You Name It, I Have It!

WITH the festive season approaching, proud homeowners are already busy decorating their houses to impress visiting guests and returning relatives.

For basic home jobs like repainting and trimming the lawn, one would naturally head over to the neighbourhood hardware store for supplies, expecting a messy, dimly lit shop lot with piles of screws and tins of paint stacked haphazardly among wooden planks and steel bars.

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More often than not, your average hardware store doesn’t look too welcoming.

So take a trip down to DB Hardware and behold an entirely different world altogether. With its customer-friendly, one-stop home improvement store, picking out what you need will be a breeze.

Established in 1974, the three-story air- conditioned corner shop located in front of the SS2 police station is filled with the stuff you need.

Paint, security devices, tools and parts for gardening, plumbing, wiring, woodwork and power tools are neatly arranged to makeshopping a breeze.

Store assistants at DB Hardware possess good product knowledge and are helpful to your plight, so rely on their judgment before deciding on your purchase.

They also have products at various price ranges to suit your budget.

Home improvement need not be intimidating; in fact, it should be fun and enjoyable! For details, visit or call: HQ: 2, Jalan S52/ 63, 47300 Petaling Jaya, Selangor. 03-7875 9000. Branch: 55-G, Jalan PJU 5/20, The Strand Kota Damansara, Petaling Jaya. 03-6142 3558

ONE of today’s most famous creative minds is versatile French designer Philippe Starck. He has designed nearly everything from café chairs to toothbrushes, from stools to prefabricated houses.

However, one of his greatest successes could be the Axor Starck collection, with which Hansgrohe caused quite a stir in 1994, the first mixer using a joystick-like operating lever.

Axor Starck surprised the public with images that redefined the bathroom like a “Salon d’eau”: a water room with none of the usual tiles. The designs incorporate lots of natural light, warm materials along with a room composition that takes us “back to our origins” even though effusing uncompromising modernity.

In total, Starck has produced four collections for Axor, Hansgrohe SE’s designer brand.

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Axor Starck Traditional and Axor Starck – aesthetics of minimalism

Axor Starck focuses on the basics, on elementary forms. A clear functionality and also a simple effect. You will find no distractions.

The result: a timeless bathroom collection which will never go out of fashion. Images are evoked of our past dealings with water. For example, the slanted spout resembles that of the water pump while the bath resembles an old-fashioned tub.

The Axor Starck bathroom mixers are offered with two different handle versions: a modern-day pin handle or, within classic version, a spring handle.

Axor Starck X – maximum minimalism

Axor Starck X embodies minimal design and maximum enjoyment. The sculptural Axor Starck X collection plays with symmetry and clear geometric shapes: a round body along with a square plate produce an impressive outlet to your water.

An upright joystick like a self-assured troublemaker. Straight lines using a commitment towards the extraordinary.

Axor Starck Shower Collection – personality squared

“Just mix it” will be the motto of the Axor Starck ShowerCollection. The modular design can also be utilized to adjust the shower into a tailor- produced spa.

The simple, customisable system comprising shower heads, mixers and accessories gives us nearly endless design of freedom.

The Axor Starck Shower Collection is really a perfect shower complement for ones Axor Starck and Axor Starck X collections. Axor Hansgrohe is accessible at Bina Warehouse Luxury Bathroom Gallery, 7A Jalan 215, Petaling Jaya, Selangor. For details, call 03-7781 5269 or log on to www.binawarehouse.com