Report by National Kitchen & Bath Association and John Burns Real Estate Consulting finds steady industry growth, though availability of skilled labor and material costs remain challenges.

The growing popularity of al fresco dining drove the need to survey consumers looking to expand their cooking and entertaining to the outdoors.

Launched in 1994, the AXOR Starck collection forever changed the market for design in the bathroom, the company said. With its radical simplicity and deep respect for water as the source of life, AXOR Starck is as relevant and successful today as ever, it noted.

California Faucets expands its Bel Canto single-hole lavatory faucet collection with the E3 Cylinder Handle, an option that eliminates the lever handle.

Moen’s Nio provides the ultimate in personalization by allowing consumers to easily swap out the faucet’s handle with a complementary accent finish, the company notes.

The House of Rohl and its portfolio of brands showcased the latest in luxury decorative plumbing products at the International Contemporary Furniture Fair in New York, May 19-22.

12,300-sq.-ft. showroom doubles size of former space.