Toto's Colonial White is made to match American Standard's white.

However, I had a Toto Cotton White toilet - it was in stock and the Colonial White would have taken 12 weeks to come in, so I took the Cotton White - a few feet from the AS Retrospect sink in my previous house; they clearly did not match if you had them inches apart in sunlight, but once installed, under normal lighting conditions, you could not tell they did not match. The Retrospect didn't work for us so we took it out and replaced it with one from Cheviot, which also "didn't match" but looked just fine. I asked several people about the fact that the fixtures didn't match - the tub was from a third brand - and they looked at me like I had two heads. I was the only person who noticed and I only remembered to notice when there were threads like this one.

Same here, I have a Cesame sink, a Toto toilet and a Waterworks tub in my master bathrom. A Toto toilet and a Duravit sink in the powder room, and will mix Toto and Duravit again in the eventual bathroom remodel downstairs. It would have driven me nuts had I been able to tell a difference, but I just can't. And my master bathroom is quite bright too. I think you'll be okay. We went with the Toto "Cotton White" as well.

Ivette

Thank you both. I probably am obsessing too much.

I have not heard of either Cheviot, Duravit or Cesame so will check those out. I think the AS white is the problem.

Johnmari, could you please tell me what didn't work with the retrospect?

The Retrospect was WAY too tall for me (standing at it, I felt like I was about 8 years old) and did not fit stylistically with the rest of the bathroom - too modern in style. A Craigslister got a nice bargain on it. :-)

As I said though, if you're set on the AS sink and determined to have a perfect match, get the Colonial White Toto. Most models do come in this color. The reason why mine was going to take 12 weeks was it was the newest model at the time, the Whitney, and I don't think they were even making it in anything but the Cotton White yet.

I have elongated Toto toilets (Drake, I think) and 3 Porcher pedestals. I don't usually photograph my toilets, so I don't have a pic. LOL The Toto is beside the pedestal in the powder room, but in the separate WC in the master. I have the Porcher Lutezia pedestals (2 large ones in the master and 1 small one in the powder room).

Johnmari,

Regarding the Retrospect . . . what was too tall . . . the sink or the toilet???

I am considering the Retrospect Console Sink with the built in towel bar and glass shelf for a 3/4 bath.

http://www.americanstandard-us.com/Assets/images/Products/7812.002_pd_01.jpg

Is this what you had? If so, why do you say it "didn't work out"?

Thanks,
Judy

I have that exact sink and the Toto Ultramax in the bathroom. I think they match wonderfully. They aren't right next to each other but it's a very small bathroom.

I'm 5'4" and I do feel the Retrospect with the console table is rather tall. But my fiance is 6'4" and he loves it. It was the only pedistal we both liked.

Agnesackneback or anyone else,

Would you care to share a photo of the retrospect in your bath?

Thanks!
Judy

Any thoughts on the best Toto color in a bathroom with a Kohler biscuit color tub? They are actally separated b/c the toilet is in its own little room.

Here is a picture of my master bath toilet and pedestal sink with the combination you are asking about. As you can see, the bathroom is very small so they are literally right next to each other.

Toilet is a Toto (sorry, blanking on specific model) and pedestal is Kohler Memoirs. To be honest, I didn't even specify tones of white and although I am definitely a picky customer, the combination has always looked perfectly fine to me. Hope this helps.

I love your bathroom!

I was surprized to see this thread reappear and thank you for the pictures. I did go with the toto/colonial white toilet and the retrospect however they will not be installed until May or June. I did call both companies and they sent samples which helped. I ended up ordering the colonial for all three bathrooms because it seemed to go best with the Porcher in one bath and the Bain white tub in the MB.
I am a bit concerned about the height of the retrospect but it is in a guest house and I couldn't find anything else I liked in that size or price range.

runninginplace one of my baths will be very much like yours, I love yours. My floor will be black because I am afraid of having to clean the white. Is your's white? how is the upkeep? Is the cabinet from Restoration? I am looking for one but Restoration didn't fit into my budget.
tugran

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I have a Grohe Bridgeford brushed nickel faucet and am wondering about the AS Retrospect chrome base- weird together?