We are interested in redoing our bedroom and buying a new bed and furniture. Our taste is very clean and streamlined. We are concerned about a few things and would like some opinions. The bed is the Colette Bed from Crate and Barrel www.crateandbarrel.com/furniture/beds/colette-bed/f1480. We love the bed but want to make sure it would look nice and compliment the furniture. The bedroom furniture is Henkel Harris - the Today collection www.henkelharris.com/categories.asp?roomID=2. We would be getting 2 matching nighstands, the triple dresser and the bowfront tall chest with the saber legs and velvet bronze hardware. We saw the Today collection in person, and it seems very plain in a solid color. We had also seen it in a two tone, and it looked really nice but we are afraid that is trendy and we will get sick of it. However, the two tone we would get are very close in color so it does not have too much of a contrasting look (coffee color casing with hazelnut drawfronts). We are not sure if this is the way to go. And if I do, do I get all of the pieces in the two tone or just get 2 pieces (the dresser and chest) and get the 2 nighstands in solid coffee. Any suggestions or ideas would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

The faucet you linked is made by Elements of Design (signature hardware likes to rename their products so you can't comparison shop...) I believe it's considered good mid range quality solid brass/ceramic disc valves and would be comparable to Chicago Faucets quality. (I'm NOT an expert in these things, just repeating what I learned from the plumber and my guy at the hardware store.) And I agree with dianolo-I wouldn't worry about flow rate/water pressure, and I also agree that this is somewhere it makes sense to spend if you can to make sure you get something that will not need to be replaced in a couple years. I've heard many excellent reports about those Chicago Faucets, but not much about the EoD faucets. I'm linking some EoD faucets below-I have NEVER shopped with this vendor and am not recommending-but I spotted your faucet here and thought you might be interested in seeing the other models and prices. Here is a link that might be useful: Elements of Design Wall mounted faucets

I have the Grohe Lady Lux which is a pull out and find it excellent to use (and I do use it with either hand depending what I'm doing with the other hand). We considered the Grohe Lady Lux Cafe for our prep sink which is a pull down and has a very comfortable feel, but it doesn't have a stay on button for the spray - you have to hold the button down to keep spraying. I like to be able to put the faucet in spray mode and use both hands to wash produce under it. So we used the LadyLux Plus for both sinks. The Grohe faucet uses a spring rather than a weight to pull the hose back in. It goes back in very nicely. I hate side sprays. The ones I've had in the past have developed problems and leaks over time and I don't like the clutter.

No, every door, interior and exterior, (and windows) have those square corbels. And this house has an excess of doors and windows. :( I do think it's good to have it pointed out. I hadn't considered it at all and when it comes times to do the kitchen, the fluting and corbels will clash with the look I am going for in there. So, if I can talk my husband into the extra work, I think we can replace the trim in the open areas. I don't care about the bedrooms. The windows are covered by long panels anyway. ;)