Looks great, but there are other similar looking ones out there. Everyone I have spoken to about faucets has warned me against PF faucets. They have a tendency to break a lot and get returned a lot. Sorry--just want your good karma to continue!

I found something similar that I loved last week. Here is one of the bookmarks. It is similar to your dream faucet and is available now. I'll see if I have any others.

http://www.homeandstone.com/cats.cfm?Group_ID=2598

Anita

Thanks for the PF warning. I'm a bit fuzzy on their quality level not having had any experience with them.

Yep, Anita, that Grohe is on my short list. The "cheapskate" side of my brain is winning out tonight so I don't want to go there yet.

The reputation may be out of date, but I had good luck with Moen at my first house. This one looks pretty good: Moen Level

The search goes on.....

Out of curiosity, why is Kohler out of the running? (From your countertop thread)

I've had a PF faucet for 8 years and it's had to be replaced 2x. Poor quality (I think it's one of the cheaper faucets, as it was installed by the builder and is lightweight), but I have to say the warranty/customer service is great -- each time I call they send me a new faucet without any hassle.

buehl - my small soapbox can be found here

Wouldn't buy PF either due to poor quality.
I believe they are one of the lowest on the list as far as quality. We have had them in houses we have lived in, not good.

smilingjudy, sorry to hear all these folks saying PF is a bad faucet company. I had some tell me they liked their FP treviso (sp?) so I don't know.

But I remembered reading your post and as I was looking at lowes today, I saw that they had the mystique in stock. my lowes.com does not have it listed (putting in your zip code) but it was actually in the store. I thought it looked nice.

i'm having a terrible time picking my faucet too....good luck!!

That's too bad. We've had Kohler fixtures in our house (kitchen, bathrooms, powder room) for over 13 years and haven't had a single problem...no leaks, failures, etc. And we most likely have "builder grade" (we upgraded fixtures with our new kitchen & powder room).

My experiences w/Kohler are all positive!

Oooh, thanks for the tip jessie. Just this morning my mom recommended PF to me! :) I told her everyone here disagreed.

The forum may turn on me for not taking their advice, but I might risk it. Then I'd just be stuck finding something that fits in the same size hole when it breaks.

Good luck to you, too!

Smilingjudy,

I say get what you really want. PF is not so mortgage-rackingly expensive that you'll be heartbroken if you need to change it out after a while, and I hear their customer service is great. Most faucets use a standard sized hole, so replacing (knock on wood!) will really not be that hard, especially since there are many similar styles on the market. Go for it, and enjoy your first choice! :)

buehl - Glad things have worked out for you. My guest bath had the original Kohler fixtures when I moved in. 60 years old and still working like a champ. A bit crusty :) , but still working just fine. Maybe I just got a bad batch.... It was when one of the largest specialty bath stores in the area dumped them that I decided to turn against them. Might be giving the retailer too much credit.

Thanks, circuspeanut. That's what I was thinking too.

Buehl - I did report Drewsjody as a Spammer to the Powers That Be. For your future information, to complain about spammers to the Forum, you can go to the very bottom of the Forum page, and click where it says in small print "Technical Problems". A message window will come up entitled "Mailing Gardenweb". There's a brief pull-down menu at the "Nature of Message" box, and you'll see a "Report Abuse" choice.

No. I wanted to report someone recently too. I ignore anyone who is yelling at me. LOL

We have had only good experience with Kohler fixtures and had planned on getting the same faucet we had in the last house for this kitchen -- until we started magnifying the scope of the job and over-thiking the design of everything.

I think the faucet and tub set we just put in DS's bathroom were PF. So far, so good -- and no megatives from our plumber, other than the fact that we had to change the valve from the Moen one that wss original to the hous.

I reported that faucet seller too, the other day. I get the feeling they don't check these things too often.

smilingjudy, here is the link where 2 people had the treviso (also pf)......one had a slight problem, the other no problems....but they both liked them. hope this helps. i think the mystique looks nice. Did your lowes have them too?

Here is a link that might be useful: that other thread

Thanks jessie. I did run up to Lowe's tonight. They had the Mystique. Love the look, love the price, but it's HUGE! It had to be the tallest faucet they had on display and easily taller than the Kohler Simplice (which is a nice looking faucet, but seems taller than most...just a guess). I think I need to go stand in front of the sink cab with a tape measure for a bit.

And darn it, buehl, I read your response on that other thread. You're awfully convincing! The next time I am standing in the shower, unable to get the thermostatic valve to change temps, I will think of your perfect faucet. ;-)