Yea, I better stick with original plan. There are too many issues with American Standard quality and the nature of the Americast tubs, which are really like Bootzcast tubs but with a resin backing that gives it more support. And there are reports of the resin even cracking on the bottom especially where people stand when taking a shower. But darn, that Cambridge tub sure was comfy for me. So I will go back to the Kohler Tresham Vanity top sink to match a white acrylic tub. I also like the drop in Tresham which you showed above and of course I like the Memoirs drop in sinks. The Tresham vanity sink version is like a countertop sink. It will give me some height without having to build up the existing vanity. like the looks of Kohler Devonshire tub but it has a depth of 14 inches - I could always install a Kohler deep soak tub overflow drain. Or choose the Mirabelle Bradenton which has a depth of 16.5 inches. My inspiration for this remodel is a bath I found on Houzz. It has a Kohler Archer alcove tub. I will be extending the shower out and Hydro Ban has a 36 wide x 48 deep premade shower pan with a 36 curb (per Mongoct's recommendation). I called Laticrete and they emailed me the spec page. The crazy tract home supply plumbing has 2 cold and 1 hot pipes coming up on the corner of the big garden tub. I don't want to move all of the plumbing so I will build a ledge for it and install the Roman faucet on top. Right now, the garden tub is installed right up to the vanity. I am going to install a 32 inch wide alcove tub to give more floor space and a sliver of wall space to keep the bathroom from looking too boxed in. I will fill in the drop down under the current tub to make the floor level and the bottom of the tub even with the floor to make it safer to get in and out of the tub. That's the plan. Here is a link that might be useful: Houzz This post was edited by Anna_in_TX on Sun, Mar 23, 14 at 17:30

I purchased a white Kohler tub and a white American Standard toilet for my bathroom remodel. It didn't even dawn on me at the time that there could be 'different' whites until I put the toilet next to the tub. The more I stared at them, the more I noticed the difference in color, so I took the toilet back and purchased a Kohler. If you didn't already install the toilet, I would take it back, or if you already installed it, maybe you have another bathroom in the house that has an older toilet and you can put the AS one in that other bathroom? I know if I installed those two "different whites" in my bathroom, it would bother me every time I walked in. I also don't know if Kohler has multiple shades of white. I just looked at their website and clicked on a few different toilets and I only see one "white" choice.

Toto's Cotton White matches Kohler white. I can't get at my charts but IIRC Crane and Eljer whites also match Kohler White. American Standard will not match but as I have said in other posts, my tub, console sink, and toilet were from three different manufacturers and I was the only person to notice this (I asked pretty much everyone who saw the bathroom in the first few months, and I showed everyone who came to the house so I could brag on it! LOL), and I honestly forgot to notice except when I saw threads like this.

Go to Toto site and click on any toilet. In a blue box you'll see "COLORS". Click that and another window will pop up. Once there, there's a reference to other colors and that you should "click here". I just tried and the info is "x"ed out but I've definetly seen it before. I don't know if I can't now because of settings on my new pc or if they've changed the site. They will also mail samples and I got my chips in less than a week. I found it pretty hard to appreciate the color difference on the 1"sq chips but it's distinguishable if you look hard. Seeing the fixture in person is much more useful.