Get the Look: Natural Bathroom

Posted by :Kate Mills On : 23 August 2012
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Category: Get the Look, Planning & Decorating, Shower Accessories

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Creating a natural look bathroom, using natural materials has become a popular trend, with real stone tiles becoming a popular choice, along with stone effect trays. When it comes to the enclosure itself, clearly a wooden or stone unit is not possible, but a traditional enclosure can still blend seamlessly with a natural looking bathroom.

We’ve taken one of our affordable enclosures and teamed it with some natural accessories and colours to create this stunning natural bathroom, which won’t break the bank.

Embrace Quadrant Shower Enclosure

Embrace 900mm Twin Door Curved Quadrant
with Embrace Digital Valve, Remote Control Switch
and Roman 900mm Quadrant Shaped Capped Acrylic Stone Tray

Here’s how we did it…

We picked out some natural coloured stone effect tiles as a base. The warm soft colours would really help create the natural bathroom finish.

As we were planning on to including lots of accessories, we kept the sanitryware simple and just included a discreet wall hung basin by Roca.

Bamboo Accessories

For the accessories, we chose a range of bamboo bathroom items, available from Roman at Home, to really create that natural bathroom finish. Bamboo is a material which is well suited to the damp bathroom environment and all our Roman at Home Bamboo items are perfect for those with their eye on the environment, as it is a sustainable resource.

To give plenty of storage we included the Bamboo Bathroom Storage Unit and the Three Tier Bamboo Caddy. The unit is the perfect place to store your towels, whilst the caddy is ideal for smaller items such as shower gels and other toiletries.

To complete the look we added the Bamboo Wooden Duckboard and Bamboo Mirror over the sink. These are not only practical, but like the Bamboo Storage Unit, they also look fantastic.

These bamboo items helped to achieve the natural look, but of course there are other practical items to include. Towels are clearly an important bathroom item, and Roman at Home’s Egyptian Cotton Towels are made from 100% Egyptian Cotton, making them another natural addition for the bathroom. We picked the Latte colour as this would complement the tiles and bamboo accessories.

Storage within you shower is also important and as a wooden shower basket is not very practical, we opted for one of our own Chrome Corner Baskets. To give ample storage, we went for the double basket with hooks and hung one of our Roman at Home Olive Wood Body Brushes from the hooks, to add a natural finish.

Finally, to keep the bathroom smelling fresh and to add a spa-like feel, we added some home fragrances including a diffuser and some candles.

Behind the Scenes: Creating our Corporate Video

Posted by :Kate Mills On : 21 August 2012
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Category: Behind the Scenes, Company News, Made in Britain

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The Spray Booth in our Tray Manufacturing Facility

The Spray Booth in our Tray Manufacturing Facility

As a well-established company we’ve always been keen to create a corporate video, which would take people around Roman on a virtual tour. Being a British manufacturer is something we are very proud to shout about – and what better way than through a corporate video which shows the ins and outs of what goes into creating our enclosures. However, it’s always one of those things that you intend to do, but just never get round to. Until now…

When we were put forward for the Daily Mail’s Made in Britain awards, part of the entry criteria was to submit a corporate video – so this gave us the perfect excuse to get to work and create a video which goes behind the scenes to give the watcher an overview of Roman and how our products come together. This week’s blog article takes you behind the scenes to show you how the video came together.

Brief

We began by creating a brief that would be sent to the agency commissioned to create the video. This included both details of what footage was needed and also a script. Roman is a massive manufacturing site and because the video is only around 3 minutes long we had to choose carefully. We decided the following areas were the most important and were a must for inclusion:

  • The Shop Floor where we manufacture our range of shower enclosures and bath screens – we wanted to highlight how all the enclosures are all individually put together by hand.
  • Our Packaging machine – we manufacture all our own boxes in house and the packaging machine is an impressive sight.
  • Customer Service – all Roman products are service backed by a lifetime guarantee, therefore our Customer Service centre is a vital part of the business.
  • Roman’s Design Team – including how they not only design every single product, but also test them.
  • The Tray manufacturing facility – we design and manufacture all our Shower Trays and our Preformed Shower floors in our solid surface tray manufacturing facility. The Tray Plant is an exciting part of the business and is always an area of interest to our visitors. We were keen to highlight everything, from how the moulds are created, through to them being used to cast the trays, through to a tray being individually finished by hand.
  • The Showroom – finally we wanted to show off our completed products, so we would finish up in the showroom with a mix of shots, from price sensitive products from our Collage range of shower enclosures, through to luxury products from our Sculptures range of shower enclosures

Once the brief was all signed off, we arrange for the agency to come in and take some footage.

Shooting the Video

We didn’t need to shoot in any particular set order, as they would edit the film later. So we just went round ensuring we got plenty of footage. Here’s some behind the scenes snaps of the video being shot…

Tray Casting in our Shower Tray Manufacturing Facility

Tray Casting in our Shower Tray Manufacturing Facility

Getting Close-up Footage of a Shower Door being Manufactured on the Flow Lines

Getting Close-up Footage of a Shower Door being Manufactured on the Flow Lines

Production Lines with some Finished and Boxed Products

Production Lines with some Finished and Boxed Products

Roman Showroom which is Exculsively for Trade Visitors

Roman Showroom which is Exculsively for Trade Visitors

Editing the Video

The agency went away and edited the video and added in the voice-over at the same time. Once ready they sent the video through to us for approval. As expected, we had a few minor changes, but were pleased to get it signed off on the third draft – good going!

We are pleased with the finished corporate video and it has, of course, been submitted to the Daily Mail for their awards. We are now keeping our fingers crossed that we will be shortlisted as one of the finalists. Watch this space and we will let you know.

Oh – and don’t forget to let us know what you think of the finished video!

The BMA’s Water Label

Posted by :Kate Mills On : 2 August 2012
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Category: Company News, Hints, Tips & Advice, Important Updates, New Products, Planning Advice, Roman News, Shower Valves

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Water Label - Rebecca

If you’ve been checking out our stunning range of shower valves, you will have noticed the BMA’s (Bathroom Manufacturer’s Association) Water Label, which we have recently added to tell you about each individual showerhead’s flow rate. This symbol may be a new one for you, so we thought we would give you a quick rundown of The Water Label with all the essentials you need to know…

What is the Water Label?

The Water Label  has been devised by the Bathroom Manufacturers Association as an easy to digest way of understanding how much water a piece of bathroom equipment uses. You will find it on a wide range of bathroom equipment including: toilets, taps, showers, baths and cisterns. When purchasing products you can be sure that any piece of equipment which carries the label have official passed the criteria to qualify for the scheme.

You can visit the dedicated Water Label website to compare hundreds of products which have qualified for the scheme.

Understanding the Label:

The Water Label has been designed to be easy to read and is similar to energy efficiency labels you may already be familiar with from buying white goods. It clearly shows on the label how many litres of water are consumed per minute by that product, if installed correctly and according to the manufacturer’s instructions.

All Roman Shower Heads & Valves consume either 8 or 10 litres of water per minute, so this is illustrated with the two labels:

 

Why Choose Water Efficient Products:

Of course we all know we shouldn’t be wasteful with water, particularly when water shortages and droughts have been so heavily reported in the media. However when you live in a traditionally wet country, this can often be forgotten. Likewise, water meters are not commonplace in the UK home, therefore many of us pay one fixed price for water no matter how much we consume. This means there is often no real link between saving water and saving money – one of the key drivers behind buying energy efficient products.

However, when it comes to the bathroom, many of the products in this space use heated water – the bath, taps and shower for example. If we can reduce the amount of heated water we use in the home, we can also make a saving on our energy bills. Further to this, as water metering becomes more commonplace, now is the time to get into the habit of being a bit more careful with water.

By installing a product which carries The Water Label, we can save money and reduce our impact on the environment for that feel good factor!