Kohler Company

In the market for a hot-water-dispensing refrigerator? That was just one of the innovative and unusual products on display recently at the International Builders' Show in Las Vegas. The annual event, put on by the National Association of Home Builders,...

In the market for a hot-water-dispensing refrigerator? That was just one of the innovative and unusual products on display this week at the International Builders’ Show in Las Vegas. The annual event, put on by the National Assn. of Home Builders,...

KOHLER, Wis. — If the words "company town" bring to mind mean-spirited, penny-pinching bosses bereft of benevolence, then it's unfair to use that term to describe Kohler. Regardless of the label, though, this is clearly a town that the Kohler family...

You can't tell me the recession has extinguished America's burning desire for glam kitchens or baths when "the perfect toilet" lands a coveted role in a movie. Or when the opening of the doors for the trade show floor at the recent Kitchen & Bath...

Toilet aficionados, look no further. A Wisconsin company is promising you "a figment of beauty and geometry" with piano music, feet warmers and a slew of other amenities - if you're willing to flush out nearly $6,400. Kohler Co. is preparing to...

Want to add a "wow" factor to your bathroom? Start with a rich wood vanity with furniture detailing. Then top it off with a sleek stone countertop. The vanity area has become an important part of the bathroom, particularly in the master bath. It is...

There are loos. And then there are lulus. The humble toilet isn't necessarily a plain-Jane -- or should we say plain-John? -- fixture anymore. It's gone upscale, fashioned in stainless steel, clad in leather and pimped out with heated seats, water-jet...

For the vast majority of Chicagoans, a super shower is not in their future. For that matter, neither are a wine cellar, a walk-in refrigerator or a $250,000 lighting system. These over-the-top fantasy features of the McMansion era seem like ancient...

There is something about water that invites poetry, borrowed phrases from wiser minds, myth-making, introspection, submersion in the mystical side of life. A spa, at its barest self, is that: A trysting point between body and soul where physical...

Want to find out where products we found at the International Builders Show will be sold? A SIDE OF BARK: Poplar bark siding from Barkclad Natural Products, 217 Bethel Drive, Canton, N.C., 877-648-BARK (877-648-2275), barkclad.com MASHED GLASS: Echo...

Tell me if you've had this problem before: You're enjoying your shower, someone in the house flushes a toilet, and all of a sudden it turns from heaven into Hades. That scenario has been an annoying facet of America's daily bathroom life for decades&#...

(ARA) - Almost half of the toilets in the United States use 3.5 gallons of water per flush, even after a federal mandate in 1992 limited all new toilets to 1.6 gallons. Which means Americans are wasting water. But there are ways to cut back on the waste,...