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Kohler Opens First Retail Location

Customers can draw ideas from a collection of 35 room plans by renowned designers.

Mairi Beautyman -- Interior Design, 12/19/2005 12:00:00 AM

Now the public--as well as trade professionals--can experience kitchen and bath products from Kohler. The manufacturer has opened its first-ever retail location, a 7,000-square-foot space in Chicago’s Merchandise Mart. Designed by Janson Goldstein Architects, the Kohler Store features functioning kitchen and bath products from Kohler, Kallista, and Robern brands.

Over 300 products are on display in a broad range of styles, colors, and faucet finish options. Key to the showroom design is the Kohler Designer Series, a collection of 35 room plans created by designers including Laura Bohn, Clodagh, Christopher Coleman, and Benjamin Noriega-Ortiz. Each room portfolio, intended to offer customers inspiration, includes a watercolor rendering, floor plan, material samples, sourcing information, and background and contact information on each interior designer. With the aid of in-house project consultants, customers can then realize and personalize concepts.

Services also include complimentary two dimensional space-planning, project planning guide, quick-ship on featured products, personalized catalogs, and fee-based, in-home consultations and installer options. "The Kohler Store was designed so that people can see, touch and feel before they buy,” says Michelle Kowalski, Kohler Store manager.

The showroom, open Monday through Friday 9am-5pm and Saturday 10am-3pm, is located in the southeast corner of LuxeHome at the Merchandise Mart.