A couple of weeks ago I visited my mother who happens to live in Kentucky near where Signature Hardware has a showroom. My mom and I went over there to see for ourselves what was up with SH. I had already placed an order for lighting fixtures and lavatory faucets. I live in the deep south and they had already received the order but I wanted to see the place in person since I have many of the same questions you do. I must tell you the lady who helped me could not have been nicer. Her name is Beth if you need to call SH she is a wonderful person. She works Monday, Tues, Friday and Saturday. She helped me with my misgivings. I had chosen something that was on backorder which there is a lot of that going on now as everywhere I go they are hoarding their money and keeping inventory low so anyway, I chose another lighting fixture. It was so much less than the other one and I got it immediately. Nottingham Brass is the exclusive brand of SH so that is why you will not see it in any other store, it is only sold by SH. Maybe the same line is branded by others but I simply don't know the answer to that question. I was happy to see that they are all brass,I have two of the Deco faucets here now and they look fine. I was a little sad to see that the lever handles are a little fatter than they looked in the photo online. No one but me would notice this but my whole love affair with the faucet was the slim lever handle, the one that is a little fatter although exactly the same just gives it a whole different vibe. So I told Beth about my feelings regarding it and she said they would happily exchange it for me and sent me a RM number to send it back for another one of my liking. No problem. So my experience to pass on is that yes they are a real place, the people could not be nicer there, their things are most likely imports, Nottingham is their own brand so that is why unless you shop at SH you won't be able to find it. They don't sell any other brand of faucets. Their showroom is interesting and large with lots of neat pretty stuff. They seem eager to please and make right what you don't like. Their faucets are not plastic but are solid brass. They ship in a hurry and keep in touch when something is Out of Stock. Recommend.. Here is a link that might be useful: Signature Hardware

Our Cambria Windsor had to be done in two slabs on our lengthy island, and the two slabs did not match each other, as they came from different batches. One looked grey-er and one had more beige in it. In any light, you could see the seam. Both Cambria and the fabricating company were wonderful in getting replacement counters for me. The countertops on the island now match and they look seamless, but they are slightly beige-ier than the counters along the sink wall which I didn't have them replace (due to sink and stove cut-ins), but NO ONE notices any difference in color. They will not guarantee matches to the sample, though.

The floors are a beige tile and I have no other color at this point. The walls are white and I plan to paint them once I pick out the countertop and BS. I have not seen the full slab of Nottingham yet. It will be in next week at the dealer.

You need to borrow the samples and look at them all together in your bathroom and light. Leave a hefty deposit if they aren't the type of shop that lends samples. For difficult shops I will ask for an hour or two for the loaner, and make sure to return at the exact time I promised. I've had so many samples look perfect in the tile shop and then look terrible in the actual space.