Stonebaths USA: A New Chapter in Twenty Years of Design
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If 2026 was Stonebaths’ most successful year across Australia and New Zealand, then 2027 marks the beginning of an even bigger chapter.
From its inception, Stonebaths founder Jim Bedwell knew the business would one day grow beyond its Antipodean origins. His entrepreneurial instinct and forward-thinking approach have shaped Stonebaths from the beginning, supported by an experienced team of directors and senior leaders across sales, finance and operations.
Stonebaths USA is the natural progression of that journey, and in 2027 we will launch the next branch of the Stonebaths family.
The Justina Bath, Grange Residences, Australia
Coinciding with ArchiPro’s expansion into the United States, the timing has created a unique partnership opportunity for us to enter the US market with immediate access to an established community of architects and designers.
We also enter the US with something many new market entrants do not have: a substantial body of completed work, established industry relationships and a recognised brand built over two decades across Australia and New Zealand. Stonebaths has grown through a consistent focus on design, quality and strong visual identity, with our products regularly specified across residential, hospitality and commercial projects. That brand recognition, supported by an extensive project portfolio, gives US specifiers the opportunity to understand not only the products themselves, but how they perform and present in completed interiors.
That creates a genuine two-way opportunity. Stonebaths USA opens the brand to one of the world’s largest design markets, while international exposure, new projects and emerging design influences can also feed back into our Australian and New Zealand business.
The Justina Bath in Cream, Alba Thermal Springs, Australia
Stonebaths USA’s distribution warehouse will be based in Dallas, Texas. Just as our existing Melbourne warehouse services customers across Australia, the US sales and distribution model will draw on our long-standing relationships with international freight, logistics and distribution partners.
The initial focus for Stonebaths USA will be a carefully curated collection reflecting the brand’s core strengths in materiality, form and bathroom design.
Stonebaths Australia and New Zealand has spent the past two decades building a reputation for leading design trends, enduring quality and beautiful baths made for real bathrooms. The US launch collection will include selected outdoor baths, resort baths, Japanese soak tubs, copper baths and our classic stone bath range. Each product has been chosen for its appeal to high-end specifiers, quality of manufacture and strong value proposition.
ST89 Soak Tub
Bayley Bath
Mumbai Copper Soak Tub
Commercial specifiers will also have access to products from our Ramp Basin Collection and Formline Moulded Benchtops and Basins, with the ability to customise and personalise each product using Q Custom Design software.
Developed by Stonebaths, Q is a specification platform that allows designers to customise basins to the exact dimensions they require and immediately generate a specification sheet that can be sent directly to our factory and design team. This gives us an important point of difference in the US commercial market: combining custom manufacturing capability with a simple, architect-focused specification process.
Ramp Basin, Burleigh Surf Club
For Stonebaths, the move into the United States is less a departure from our roots than the next stage of a business that was always designed to travel.
Drawing on our experience in international logistics and long-standing relationships with merchants, developers, architects and designers, Stonebaths USA will take the experience built across Australia and New Zealand into a new market, while continuing to grow the brand at home.
