Noland Bath & Idea Center has remodeled its showroom to display the new products the store is now carrying.
Rose Foyles, showroom consultant, has been assisting Noland customers for 28 years. She started out at the former location on Herritage Street; a year later, the company moved to its current location with its 2,000-square-foot showroom.
“We have recently had new granite countertops installed with nine new Elkay kitchen sinks,” she said. “We are an authorized Elkay Diamond Design Showroom.”
The showroom is brimming with sleek stainless steel, oil-rubbed bronze and other sleek surfaces.
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Single and double sinks more than 30 inches wide can be installed over, under or flat against the counter. Even the drains can be installed under the sink.
“It’s just a neater appearance,” Foyles said about what’s called The Perfect Drain.
Magnetic soap, sponge and utensil holders, as well as hooks, adhere to the inside walls of the stainless steel sinks and are moveable.
There are also a variety of bar or vegetable prep sinks, including shimmering hammered stainless steel and granite composite sinks. The latter comes in white, bisque, black or mocha.
Every sink needs a faucet and the showroom features a variety of brands, including some with pull-down sprayers for easy cleaning and motion sensors.
“You just wave at it and it turns on,” Foyles said.
The store is a Moen Showroom of Distinction, and carries the new Voss collection faucet — with a sleek, regal look.
“We’ve probably got over 10 different available lines of faucets,” Foyles said.
Noland carries luxury whirlpool tubs, such as the one with air jets in the bottom and radiant heat from the side.
“Now the showers with the body sprays are starting to be popular,” Foyles said. One of them includes a stereo system, she added.
The store features vintage-style pieces, such as pedestal sinks and Victorian claw-foot tubs. It also carries fine polished wood cabinet vanities with matching mirrors.
Noland has two new commodes in stock now and both are water savers. One has a 1.6-gallon flush and the other has a 1.28-gallon flush, compared with 3.5-gallon, or even 5-gallon, flushes in older models.
Foyles said most people are aware of the large wholesale supply room, but may not know the showroom is open to the public. The store discounts the suggested retail prices, she said.
Noland is owned by Win Wholesale, based in Ohio, and David Allen is manager at the Kinston store. About 75 percent of the sales are special orders by catalog, Foyles said.
Noland Bath & Idea Center, 1000 Dr. Martin Luther King Blvd., is open from 8:30 to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. For information, call 252-523-6171.
Margaret Fisher can be reached at 252-559-1082 or Margaret.Fisher@Kinston.com. Follow her on Twitter at MargaretFishr.
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