'Tis the season for trade shows. In April Best attended KBIS (Kitchen and bath Industry Showcase) and Coverings (Tile & Stone Show). Boy, these shows have really dwindled in attendance over the last few years. They were both about 1/3 of their size three years ago when I first started attending. Luckily there were still some exciting new products and trends, so I'm here to tell you about them!
KBIS
While I wasn't able to attend this show, the owners of Best attended and I was given a briefing of all 
of the new products. One of my favorite new products is from Robern . Robern has always been a medicine cabinet manufacturer, and two years ago they introduced decorative glass options for their medicine cabinets. This year they took their glass skills to a new level by introducing a contemporary glass and metal wall-hung vanity. This vanity is so new that it's not even on their website, but here is a sneak peek! It is available in many different sizes, with all of their decorative glass options. The entire frame is metal, so you can set a hot curling iron inside of it without burning anything.
COVERINGS
The Coverings s
how was in Orlando last week, and the big trend was "High Definition Tile." I spoke about this a few months ago in a blog when we first saw this technology, but now it seems every porcelain manufacturer is catching on. Most of them are using this technology to mimic slate and quartzite, which is great considering those are the most annoying natural stones to deal with because of the rough texture and the shaling. The photo to the left is of a new tile mimicking Silver Sands Quartzite (also known as Desert Gold, among other names.)
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