Read by millions every week, and frequently on TV and Radio, home guru Alison Cork has built up a formidable reputation as a trusted homes and interiors expert, with an unfailing eye for quality and value. Her latest venture with Victorian Plumbing, the largest online bathroom retailer in the UK, explores the premise of delivering unique style curated around three key styles. Catering to everyone's design tastes from sinks, bathtubs, taps, tiles, mirrors, radiators, rugs, basins and valves.

The Scandi-Retro range encompasses both the natural and simple influence of European decor with that everlasting retro look. It creates a very simple, easy to achieve look which relies on artisan-style finishes and interesting details. Across the Scandi range, wood, leather and ceramics are used to provide a natural and minimal look.

Alison comments 'I'm a huge fan of retro and the pared back style of the Scandinavians. Somehow it manages to combine the best of the past with a crisp modern edge to it -simple but interesting, with a focus on natural materials such as wood, leather and ceramics.'

The gorgeous Boutique Chic range draws inspiration from the worlds' chic hotel bathrooms. Influenced by Alison's travels, it combines fine style with the comfort of luxury spas and hotels; allowing you to create the luxurious feel in your own home.

'As a frequent traveller, I have come to appreciate a well-designed and luxurious hotel bathroom. Nothing can make you feel more instantly comfortable and 'at home' than an invigorating shower or a big cosseting bubble bath, in a clean, sleek room.' Alison adds. 'My Boutique bathroom is designed to bring all of that chic decadence into your own home, a room of beautiful simple shapes, calming neutral colours, tactile natural materials and a touch of Zen. All you have to do is wrap yourself in a huge, soft, cotton bathrobe...and relax into your very own home spa.'

The Heritage Elegance range is for those who admire timeless, traditional design. Everyone has 'their style' and for Alison, it's the elegance of classical styling. At the heart of Heritage Elegance is a magnificent freestanding bath which oozes comfort, opulence and style. Alison explains 'Heritage Elegance is about period drama and a dash of glamour, about taking time to pamper yourself in the glory of days gone by. After all, an Englishman's home is always his castle and your bathroom should be your ultimate haven.'

Joe Pascoe, Senior Marketing Manager at Victorian Plumbing says 'We really wanted to work with an experienced designer with a keen eye for aesthetic for this project; Alison's style and personality matched our brand perfectly. Over her career, Alison has built up a passionate following within interiors, and we're excited to introduce her audience to Victorian Plumbing, as well as introducing Alison to our 2 million monthly website visitors.'

The collection will be ready to pre-order from the 25th November online at www.victorianplumbing.co.uk.

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NOTES TO EDITORS

About Alison Cork

With an ever-growing portfolio encompassing writing and broadcasting, in 2012 Alison branched out into product design, collaborating with online furniture retailer www.made.com to produce the bestselling Wolseley and Lansdowne Collections. In 2013, Alison launched her own online interiors collection at www.alisonathome.com featuring beautiful, stylish homeware at accessible prices. Alison's signature style is classic design with a twist, blending elegant shapes with tactile materials and rich use of colour.

Aside from product design, Alison writes weekly interiors columns for several national newspapers including The Daily Telegraph, Times, Guardian, Observer and London's Evening Standard, with a weekly readership totalling well over 12 million. Her TV presenting credits include Cowboy Builders (CH 5), Secret Removers (C4), Home In The Country (ITV), Don't Move Improve (ITV) and Get The Look For Less (ITV).In 2014, Alison launched her hugely successful homeware brand on www.qvc.co.uk, where it continues to bring stylish and affordable furniture and accessories to the viewing public.

About Victorian Plumbing

Victorian Plumbing is the largest online bathroom retailer in the UK. Founded in early 1999, we've established ourselves as one the largest retailer of branded and in-house designed bathrooms &accessories from our headquarters in Merseyside.

In 2017, we passed our 1 million customers milestone and continue to grow rapidly in sales and awareness. As an independently owned company, we've seen massive success throughout 2017 and regularly see over 3 million visits per month. This huge growth has put the company on track to turn over £120 million this year!

Stockist: www.victorianplumbing.co.uk