Speakman Company has expanded beyond great showers to offer full Hotel Shower and Bath Collections. Take a look at what they have been up to!
Speakman Company has expanded beyond great showers to offer full Hotel Shower and Bath Collections. Take a look at what they have been up to!
Going vintage is on the rise as we are beginning to see the reinvention of past designs with a modern twist. The growing trend is so successful because of the limitless possibilities of individuality with the unique options that vintage items present.
In today’s fast pace world, it is too easy to lose track of what signifies quality and replace it with attributes that define speed, ease and convienence. Often, we miss the constitution of value in our everyday products. If we listen to our elders (whom we are constantly reminded of their wisdom), we would notice their keen ability to spot a “quality product” over a modern-day imposter.
How is “Vintage” defined? Dictionary.com says “representing the high quality of a past time.” Speakman couldn’t agree more. Their company history tells a story of a local business that was obsessed with quality and made a promise to always offer the best showerheads on the market and design shower and bath fixtures that provide a luxurious bathing experience at an affordable price.
In 1923, Speakman launched the patenting of the Anystream® self-cleaning showerhead. The
showerhead components were manufactured by craftsmen from solid brass material, machined to thousands-of-an-inch tolerances, highly polished by a grinding and buffing specialist, and finished with copper, nickel, and chromium plating. The result was a timelessly attractive consumer product that functioned impeccably, and for years would be virtually indestructible by nature of its construction. This is the kind of quality our elders were used to. No wonder they are so reluctant to fall into the trap of today’s time by purchasing mass-produced products that we all (undeniably) know will need to be replaced shortly.
Speakman is (being one of the only manufacturers left) still producing high quality, solid brass showerheads. In fact, the trademarked Anystream® plunger nozzle system is still used today. This was definitely quality built to last. To celebrate Speakman’s infamous quality and reinstate a design structure that symbolizes the cultural advancements of the 1920′s, Speakman introduces the Anystream® Vintage™ Showerhead (S-3019). Add this unique fixture to any bathroom. It’s design is so elegant, while screaming durability and functionality. This statement piece will offer unbeatable performance and remind you (and your family) the difference between quality and mediocrity.
This signature showerhead, constructed of solid brass, functions off of the same innovative Anystream® 360º spray technology that was made famous by the classic 1920’s showerhead. By simply adding an octagonal concave cut into base of the showerhead, the new design becomes unique and sets the pace for a modern vintage appeal in the bathroom. The Speakman Anystream® Vintage™ 64 Spray Showerhead showcases Speakman’s trademarked Anystream® plunger nozzle system and pressure-compensating Autoflo® limiter precisely control 8 jets and 64 spray channels, transforming low-flow water pressure into forceful, fully adjustable sprays. Swivel the sculpted adjusting arm to transition effortlessly through needling full-body, rinsing gentle rain, and drenching full-flood sprays.
Do you have any vintage inspired rooms in your house? Or is there a favorite vintage design that you are dying to try out? We want to see pictures and hear about your ideas! If you had a Vintage showerhead, how would you decorate your bathroom? Can’t wait to hear the ideas!
A way to a women’s heart may just be more than flowers, chocolate or jewelry. Imaging transforming her bathroom into a beautiful, luxurious oasis of femininity meeting all of her spa-like desires. It’s what every woman wants. Women never grow out of playing dress up, pampering themselves with facials and manicures or experimenting with new hairstyles. However, since these feminine pleasures are almost inconceivable by significant others and children, women tend to lose out on their “girl space.” It’s time to change this and it might be your best gift idea ever!
Adding femininity in the bathroom is more than floral wall paper and pink towels. It’s about transforming a space to cater to her needs, look luxurious, and be quick and easy to clean! Here’s an idea of adding instant feminine glamour- a chandelier in the bathroom!
Remember to make the space more accessible for women’s accessories. We know how much space those hair dryers and curling iron cords can take up. We also know the time involved in unraveling it and waiting for them to cool down before they can be tucked away in the closet. Finding a space for these items can be hard. This idea shows how installing cabinetry over the outlets allows easy storage convenience for her styling tools!

Choosing traditional style in the bathroom has proven to be a favorite concept for most home decorators. Traditional style is universally appealing to men and women of all ages while creating a warm inviting feeling to your guests. The features associated with traditional style are easily transformable to keep it from looking outdated without breaking the bank as trends changes. This is one of the best decorating concepts if you plan to sell your house in the future.

When looking to give your bathroom a traditional style makeover, here are a few tips:
Design Traits: To begin your design ideas for a traditional bathroom, think about conventional items with a soft, formal appeal. Keep it comfortable but still elegant. Imaging classic shapes with graceful curvatures that work together to inspire symmetry. Remember to always keep a traditional bathroom very balanced. Floral’s work in a traditional bathroom but be careful not to over-do it!
Color- In order to coordinate color with the soft edges of traditional style, keep it mellow. You don’t have to go with neutrals, but stay away from anything too bright. You can really choose any color but it is the tone of the shade that defines its style. For instance, a popular bath color is yellow. In a traditional bathroom, choose a muted lemon hue or deep rich gold tone. Although these are two very different yellows, they both work in traditional bathrooms as neither one screams color when you walk in the room. Of course, just keep it balanced. If you choose color for the walls, keep fixtures very neutral and accent pieces should complement your wall color. As long as one element does not outshine another, your traditional bathroom is balanced.
Fixtures- This is where you need to make your statement. The fixtures in the bathroom are signifying your style choice. Take a look at Speakman’s Alexandria™ bathroom collection. It is offered as a 4″ centerset, 8″ widespread or single lever bathroom faucet and each showcase an elegant curved spout with round edges. While striving for balance, you’ll find the same round edges and spout design in the fixtures of the tub and shower. Particularly, the hand-held showerhead really stands out as a beautiful piece. It is equipped with massage settings, so this may be your favorite piece as well.
Furniture and Fabrics: Feel free to choose any pattern you wish, but be sure that it is simple. Stray away from anything too busy. The fabrics should be simple and versatile nothing shiny, fringy or fluffy. The furniture should reflect the same curved style of the fixtures and blend into the room. Simple pieces with beautiful designs etched in work great. Dark wood finishes look beautiful against warm color tones. While marble or granite vanity tops will look timeless and luxurious.
Finishing Touches: Be careful not to over- accessorize in a traditional bath. Remember, no element should stand out against any other when you walk in the room. Your finishing touches are simply to compliment the look, not add clutter. The Alexandria accessories do just that. They are functional and simple with round edge details that coordinate with the other items in the collection. Linen’s play a major role in the bathroom too. Solid bath towels are ideal, as ones with too much detail become an extra (un-needed) accessory. Choose a solid color if your walls are more neutral and stick to white or biege towels if you went with color on the walls.
Happy Decorating!
Speakman Company is very excited for 2012. A company that is known for transforming your shower into a luxuriously relaxing escape with their showerheads is now expanding into the whole bathroom. In 2011, Speakman took their high quality shower engine and surrounded it with new fixture designs that offered an aesthetically pleasing hotel quality showerhead. With positive feedback from Speakman loyalists, the showerhead design concepts are now offered in all bathroom fixtures to complete the look and feeling. Don’t just upgrade your shower, upgrade your whole bathroom!

The Speakman Coordinated Collections have an array of fixture selections within 4 main genres of designs. Choose from the Neo™ Modern Collection, Alexandria™ Traditional Collection, Caspian™ Contemporary Collection and the newly release Rainier™ Iconic collection. Check out this unique faucet from the Caspian Collection. The open spouts creates a waterfall like ambiance triggering tranquility in the bathroom. It is pictured in brushed nickel against a warm background. All it needs is a few soothing plants in the bathroom and let the relaxation begin!
What’s great is that all designs of the showerheads featured in the collections utilize the same functioning engine. Therefore, you can choose any design style that you like while being confident that any of the coordinating showerheads will offer the same unbeatable water pressure and massage options. New hotels love the Neo™ Collection. It’s clean, simple and sophisticated with just the right amount of modern edge.
We hope you love the Coordinated Shower and Bath Collections as much as we do! Bathroom collections include showerheads, faucets, valves, tubspouts, bathroom accessories and shower system packages. Check them out and let us know what you think!
Do you know what the secret is to having your look make a statement?! Great accessories- simple as that. This pertains as much to your new outfit as it does to the remodeling of the rooms in your home.
We all know and love what Speakman Company has done for showerheads. The newly released full line of Anystream® showerheads have broaden the decor options in the bathroom, which allow for a great shower with a great design. While bathroom DIY’ers are quickly taking advantage of the new showerhead designs from Speakman, the company has been hard at work adding bathroom accessories sets to complete the look.
The luxury bathroom accessories offered are designed to fit into any modern, elegant, contemporary, or classic looking bathroom. However, when paired with the corresponding showerhead from the collection, your bathroom instantly reflects the standards of a high end hotel. And who doesn’t want that?
The Speakman bathroom accessories sets are equipped with (1) bathroom towel bar, (1) towel ring, (1) toilet paper holder, and (2) robe hooks. Or, if your bathroom only needs a few accessories, Speakman is also offering bathroom add on accessories. Each bathroom add on accessories sets offer (1) towel bar and (1) bathroom towel ring.
Wondering which accessories set will fit in your bathroom? For a modern bathroom, try the Neo™ Bathroom Accessories Set (SA-1000). For a more elegant approach, the Speakman Alexandria™ will fulfill the need for soft, curvy lines. Contemporary bathroom advocates will fall in love with the simplistic, yet modern, design of the Speakman Caspian™. Speakman has recently introduced a new luxury line, called Rainier™. This sharp, bold line defines modern male luxury. The Rainier™ Bath Accessories Set (SA-1300) has individual characteristic that will not be found anywhere else. And for those who love timeless, classic bathroom accessories; the Speakman Refresh™ Bathroom Accessories Sets (SA-1400) will go with just about anything.
Take a look and let us know what you think!
Designing a new look for the bathroom is so much fun! A new trend in the design world is to showcase a modern appeal with retro characteristics. This look is so unique and choosing Retro detail pieces will become a new favorite addiction. Choosing a design theme of ”modern retro” over just ”retro,” simply means that the bathroom should look updated, new, and clean with a few special pieces that define a previous decade. The result is a fresh new look that will stand out amongst others and be completely unique to your findings!

With a modern retro theme, the key is to find really great pieces that scream “retro” but are newly built with the quality of the twenty-tens. For the bathroom, the fixtures will be your most obvious point to add a little retro twist. There are so many options to choose from, but Speakman has recently released the BEST pick for a retro Shower head. Speakman Company hit the market with their solid brass Anystream® showerhead back in the early 1920′s. To celebrate a product that changed the way people showered, Speakman took a new spin on the old favorite, keeping the design true to the 1920′s showerhead as well as the durable, solid-brass components. With the addition of Speakman’s patented modern technology, the new Speakman Anystream® Retro™ (S-3015) will be the most useful retro piece to add in the bathroom.
After finding the ideal fixtures, look to paint colors and wall decor to enhance the retro theme. To make a complete retro look, be sure that the geometry of the fixtures reflect the lines and curvatures for the decor. Keep in mind, the Speakman Anystream® Retro™ was built to represent the style of the 1920′s with graceful, sexy curves that show off the “roaring twenty’s.” So, choose the accessories accordingly. A grey wall pallet with deep bold accents colors looks super modern. Add some 20′s inspired floor tile, and the bathroom is complete!
Speakman strives for honorable quality within its products, but also, its own company’s morality. There is a strong sense of unity between Speakman employees and it is evident in their willingness to spread their unity within the community.
This season, Speakman is working to do their part in helping all children enjoy the holiday expierence. Speakman Company employees are embracing the true meaning of Christmas this year by participating in the “Adopt-a-Child” program sponsored by the Ministry of Caring in Wilmington, DE.
With the names and ages of 31 local children, Speakman employees provide Christmas gifts for them, a charity of good will that will hopefully be passed on during the year.
November 17, 2011- New Castle DE; Speakman Company announced that they have sold its Speakman Cooling business which consists of two individual product lines. The OASys and the Air2O lines have been sold to two separate interested parties.
The Speakman Cooling business is part of Speakman Company, a 143 year old plumbing company. Speakman Cooling started its business in 2005 with the introduction of OASys- an advanced indirect/direct evaporative cooling technology. The OASys IDEC product line was purchased by Practical Renewable Energy Corp. of Las Vegas, NV. Practical Renewable Energy may be contacted at 702-463-2642.
In 2010, Speakman Cooling moved beyond the OASys™ line and launched the Air2O™, a unique and sustainable line of Indirect/Direct evaporative coolers. This product line was purchased by Green Air Company. AirMax Industries, LLC of Fresno, Ca is the US distribution arm of Green Air Company. AirMax contact information is as follows:
Cell: +1 (916) 248-0943
Phone: +1 (559) 245-COLD (2653)
Fax:+1
801) 218-0943
E-mail: msalem@Airmax-Solutions.com
Web: www.Airmax-Solutions.com
About Speakman Company
The Speakman Company was founded in 1869 as a plumbing pipefitting company. Retaining its indepen¬dent and privately held status, Speakman has forged a reputation for continuous product innovation and quality leadership. Today Speakman continues to manufacture high quality commercial plumbing products, innovative emergency equipment and exceptional hospitality and residential showerheads.
In 2005 Speakman created a new division which moved beyond plumbing into the HVAC Cooling Market. Today Speakman is proud to offer a line of indirect/direct evaporative coolers which allow homeowners and businesses to cool their spaces while saving money and reducing their carbon footprint.
On Tuesday, November 1st, Speakman Company was delighted to welcome Delaware’s Governor Jack Markell and Richard Geisenberger, Chief Deputy Secretary of State & Director of Corporations, for a visit to Speakman Company and a tour of the factory. Additionally, Governor Markell and Richard Geisenberger assisted Speakman in welcoming International customers who support the exports of Speakman products
internationally.
Governor Markell met with the International customers, from Australia, Mexico, Israel, Bolivia, Costa Rica, and Ecquador, to share his appreciation of the business relationships with Speakman and its positive impact on the Delaware economy.
Governor Markell then toured the Speakman factory and spoke with fellow employees. He spoke of his appreciation for the dedication from Speakman employees and their support to aiding the quality and production of Speakman products. Governor Markell supports Speakman in its efforts to expand the company and its product offerings, to increase their contribution in the growth of the Delaware economy.
