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Describe your business in one sentence.

LACAVA, a company of Italian origin, located in
Chicago, is dedicated to designing, developing,
and manufacturing original designs for
bathroom furnishings and fixtures in order to
enrich American private homes and lifestyles
as well as public facilities with ingenious and
inspiring bathroom collections from sinks,
vanities, bathtubs, toilets, to faucetry, fixtures, and
accessories.

How has your company evolved over
the years?

We represent 20+ years of Italian heritage and
design of bathroom fixtures and furniture made
in Chicago. A beautiful bathroom starts with
inspiration followed by quality furniture, fixtures,
and fittings. We, at LACAVA, celebrate over two
decades striving to provide abundant inspiration
and highest quality bathroom products that not
only meet the expectations but also provide years
of enjoyment and pride of ownership.

How important is customization?
How has it enhanced your products or
relationships with clients?

The hospitality industry is an area where creating
original ambiances can find its ultimate outlet
and application especially now. As a great parallel
to this trend, LACAVA offers full customization
capability for contract and hospitality projects.
That includes wood and metalwork for any room
in the entirety of the process from design to
production. Additionally, we develop porcelain,
solid surface, and stone sinks, bathtubs, and
faucetry for multi-unit projects.
We are proud to offer bathroom furniture
that is completely customizable, with altered
dimensions to fit your space, added doors and
drawers to maximize storage capacity, customized
finishes and materials, and selection of pull
hardware for doors and drawers. Our 10-step
finishing process will ensure a luxurious look
and exceptional water-resistance properties.
Every LACAVA furniture piece is available in
20+ finishes with the choice of textured option on
painted flat panels. Our natural wood furniture
comes standard with matching wood grain across
vanity front elevation.

LACAVA

How do you incorporate sustainable/ecofriendly practices in your company?
In response to the need of freshwater

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conservation, all our sink faucets are equipped
with low-flow pressure compensating aerators.
Most our toilets are with dual-flush actuators,
which allows for responsible water consumption.
The protection of our environment is also
reflected in the furniture we manufacture.
LACAVA supports green manufacturing
practices using woods selectively harvested
from sustainable forests supplied by vendors
certified to abide by environmental regulations
and initiatives. Our vanities are of Italian design,
German engineering, 100% made in the USA.
The country-based production also encourages
the vitality of the local economy. This simple
solution not only preserves our atmosphere
and does not add to the escalating greenhouse
effects, but it also conserves the fast-consumed
oil reserves.
LACAVA strongly rejects the idea of
disposable low-quality furniture, which is made
mostly of particle board, laminates, plastics,
and other oil-based derivates and not intended
to last longer than a couple of years. Our
high-quality furniture is made of renewable
resources, like natural wood and stone, with the
least processing possible. Our craftsmanship
combined with durable materials and wearresistant parts allow people to enjoy LACAVA's
furniture for many years to come as an asset of
the property!

What trends are you paying attention
to?

Superb quality is timeless in its essence, but
we always seeks to employ all technological
advancements; thus, all LACAVA furniture
features hand-made construction by master
craftsmen, solid wood and/or wood veneer over
ply with matching wood grain across vanity
front elevation, dovetail interior drawer boxes
stained on all units to match the vanity, softclosing hinges and drawer glides with weight
capacity of 100 lbs to ensure long lasting and
perfect functionality of the doors and drawers,
custom and European pulls on drawers and
doors, optional recessed LED lights, built-in and
add-on drawer organizers and electric outlets.
The finishes and details offered for wood and
metal products also express the market's taste
for more interesting appearances, like metal
consoles in brushed brass or matte black,
woodwork with metal inserts on drawer fronts
or tabletops, or solid surface bathtubs in black.

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