For three generations, 1 of Leslie’s #BlogTourVegas sponsors, luxury sink, faucet and decorative accessory maker BLANCO , has combined an innovative and artistic approach to design, proving that the sink is far more than a mere functional element in the kitchen.
This sponsored post about BLANCO will share with you, dear readers, more about BLANCO’s luxury sinks and and faucets and their history of generously giving back to the wider community – one of the reasons why this luxury supplier to the kitchen and bath industry is so beloved by designers everywhere.
WIN TODAY, FRIDAY, JANUARY 23rd, 2015!
Readers, at the end of this post, you’ll find a link to play with BLANCO’s fun interactive cooktop tool and enter our easy #BLANCOgivesback Giveaway that ends today at 2 pm ET, Friday, January 23rd, 2015, for the chance to win $50.00 for yourself and, thanks to a new, matching donation by BLANCO announced at #KBIS2015, $100.00 for your favorite charity!
But first, let us share with you more about BLANCO and their commitment to luxury, quality and giving back.
Proud of its European heritage and award-winning German engineering, BLANCO has an inspirational breadth of timeless design possibilities to help make the kitchen the favorite place for families to gather in the home.
As seen in the opening photo showcasing a BLANCO sink in an Amish-style home featured in Home & Architectural Trends Magazine, and in the second photo showing BLANCO’s newest Diamond Super Single Undermount Sink, sinks and faucets can play a vital role, not just in preparing beautiful meals, but in creating beautiful interiors.
BLANCO is passionate about environmental stewardship and giving back through such causes as The Ronald McDonald House of Long Island, which you will see more of below.
In addition, BLANCO participates in Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS (DIFFA), by offering a donation to the foundation each time its ATTIKA sink, shown in the picture below, is specified. The Attika sink won Interior Design Magazine’s 2014 Best of Year category *Kitchens: Sinks and Faucets.*
Since 1994, BLANCO has been a member of the Caux Round Table (CRT), an international network of principled business leaders and companies working to promote a moral capitalism.
BLANCO’s belief that functional and timeless design can help create a calm, restful and healing environment is especially demonstrated in the Long Island Ronald McDonald House, a respite for families of seriously ill children being treated in a nearby hospital. BLANCO donated three sinks and a faucet to the recent Phase II design of an expanded 1,600-square-foot open and universally accessible kitchen & dining area that’s spacious enough for multiple families to cook and dine simultaneously, while offering an uplifting and comfortable feeling.
Designed by Manhasset-based kitchen and interior designer Vasi Ypsilantis and Sea Cliff-based interior designer Margreet Cevasco, the space includes fresh ideas that can be adapted to any kitchen renovation, such as creating a focal point with a bold accent color on wall or pantry doors; maximizing cooking and storage areas with double islands; expanded pantry space for large families; coffered ceilings and bringing the outside in with the juxtaposition of bold and neutral colors.
“If we can allow families caring for their children in the neighboring hospital some comforts of home and a living space that supports them, then we have achieved our goal,” said designer Margreet Cevasco.
Added BLANCO, “We are proud to partner in the (Ronald McDonald) project which features BLANCO sinks and faucets inside a stunning dream kitchen.”
Now that you know more about why we love BLANCO, are you ready to get inspired for your own kitchens and possibly win 50.00 for yourself and 100.00 for your favorite charity? Let’s create some #BLANCOBuzz for this very generous, community minded #BlogTourVegas sponsor!
Here’s all you have to do to win TODAY!
Play with their interactive cooktop design tool by clicking here, and then
Tell us, in the comments on this post, the BLANCO sink name & countertop color combination that you would love for your own homes and a little about what charity will get the donation, if you win, and why you’ve chosen the charity you have.
Today, after 2 pm ET, we will choose one winner and you will receive 50.00 for yourself and 100.00 will be donated to the charity of your choice!!
Please check back in the comments, after 2 pm ET, to see if you are the lucky winner and please be prepared to email us your phone number and address and that of your favorite charity, so we can send you your 50.00 card and send your charity their 100.00, in your name and in BLANCO’s name.
Watch for The Hadley Court #BLANCOGivesBack Giveaway on Twitter and Facebook and thank you, BLANCO, for being 1 of the sponsors of Modenus’ #BlogTourVegas to this year’s National Kitchen and Bath Association tradeshow, #KBIS2015, in Las Vegas.
And readers, we hope next time you’re in the market for a luxury kitchen sink or faucet, that you will consider BLANCO, leaders in luxury sinks and faucets for the kitchen, leaders in giving back.
Kim Darden Shaver
for
Leslie Hendrix Wood
Founder,
Editor In Chief
Hadley Court
Interior Designer
Chancellor Interiors
Midland, Texas
Gracious Living. Timeless Design. Family Traditions.
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Photo 1 via Home & Architectural Trends Magazine and 4 via Atlanta Homes & Lifestyles; all other photos courtesy BLANCO.
I forgot to mention – this is Christy from BLANCO. 🙂
The winner of my #BLANCOgivesback Giveaway is Shelley Harcar. Shelley, please email us your email and home address please to lhw3@suddenlink.net!
Thank you to all who entered! They were all super designs and such worthy charities.
Thanks you so very much. I am so excited to have this opportunity to give some support to an organization that works so tirelessly for the benefit of these abandoned dogs. I will send my address directly. I have sent a message to Youngstown Dogs- Surviving the Streets and hope to have the information for a donation to them soon. THANK YOU again!!!
I actually chose three combinations and it would depend on my cabinets and the size of my kitchen and the lighting in the room. My first choice was ILGRANIT White
Soapstone light grey matt, my second choice SILGRANIT Biscotti
Marble red-brown high gloss, and my third choice is ILGRANIT Cafe brown
Travertine beige structured.Would use one of these, happy with any of them. If I win I would donate the $100 to Heavens own rescue and dog kennel. These people go all over the eastern side of the country rescuing dogs and puppies from kill shelters, take care of them and vet them and then put them up for adoption. The do all of this with donations and the small adoption fee they charge. They take great care of the pets and are very loving.
My fav is Brown -grey high gloss countertop with the Silgranite Anthracite sink color! If I win my charity would be the Stanly County Humane Society as its a small community and not lots of economic growth and this organization sometimes gets put on the back burner and all furbabies need a warm place to sleep and fed.
Slate Matt for counter and white sink. I love the contrast of such a dark and light color. The charity I would love the 100 dollars to go to would be Millennium Villages. They address the root cause of extreme poverty by helping set up community led projects of self sustain mint.
I love the Brown -grey high gloss countertop with the Silgranite Anthracite sink color!
If I won, I would choose St Judes childrens hospital as the charity.
While I am blessed to have 4 beautiful, healthy grandkids..some are not so fortunate. St Judes treats these children regardless of their ability to pay. They are also continuously researching for a cure for childhood cancer. It just doesn’t get any more important than that.
Thank you for the opportunity!
I selected the Silgranit “Cinder” sink, one of my favorites from Blanco, and the Plum Grey Matt countertop. They make for a warm, textural combination.
My charity is Saddle Up!, a PATH certified riding center for special needs children, aged 4-17. Located near Nashville, TN, at Saddle Up, kids who have a hard time walking can run and those who can’t talk can give commands. Spending time on the back of a horse changes a child’s balance, coordination and, most importantly, their confidence!
BLANCO is delighted to match the charitable contribution for the winner – to a charity of their choice. We will match the $50. What a wonderful promotion. Thank you everyone for participating.
SILGRANIT Cafe brown & Marble red-brown high gloss were the sink & counter top combination I chose. I loved the uniqueness of the combination & I believe it would be quite striking in my home. If I win, I would donate my winnings to a small local dog rescue organization called “Youngstown Dogs – Surviving the Streets” Every single day, regardless of weather, members of the group comb the streets, woods, fields & abandoned homes searching for helpless, homeless dogs. It can take weeks or longer to win over a street dog enough for the dog to go with the volunteers. Once he/she does, the dog receives food, shelter &vetting, when it is possible, the dog is placed in a foster home for socialization. The goal is to find safe & loving forever homes for these outcasts. As you can imagine, large costs are incurred by this organization. They valiantly do thankless work to change the lives of helpless, and otherwise friendless dogs and I would be pleased to offer them a bit of monetary support.