Gone are the days when bathrooms used to be a boring place used for completing daily formalities. Nowadays, people and society as a whole has become extremely conscious of the new place of the bathroom in the house, which is special and important, not to say, public, instead of being private. The nesting syndrome that has taken hold all over the world has not spared bathrooms either and people have started putting loads and loads of time, space and money into the designing and creation of their bathrooms. Bathroom fittings like taps, racks and towels have nowadays being given the place of status symbols. Even people who are not in the rat race try to make their bathrooms spacious, good looking and stylish. No wonder then, bathroom fitting manufacturers are offering vast ranges of toilet fittings, accessories and basin taps to cater to all kinds of customers and design styles.

Contemporary tap manufacturers are constantly coming up with some wonderful, new, uniquely designed taps all the time in order to compete in a highly volatile market. Tap manufacturers are behind nobody else when it comes to providing their customers pleasure and joy at a place where they subconsciously spend a good percentage of their time.

Contemporary basin taps can be broadly divided into two basic categories:

Mono Taps

There is a wide plethora of designs available in the basin tap category. One of the most popular are Victorian styled mono basin taps, which are modern versions of the cross-handle tap, reproduced as modern contemporary designs. Different variations are named differently based on their design features.

Another common mono tap is the jet basin tap. These are minimally styled and are sold in pairs for hot and cold water. Edwardian basin taps, which are fitted with superior valves, are favored by a number of people because of their durability and ease of use. Variations of the round taps, which are designed elegantly, are called Apollo basin taps. Depending upon the shape of the taps, there are also some designs in this category such as Tec lever, Tec-X head, Tec lever mono-styled, Tec-X mono, Wall mounted Tec lever, Wall mounted Tec-X, Vienna taps and Milan taps etc.

Mixer Taps

Mixer taps as the name specifies, are the taps where water from different channels, like hot and cold water from different pipes are mixed and the output provided through a single faucet. There are many stylish versions of mixer taps available in the market. These taps can be further categorized as basin-mixer taps, bidet-mixer taps, shower-bath mixers etc. In the basin mixer tap category, there are various styles like Pablo, Floyd, Metz basin mixer, Eclipse basin mixer, Grohe Euro style, Extended Grohe Euro style and Altec etcetera that are quite popular.