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utility room tub sink with antique relief tiles and marble curb

Utility Room Tub Sink

Crossing a sink and a small tub creates the perfect place to bathe pets — or kids. Pet lovers and Moms with active little ones might have fantasized about a practical washing up spot in the utility room, something that’s ideal when the kids come all muddy or Fido needs a quick dunk.  A low [...]

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rustic French kitchen with sloped farm sink and flea market faucets

Ultra Rustic Farm Sinks

Two well-aged kitchen basins, with rough edges. Farm sinks come in many materials these days due to their amazing popularity. It’s not difficult to understand why a large, relatively deep basins of durable material would be received enthusiastically since our kitchens now seem to handle more and more. Perhaps I’m just an incurable romantic or [...]

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Kohler simplice pull down sprayer in action

Why Kitchen Faucets Splash

A Kohler expert explains causes and solutions. Some people live with uncontrolled water issues at the kitchen sink while others only experience the phenomenon after replacing an old faucet. Whatever the case it’s annoying and messy! In my post on Making Sense of Kitchen Faucets, I give a logical designer’s solution — lining up the [...]

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Danze Opulence faucet with sidespray in oil rubbed bronze finish

Buyers Pick Top Kitchen Faucets

Choices and trends from two buyer surveys over the past six years put Kohler’s Vinnata on top. Two year-long surveys asking respondents to name the kitchen faucet purchased for their home renovations ranked the imposing Kohler’s Vinnata pull-down (about $600) as the leading kitchen faucet. The pull-down style also is trending as the #1 choice [...]

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Kohler Vinnata faucet in oil-rubbed bronze

Making Sense of Kitchen Faucets

Six questions and answers before replacing or buying. Updating a kitchen faucet is a quick way to give any kitchen a mini-lift. If it’s 20 years or older, it’s time to change what’s arguably the most often-used kitchen fixture. Nothing is more irksome than a faucet that’s not functioning well or is badly matched to [...]

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