29, 2024) California Faucets proudly introduces the all-new Bathroom Faucet Creator, making it even easier to bring customized bath faucets to life. Users of the online tool can sort through myriad faucet styles from classic to contemporary, pair any spout with any handle, and choose from 25-plus artisan finishes to create the customized faucet design of their dreams. The tool also allows designers and homeowners to share their personalized creations before they’re built-to-order and hand-finished in the California Faucets Huntington Beach factory.

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California Faucets Bridge Kitchen Faucet Collection Wins 2023 DPHA Plumbing Product of the Year Award

Customizable bridge style faucet collection—with a modern twist— recognized at the decorative plumbing industry’s top annual event for its thoughtful design and flexible range of styles from traditional to contemporary

(Huntington Beach, CA, November 10, 2023) California Faucets’ Bridge Kitchen Faucet Collection received the 2023 “Product of the Year–Kitchen Fixture” award at the 22nd Annual Decorative Plumbing Hardware Association (DPHA) Conference and Product Showcase. The award ceremony took place during the October 12-15 event at the Marriott Marquis Chicago. DPHA, the industry’s premier plumbing industry association, chose the Bridge Collection out of a pool of outstanding entries for its thoughtful design and complete range of styles including traditional, contemporary, industrial, and transitional.

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California Faucets “Bridges” Gap Between Form and Function with New Kitchen Collection

Spanning from traditional to contemporary, the comprehensive new Bridge Faucets bring fresh new looks to the unique bridge-style genre

(Huntington Beach, CA, October 31, 2023) California Faucets has expanded its popular kitchen collection with a new take on a timeless favorite: the bridge-style faucet. The Bridge Kitchen Faucet Collection features a lively two-hole design inspired by fittings from the mid-to-late 1800s. Like two rivers that meet at the confluence, the design stands tall on two legs, allowing the hot and cold water to mix together before ascending the spout and cascading gracefully into the sink. Recently named “2023 Kitchen Fixture of the Year” by Decorative Plumbing and Hardware Association (DPHA), the new Bridge collection stretches the style gamut from traditional and transitional to contemporary and industrial. With a myriad of handle options, a complete selection of matching accessories, and more than 25-plus artisan finishes, designers have everything they need to personalize their own iconic Bridge.

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California Faucets Gives Kitchen Minimalism a Fresh Twist With La Spezia

Characterized by curves and a cantilevered handle, the new contemporary kitchen faucet blends Italian design with California craftsmanship

(Huntington Beach, CA, June 8, 2023) Recently named a Best Value in Luxury Faucets by StarCraft Reviews, California Faucets infuses a fresh new vibe into the modern kitchen faucet with La Spezia. The latest addition to the company’s popular Kitchen Collection, La Spezia features a sleek and cylindrical shape complemented by a cantilevered handle. Thoughtfully designed to blend curves and contours with a strong geometric silhouette, La Spezia offers a wide array of sizes, configurations, sprayhead styles, and more than 25 artisan finishes. Streamlined and minimal yet bold and striking, La Spezia brings creative choice and freedom into any contemporary kitchen design.

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California Faucets Flips the Narrative on Luxury Bath Style with Vertical Paper Holders

Expanding the company’s already vast collection of bath accessories, the collection of vertical paper holders offers options for every style of decor


(Huntington Beach, CA, May 16, 2023) California Faucets further expands upon its wide array of fully coordinated bath accessories with a selection of new vertical paper holders. Available in styles from traditional and transitional to contemporary and even Steampunk, there is a toilet paper holder to coordinate with any style of decor.

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Surf the Next Wave of Bathroom Style with California Faucets’ New Single Handle Wall Mount Collection

A stylish alternative to deck mount faucets, the single handle design offers a refreshingly cool, streamlined look for today’s popular space-saving wall mount designs


(Huntington Beach, CA, March 29, 2023) California Faucets expands on its already robust collection of Wall Mount lavatory faucets with its most minimalist designs yet. The new Single Handle Wall Mount Lavatory Faucets pack big style into a leaner package while conserving valuable countertop space. Designers looking to catch the next epic style wave can now find one of these sleek single handle designs in every one of the company’s faucet series. With designs ranging from traditional and transitional to industrial and contemporary, the only limit is your imagination.

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Dancing in the Rain: California Faucets Debuts New Ultra-Thin Contemporary Showerheads

Available in both round and square styles, the new larger size expands on the company’s already robust collection of ultra-thin rain showerheads

(Huntington Beach, CA, February 8, 2023) California Faucets announces the expansion of its popular Ultra-Thin Showerhead series with new 16-inch Contemporary options. The new showerheads are larger in diameter for a fuller more generous spray that envelopes you like rain. Exceptionally thin and presented in two shapes—a geometric square design or a more curvaceous round option—the larger showerheads satisfy users desire for style as well as a sumptuous spa-like shower, while bringing a sense of modern elegance to the bath.

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California Faucets Takes Popular Rincon Bay Series to New Heights

New high arc spout option adds dimension to the versatile transitional-meets-Art Deco series

(Huntington Beach, CA, June 29, 2022) California Faucets’ timelessly elegant Rincon Bay Series of bath faucets gets a style boost with a new high spout option. The 8-3/8” tall, high-arc spout is in dramatic contrast to the original design’s low, aerodynamic spout and brings even more flexibility and versatility to the popular series. With options such as softly rounded cross handles and cylinder escutcheons that blend traditional and Art Deco, the sophisticated Rincon Bay series has the unique ability to shine in a wide range of bath motifs, from traditional to contemporary.

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California Faucets Elevates Luxury Bath Design with Vessel Faucets

The collection of wall-mounted designs speaks to today’s re-emerging trend while adding a sense of timeless style and spaciousness

(Huntington Beach, CA, April 21, 2022) Long popular in commercial settings such as boutique hotels and restaurants, vessel faucets, also known as wall-mounted faucets, are taking hold as one of today’s most popular statement-making looks in residential baths. And it’s no wonder. Vessel faucets help to save space on cluttered vanity tops, make countertops easier to clean, and add a unique design aesthetic to the bath.

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California Faucets’ D Street Bath Collection Reimagines Modern Flexibility with a Textural Twist

Highly customizable beach-city inspired series boasts mix-and-match spout styles, handle choices, textured inserts and dozens of luxurious finishes


(Huntington Beach, CA, August 3, 2021) California Faucets presents their most customizable bath series to date. The new D Street modular bath collection pays homage to the casual-yet-modern D Street community in Encinitas. Like its namesake surf town, the collection mixes fun and funky elements, such as smooth, knurled, or carbon fiber inserts with modern style spouts and handles. The result is an eclectic combination that adds personality to today’s transitional and contemporary bathrooms.

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California Faucets’ Quad Spout Brings Fresh New Look to its Award-Winning Kitchen Collection

A unique alternative to the typical arc-shaped spout, Quad Spout’s right angles lend a touch of edgy style to most any decor

(Huntington Beach, CA, June 8, 2021) With a refreshingly different geometric shape, California Faucets’ new Quad Spout stands apart from the typical arc spouts we expect to see in the kitchen. The design’s squared-off shape is especially striking when paired with the recently introduced Squeeze Handle Sprayer. While the distinctive yet customizable Quad Spout design can exude an industrial flair, it is versatile enough to complement traditional, transitional, or contemporary design schemes.

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California Faucets Deluxe Grab Bars Elegantly Merge Flexible Decorative Style With Important Safety Features

Ten uniquely detailed designs help prevent falls in the bath while seamlessly coordinating with virtually any décor

(Huntington Beach, CA, March 15, 2021) California Faucets proves that the utilitarian can still be beautiful. The company’s versatile new Deluxe Grab Bars perfectly integrate into any style of bath, while keeping the focus on safety as well as good design. This emphasis on safety is especially important as baby boomers plan remodels and prepare to age-in-place. With 10 distinctive styles available in seven lengths in more than 28 artisan finishes, homeowners and designers have the flexibility to create the safest bathroom possible, while staying true to their unique vision.

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Go With the Flow: California Faucets New High Flow Rate Single Handle Tub Fillers Stylishly Fill the Tub in Half the Time

These more streamlined tub fillers feature an impressive 10 GPM flow rate, and are available in a wide selection of handle, spout and finish combinations to complement most any decor

(Huntington Beach, CA, December 16, 2020) While everyone loves soaking in a hot bath, no one enjoys waiting for the tub to fill up. California Faucets has solved this problem with its new line of high flow rate Single Handle Tub Fillers, which can fill a large tub in record time without sacrificing the streamlined style coveted with this class of tub filler. With a flow rate previously only available in two-leg styles, the new series of single handle designs have a generous 9-inch center-to-center spout reach and are available in a wide range of looks including TraditionalContemporaryTransitional, and Industrial.

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California Faucets’ Roxbury StyleDrain® by Christopher Grubb Infuses Iconic Style into the Bath

With its abstract zigzag pattern, Roxbury provides the finishing touch to a variety of decor styles from urban modern to old Hollywood glam

(Huntington Beach, CA, July 23, 2020) A striking finishing touch for today’s luxury showers, Roxbury StyleDrain® joins California Faucets’ collection of patented StyleDrain offerings. The third of four styles by award-winning Beverly Hills Interior Designer Christopher Grubb, Roxbury features an abstract zigzag pattern that imparts a bold sense of personality into showers, both inside and out.

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California Faucets Adds Transitional Twist to Mid-Century Modern Faucet Line

New cross-handle design lends a classic element to Rincon Bay faucets while broadening its mix and match options

(Huntington Beach, CA, September 12, 2018) California Faucets, manufacturer of artisan-crafted bath and kitchen fixtures, is expanding its Rincon Bay collection of mid-century modern style bath faucets and fittings. With sleek, clean lines interrupted by just a small sculptural detail along the bottom of the spout and lever handles, Rincon Bay faucets combine a no-frills sensibility with a futuristic vision characteristic of mid-century design. By injecting a new choice of cross handles into the design mix, it takes the line in a slightly more transitional direction with a classic, yet modern look that is well suited for use in both traditional and contemporary bathrooms.

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California Faucets Launches Line of Ultra-Thin Modern Showerhead Designs

New round and square showerheads have a sleek, minimalist look ideal for contemporary bathrooms

(Huntington Beach, CA, December 29, 2017) California Faucets, manufacturer of artisan-crafted bath and kitchen fittings, is expanding its extensive and continually evolving selection of contemporary styles with a line of Ultra-Thin Showerheads. Measuring just 5/16 inch thick—among the thinnest on the market today, the showerheads offer the clean minimalism consumers crave. At the same time, each showerhead still delivers a robust, rain-like drenching spray for refreshing showering indulgence.

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California Faucets Creates Unique “Floating Handle” Faucet

The ultra-thin, planar handle of the new Morro Bay™ Series single-hole lavatory faucet operates completely independently of the body

(Huntington Beach, CA, September 12, 2017) California Faucets has broken fresh ground with its new Morro Bay™ Series single-hole faucet. By radically thinning the design of the handle, its independent operation gives it the appearance of gently sailing above the faucet body. This groundbreaking ultra-thin planar “floating handle” design stands apart from typical single-hole faucets with handles that move along with a heavy, cumbersome hub.

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