Kitchen and bath showrooms

You might want to check out Manh Center for Kitchens and Baths (MCKB) but be aware their prices are 25-40% above competitors. Simons Hardware has a lot of bath stuff. Lighting By Gregory has some bathroom accessories on display. There's a bathroom showroom on Broadway around 11th or 12th Street--don't know what it is called. Gracious Home has a lot of bathroom hardware/faucets etc. D&D building has some showrooms set up with kitchens for the major high end appliances (like Viking). And just to get an idea of how things look together (although you may hate a lot of it) you can always spin by a Home Depot like the one on 23rd Street to see their kitchen set ups. I'm sure there are many others, but I've been away from this for a year--it is amazing how quickly you forget!

FWIW, I strongly recommend stopping by Wood Designe on 22nd St between 6th and 7th Aves. Diego Hodara runs the showroom for this custom cabinetry maker. There's no middlemen. The work shop is in Peekskill where the millwork is done and it is sold through their own showroom here in Manhattan. 100% custom high-end cabinetry is 35+% less money than MCKB. Diego is also a pleasure to work with (and fwiw, very easy on the eyes).

It's hard to add anything to Kyle's great response, but for looking, you may want to check out the Architects and Designer Showroom Building, 150 East 58th Street. They always advertise in the Thursday Home section of the New York Times.

Klaffs just opened a very large showroom in Scarsdale, if you're willing to drive 30 mins north. It is high end, very nice stuff, and a lot of it is unique.

THought of this: look up the high end appliance makers and see where their showrooms are in NYC. You can likely get in to most if not all of them. KitchenAid, Thermador, Viking, Wolf, etc. Many are on Upper East Side buildings mentinoned above. The showrooms typically have elaborate kitchens set up.

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Another showroom suggestion is Sherle Wagner, 300 East 62nd Street.

smallbone has a showroom on east 65th. poggenpohl is in the flatiron area.

i think waterworks is in the flatiron area as well, and you can combine that with a journey to any number of tile places, some of which have great bathroom ideas.

One place that I'd like to visit myself is the New York Design Center, 200 Lexingotn Avenue.

The new Gracious Home in Chelsea is far better than the others in terms of the layout of the bathroom displays. The place on broadway & 12th is very limited.