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If you’re looking for new tapware, you’re in luck: there is a lot more to choose from these days. Compared with major kitchen or bathroom purchases, like ovens or baths, tapware may seem like a minor component. But it has a big impact on aesthetics and practicality and can set the entire tone of a space.
Some prefer to keep things pared back with unobtrusive stainless steel, while others might opt to up the glam factor with gleaming gold or brass. How do you choose? Much depends on the style of your bathroom. Certain taps have a distinctively traditional feel, while others feel particularly modern. The finish can make a huge difference: matte finishes can work well in a contemporary space, brass feels more classic, while chrome or nickel can fit beautifully into practically any scheme.
There used to be no middle ground between Downton Abbey and 2001: A Space Odyssey. Many tap fixtures were too old-fashioned, while others were too futuristically modern. For those looking for something in between, however, there is good news, with disruptors like ABI Interiors offering premium mixers in simplified, classic shapes at accessible prices, while big names such as Winning Appliances and Reece continue to go from strength to strength.
When you’re ready to make your decision, you’ll find all the information you need in our pick of the tap suppliers, from high-end to budget and everything in between.
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ABI Interiors
Since opening its first store in Queensland’s Burleigh Heads in June 2016, selling only tiles and rose gold and matte-black bathroom fixtures, ABI has had astonishing success. In 2018, it launched a brushed brass finish, becoming one of the first Australian suppliers to provide cost-effective PVD colouring for taps. There are now eight signature finishes to choose from and ABI has opened showrooms in London and New Zealand.
In 2022, ABI Interiors was awarded the prestigious Australian Export Award for e-commerce and last year it opened the doors to a state-of-the-art showroom on the Gold Coast, showcasing its impressive range of tapware. Its taps make an organic, sculptural design statement and are well priced and well engineered, using innovative technology and high-quality materials. Most fall under the price ceiling of $500.
The premium high-arch Elysian ‘Minimal’ mixer and spout has been a huge success. We also recommend the sleek textural Namika with reeded detailing and Kingsley provincial-look ranges. The Milani ‘Assembly’ tap and spout set is also highly regarded as is the multi-award-winning Aliro collection.
ABI’s designs feature durable ceramic cartridge technology, seamless temperature and pressure control, and a minimum 3-star WELS water efficiency rating. Finishes include Brushed Brass, Copper, Gunmetal and Nickel, as well as Matte Black, White, Chrome and Stainless Steel, making them feel like jewellery for the bathroom.
Excellent stuff, and outstanding service.
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Abey
A shrine of design. Loved by leading architects and designers for its diverse collection of world-renowned brands such as Schock, Chambord, Barazza, Armando Vicario, Gessi and Mixmaster, as well as its very own Gareth Ashton collection. Highlights include Armando Vicario ‘Tink-D’ elegantly arched kitchen mixer with pull-out side lever and swivel spout for more control when washing up, and ‘Luz’ elegant gooseneck pull-out kitchen mixer with graceful flat lever. Other popular designs include Abey’s black ‘Lucia’ square sidelever mixer and tall slimline ‘Poco Hi’ basin mixer, both ideal for our modern Australian lifestyle.
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Agape
The Italian brand has been creating beautiful faucets, which aim to make your bathroom a place of relaxation and wellbeing, for nearly half a century.
A combo of Eastern spirit and Western technology, the Japanese-designed ‘Sen’ system of wall- and floor-mounted taps, for basins, baths and showers is super sleek. Collaborations with designers such as Patricia Urquiola, Angelo Mangiarotti and Marcio Kogan have resulted in many design classics and awards for the brand, including the hugely popular Memory.
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Astra Walker
This Australian company makes award-winning tapware with exquisite craftsmanship. It’s been used in buildings such as The Ritz-Carlton, Melbourne and by designers and architects such as Tamsin Johnson, SJB, Studio YSG and Cottee Parker architects. Zoë Foster Blake has the ‘Icon + Lever’ sink mixer with pull-out spray in Tuscan Bronze in the kitchen of the family home she shares with husband Hamish Blake, while The Ritz-Carlton’s bathroom taps feature the Urban Brass finish. The ‘Olde English Signature’ sink mixer with a white porcelain lever is also popular. YSG had it custom finished with Simpson Clay powdercoat for Zoë Foster Blake’s bathroom. The Ice Grey finish, available on some ‘Olde English’ taps, and the Edwardian bath mixer and handpiece
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Winning Appliances
The appliance giant that changed the way Australians shop for bathrooms and kitchens is the place leading architects and designers start. Winning Appliances’ Redfern flagship store designed by Cera Stribley architects is one of the best for a comprehensive range of well-chosen designer brands including premium Franke spouts and mixers and high-end Swiss KWC kitchen tapware. SJB, Woods Bagot, Bates Smart, Hare + Klein, Arent&Pyke, Rob Mills Architecture, Greg Natale, Dylan Farrell, and Thomas Hamel are all repeat clients.
Bestsellers include Franke ‘Manor House’ gooseneck bridge taps, ideal for oversize sinks, that come in a variety of sizes and finishes as well as Franke ‘Atlas Neo’ swivel mixer tap that is easy to swing to adjust the angle of water flow with a five-star water efficiency rating, five-year parts and labour warranty. Also popular: Blanco, and Oliveri’s ‘Essente’ square gooseneck pull-out mixer in Stainless Steel, swivel spout and retractable hose. Plus brands such as Sussex, Bandini, Astra Walker, Axor, and American Standard including its popular Heritage collection that bills itself as the centrepiece of the traditional kitchen, with two-handle wall-mount kitchen mixers and swing spouts in polished chrome.
We recommend Hansgrohe’s Axor ‘Citterio’ two-hole kitchen mixer with pull-down spray, by Italian architect Antonio Citterio. Also, Axor ‘Starck’ single-hole bathroom mixer designed by designer Philippe Starck. Both designs are used in some of the best interiors in the world. If you want boiling, chilled, sparkling and filtered water, choose Zip’s ‘Celcius’ all-in-one.
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Rogerseller
Expect the Prada of tapware with A-list exclusive brands Fantini, AboutWater, Falper, Catalano and Claybrook at mid-range prices. It’s all about clean lines, and quality with bestsellers such as the ‘Arq II’ sink mixer, characterised by softly sculpted edges. The PVD finish, which is highly resistant to scratching or peeling, means that this design is not only seamless but incredibly durable.
Also, its own brand of statement pieces such as Rogerseller ‘Tonic’ mixer with pull-out spray plus Zip’s market-leading HydroTap ‘Celsius’ all-in-one that delivers instant filtered, boiling, chilled and sparkling water, combined with regular hot-and-cold-water options for washing up. The manufacturer claims the tap will remove taste, odour, dirt, contaminants and heavy metals from your drinking water. Go for ideas – the trick is cherry picking from the haute couture styles and mix them with the rest to create something that works for you.
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Boffi
Many high-end new renovations include tapware by this top-of-the-line Italian manufacturer in their kitchens and bathrooms. Celebrities such as Sting, Bono, Leonardo DiCaprio, Uma Thurman, Gisele Bündchen and designers Dolce & Gabbana and Philippe Starck are fans of Boffi taps, and the brand works with talents such as renowned architect and designer Piero Lissoni.
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Reece
One of the biggest plumbing retailers in Australia with more than 200 bathroom showrooms nationwide, Reece is good and affordable. The 100-year old company is going from strength to strength, with the renowned Mizu ‘Drift’ and ‘Silk’ series of affordable timeless taps, which have been a monster hit. Available in Gunmetal, Chrome, Brushed Nickel, Brushed Brass and Matt Black, the tapware can be coordinated with other bathroom and kitchen fittings for a harmonious interiors look.
If you would like to give a your bathroom a quick update or are planning a renovation, Reece’s comprehensive range of premium quality basin taps, shower mixers, bath spouts, and gooseneck pull-out and pull-down sink and laundry taps can take your rooms to another level for an accessible price. There are plenty of modern renditions of classic Victorian-inspired tap fixtures to established brands such as Grohe ‘Essence’ ultra-resilient designs featuring German engineering and fab PVD colouring.
Don’t miss the Milli series made in Australia by Sussex including the ‘Pure’ circular progressive mixer that comes in lots of styles, colours and textures. Also, Milli ‘Oria’, and ‘Voir’ a farmhouse-style series launched two years ago, used by Three Birds Renovations’ Erin Cayless in her own home. Oh, and Posh (the trades’ choice) and the Memo ‘Sia’ kitchen pin-lever taps. We also recommend, the Nicolazzi ‘Classic’ provincial-style kitchen mixer, Cameron Kimber’s choice at his country house in NSW’s Southern Highlands.
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