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Comments (19)To clean stainless steel, USE stainless steel. Get one of those stainless steel scouring things (they look like little balls when you first buy them) and use Cameo for stainless steel (there are two - one for copper and one for stainless steel), with hot water, or Bon Ami. Cameo is also a must-have for stainless cookware, along with the stainless scouring pad. It'll keep it like new. The scouring pad will not scratch the sink. I would not dare, however, use it on stainless appliances. This post was edited by Tibbrix on Thu, Sep 26, 13 at 7:47...See MoreCompleted guest bathroom! (finally!)
Comments (18)Thanks pharaoh, oh high priest of stunning bathrooms! For both upstairs baths, we ordered white Toto tubs, white Toto Soiree toilets, and the smaller Sonia sinks (as I'd mentioned above). All faucets and hardware will be satin or brushed nickel. For the vanity in our tiny MB, I'm leaning towards cherry with a black stain; either black-black, or black with a hint of dark purple or dark blue undertones, and for the hall bath, I'm considering cherry as well, but with a light reddish-sunset color stain (if such a stain color even exists!). Originally I'd wanted the MB to have cool colors for accents; blues, purples, some greens ("sea colors"), but now I'm thinking more white on white tones, maybe some MOP, so we'll see what inspiration hits me when it comes time to choose tile and paint! For the hall bath I want sunset/hot colors; fiery pinks, reds, oranges and yellows, just not sure if I want to bring those colors in at all with the tile, or stick with whites there, too, and then bring in my colors with the paint, shower curtain, towels, and accessories. Of course, if I go with the whites in the MB, I could scuttle my hot colors in the main bath and put my sea colors there...! Totally up in the air re: flooring material, so colors for those haven't even been on the radar yet. Might go with wood, or stone, or ?????...See MorePlease weigh in on my counter choices
Comments (24)You guys are so kind! Thank you. kirkhall - I once lived in a house with cultured marble, so I'm somewhat of an expert :) That felt like plastic, while this product feels exactly like natural stone, but with a perfectly smooth finish. I wouldn't say it looks identical to marble because the veining in marble is just different. What I like about this is that the background is less gray than in most of the marble I looked at, yet it looks more natural than some of the other quartz products. My husband likes that it's ...almost... white. And it was important that it is pretty bulletproof. Yes, it feels good to the hand. Pental makes this product, enduring. It's called Chroma Quartz, and Lattice is the name of the color/pattern. It was not on my short list but I kept visiting the same stoneyard for remnants, and this turned up one day. I bought it on the spot, and am so happy I did. It turns out to be nearly an exact match for my faux marble flooring, so I'm just in a happy little faux paradise! sofla - This is 3 cm thickness, so about 1 inch. They didn't need to build up the edges, since this was 3 cm stone....See MoreAffordable White Sink for a Retro Kitchen
Comments (20)Yep, brand new to me, and my first house! I'm very fortunate that overall the house appears to be in great shape, it's just cosmetic issues. The home inspection went very well, for a house this age. The roof is about 10 yrs old, it was partially replumbed, and a lot of electrical work was done. So ironically, it's the cosmetic stuff that was ignored. It was a big relief because I had to walk away from a beautiful 1924 Craftsman after the home inspection because there were so many serious safety issues. The market in my (low) price range, in my area (SoCal) is incredibly competitive. So finding this house with only cosmetic issues was really fortunate. But I naively thought since the house was so small (750 sq ft) that I could fix it up on a shoe string budget. But as I'm sure everyone reading this knows, it's not working out that way! I've thought about reglazing. The rough quote I got from sending a picture was $125 to reglaze + $50 to remove the peeling old glaze. But the biggest worry is no local company I've found offers a warranty on sinks. So to spend $175, since no warranty is offered, it will obviously be a limited lifespan, and when I can afford to replace have to break the new tile countertops, I'd like to avoid that if possible. I totally get the logic to live with something for a while and then being able to know exactly what I want. But on the other hand I fortunately don't have to move in right now, I can continue to live with my mom for as long as I need. I've lived through full interior painting and flooring, and that really sucked. Also, I travel a lot for work. Over the next 3 months I'll be out of town for 10 of those weeks. So I feel like if I can have the work done while I'm not really able to live there anyway, I should take advantage of it. (The person doing the work is known and reliable & my mom and other friends can handle anything urgent that comes up and I'm away.) My bathroom lacks any character what so ever! What I need to do in there is replace the weird, worn out and grimy wall liner. I'm not sure if it's original or added in the 60's to 70's. no who's seen the house has seen anything like it. It's like a fiberglass shell, but only like 1/8" thick. My original idea was to replace it with a new shell from HD, because those are cheap. But of course those are all standard 60" and my space is 59". So now I'm going to go with tile, I think. I'm thinking all white tile with baby blue trim and maybe a few blue sea life relief tiles. Thanks again for all the advice!...See MoreUser
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