Speakman Unveils Top Picks in Designer Spotlight Competition

NEW CASTLE, Del., March 24, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Speakman, the premier maker of high-performance showerheads and bathroom fixtures, has announced the final results in its Designer Spotlight program. The selection includes interior designers from seven states, all of whom have integrated Speakman products into their clients' bathroom projects. The projects and designers will be featured in Speakman's launch of its new, direct-to-consumer strategy in May 2015.

Chosen from a field of dozens of applicants, the designers represent a wide variety of styles and project settings, from the penthouses of New York City to renovated barns in Stowe, VT, to charming residences in the company's backyard of Wilmington, DE. The chosen designers are:

• Bradley Stephens of Stephens Design Group—New York, NY, redesign project
• Tania Kratt of Tania Kratt Interiors—Stowe, VT, renovation project
• Shelly Preziosi of Interiors by Shelly Preziosi—Boca Raton, FL, redesign project
• Ellen Cheever of Ellen Cheever & Associates—Wilmington, DE, redesign project
• Patricia Herson of Patricia Herson Design—Milford, CT, redesign project
• Janelle Photopoulos of Fresh Nest Color & Design—Snug Harbor, RI, renovation project
• Kim Norton-O'Brien of Norton-O'Brien Design and Dave Kessler of Native Structures—Providence, RI, renovation project
• Trudy Mercy Brown of Blue Copper Interiors—Garden City Beach, SC, renovation project
• Sean Breault of Sean Breault Designs—Beacon, NY, renovation project
• Bobbie Sue Smart of Smart Design—Sandy Hook, CT, renovation project

Most bathroom fixture manufacturers rely solely on showrooms to display and provide purchasing opportunities for their products; Speakman is now expanding its reach to let residential designers, DIY-ers, homeowners, and renters research and purchase Speakman's quality suite of products directly on their soon to be revealed website at Speakman.com.

"Speakman is deeply committed to connecting people more directly with our products and collections, and one of the best ways we know to do that is to showcase the creative, beautiful, and performance-driven work that interior designers do in our customers' homes every day," notes Kristin Barclay, head of marketing for Speakman. "We are proud of the work these excellent designers have done, and very pleased to share their projects with the wider world in the weeks to come."

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Speakman invented showering. For over 140 years, Speakman has pioneered the shower industry, first as a premiere American technology innovator, and continuously as a shower market leader. With the creation of the Anystream® showerhead in the early 1920's, Speakman popularized the modern shower as well as the total shower experience that is still widely imitated. Today, Speakman continues to advance its original mission by focusing on performance and craftsmanship across all offerings, from showerheads and designer-inspired bath collections for the home to fixtures for the hospitality industry and safety products for commercial, laboratory, and industrial environments. Visit us on the web, and follow us on Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, LinkedIn, and Facebook.

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