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By: Mary Jo Martin Plumbing wholesalers are placing greater emphasis than ever on the importance of showrooms for their businesses and their customers. The focus has turned to architecturally inspired, interactive showrooms that excite and delight customers and trade professionals. One of the greatest illustrations of this movement is Edelman Plumbing Supply, based in Bedford Heights, Ohio. Edelman operates two showrooms — a 12,000-square-foot facility at the headquarters and a 9,600-square-foot showroom in Westlake, another Cleveland suburb. Edelman Plumbing Supply primarily focuses on residential plumbing products, along with accessories, vanities, cabinet and door hardware. President Sheldon Edelman, who has been with the company since 1976, believes strongly in the importance of investing in the continual evolution of the showrooms’ design and services. The Bedford...

By: John Booth Alan Edelman is one heck of a storyteller. Of course, it helps that he’s got one heck of a story. “I was 14 years old when the Soviet Union occupied our town (in Poland),” he recounted in an accent still prominent after almost six decades in America. “My father was arrested right away because he was a capitalist.” And the tale only grows more riveting: Five years in Siberia; the loss of three-quarters of his immediate family; a penniless December 1947 emigration to New York with his mother and brother. And in 1953, the basement beginnings of...

By Stan Bullard Sheldon Edelman, president of Edelman Plumbing & Supply Inc. of Bedford Heights, likes to recall how the family-owned company evolved into a supplier of decorative hardware, luxury kitchen and bathroom plumbing fixtures to contractors from its 1953 start as a materials supplier to hardware stores. From once supplying 100 stores, it now supplies five as big-box retailers overwhelmed independent hardware stores, and plumbing contractors and about 80 designers became Edelman's clientele. Confronted by the decimation of the home-building business that made up 40% of its business just three years ago, Edelman has embarked on a new direction:...

The luxury bathroom has become a standard feature in many homes today and the reason is simple: we begin and end our day in the bathroom and a spa-like retreat creates a sense of well-being and provides legitimate health benefits. Current design trends illustrate the consumer’s desire for a completely customized sensory experience as well as a passion for technology. BainUltra Chromatherpy[/caption] Chromatherapy In the past few years, consumers were foregoing bathtubs to build supersized, customized showers.  Lately we’ve seen a resurgence of modern freestanding tubs.  Air tubs are our best sellers and today’s models incorporate chromatherapy (color therapy), known...

Congratulations to Dimit Architects on their recent nomination for 2012 Building of the Year by American-Architects. Their 27 Coltman townhomes, located in Little Italy, were among only 50 projects nationally that were nominated for this esteemed award. American-Architects is the premium network of outstanding architects, landscape architects, engineers, interior designers, lighting consultants, and architectural photographers. They carefully select architects according to criteria of professionalism, uniqueness, and quality of design. 27 Coltman “Eco-Loft” Townhomes were constructed by Abode Living in the heart of Little Italy neighborhood. The kitchen and bath products, provided by Edelman, feature brands such as Duravit, Grohe and...