Bold hues, personalization and wellness dominated KBIS 2026
By Diana Mosher
Home builders, multifamily developers and designers descended on the Orlando Convention Center for the 2026 Design + Construction Week where emerging players shared the spotlight with the industry’s most established brands. The show floor was packed with kitchen and bath products designed to compete within the “whole home.” The stage was truly set for this theme last fall when KBIS collaborated at High Point Fall Market. In Orlando, a High Point regular, Currey & Company, exhibited their kitchen and bath products with cabinetry and lighting that would shine elegantly anywhere in the home. Expect more co-mingling at future shows.
True | Caliber’s outdoor collection designed in collaboration with architect David Rockwell founder of Rockwell Group also turned heads. For their indoor refrigeration and ranges, True launched a rich chocolate finish option. Certainly chocolate brown is the new luxury “it’ color, but bright and bold hues were also seen at True and throughout the show from Kohler’s cast iron tubs and pedestal sinks to Laufen’s playful hardware collection.
The ability to personalize color in the kitchen and bath continues to be part of the luxury lifestyle story. So is wellness. Kohler Health made its KBIS debut with Dekoda, an innovative health-sensing system that attaches to the toilet bowl and provides insights into hydration and gut health and detects blood in the toilet bowl, empowering users to track trends and build healthier habits from the comfort of home.
Kohler bought back its popular sauna and colorful cast iron bathtubs while also debuting Kohler Health (above) an innovative health-sensing system that attaches to the toilet bowl and provides insights into hydration and gut health. Photo by Diana Mosher
The globe lighting craze is not going away any time soon, but Progress Lighting (above) has updated the classic with fresh detailing. Photo by Diana Mosher
Cosentino launched their new Éclos brand (above) with zero crystalline silica and inlayered mineral surfaces that allow decoration to run through the body of the material. It incorporates more than 50 percent recycled materials, with several colors reaching nearly 90 percent. Photo by Diana Mosher
Brizo’s Frank Lloyd Wright Collection (above) returned in 2026 offering stylish possibilities in the kitchen. Photo by Diana Mosher
Richelieu’s KBIS spread ranged from bold hardware to their new collaboration with Granberg, a European manufacturer of accessible kitchen and living solutions like a motorized lift for upper cabinets. Photo by Diana Mosher
Cambria’s immersive booth experience “Style Without Limits” moved beyond the countertop to showcase its American-made natural quartz surfaces as an architectural surface across kitchens, baths, walls and floors. Photo by Diana Mosher
American-made brand Concretti Designs exhibited several products including their Molokai Freestanding Cold Plunge Bathtub made in las Vegas using a concrete blend comprised of cement, sand, aggregate and pigments. Photo by Diana Mosher
Life Valet’s decorative grab bars are a sign of the times. Now all design clients can truly personalize their bathrooms right down to the most functional elements. Photo by Diana Mosher
Laufen’s colorful Nu Collection, designed by Studio Inma Bermudez, offers three different handles and six eye-catching colors for unfettered creativity. Photo by Diana Mosher
White appliances are back, and LG mixes it up with unexpected metallics on their 30-inch induction single range with air fry, air sous-vide and air roast features. Photo by Diana Mosher