Hi Diane, Just came across your post. If you are still searching for cabinet hardware for your home project, here is a great site I used when I did my kitchen remodel. Prices are terrific and shipping was fast too! I remodeled my kitchen a year ago and my hardware still looks wonderful (House of Knobs Fashionable Finishes Brushed Nickel Flared Ends Pull.) This item comes in polished nickel too! There are many items on the site that offer substantial discounts if you order in quantity (maybe more likely with a kitchen than with a bathroom though...) With the quantity discount and low price I paid about 25% less (even with shipping)than I would have for similar items at my local HD. Hope this helps you or someone else... ALY Here is a link that might be useful: Cabinet hardware website

found them at West Elm. Thanks!

@fatcatz, I don't know if you like Traditional style, but I am about to buy Moen's Weymouth Single Handle Pull Down Spray faucet in polished nickel. I've been researching for a few days and came across an article from Starcraft Builders saying Moen's Polished Chrome, Polished Nickel, Polished Brass, Brushed Gold, Brushed Nickel, and Classic Stainless finishes are PVD. The remaining finishes are either Powder Coat or Electroplate. It's a great article, really goes in depth on the PVD process. Echoed your point about not always being the metal used in the PVD process. That being said, in reading the section on Electroplating, taken from the article: "Undercoats of copper, zinc, or nickel usually precede the final decorative coating. The undercoats have two purposes. Some metals, chrome being one, do not adhere very well to naked brass. One or more nickel undercoats are usually used before the chrome is applied so the finish does not flake or peel. If finishing a zinc component, undercoats of copper then nickel are commonly used. The copper sticks well to zinc, nickel adheres tightly to copper, and chrome bonds securely to nickel. Undercoats also help smooth out any small imperfections in the faucet material. It is not uncommon for faucets to be electroplated with nickel and chrome and then highly polished before a final PVD coating is applied. This process eliminates any potential flaws in the surface so they don't show up in the final PVD finish." Link to the article follows, below. Very high marks for customer service, Starcraft actually ranks Moen's customer service #1 in North America. http://www.starcraftcustombuilders.com/sources.faucets.Moen.htm

We have polished nickel bin pulls and knobs, both from Restoration Hardware. As piegirltoo wrote, they have lots of styles which come in a PN finish. Where I had a really hard time was finding PN appliance pulls. I finally found these from Belwith Keeler (now known as Hickory Hardware) and think they are terrific. We have them on our fridge, freezer and broom pull-out. Polished nickel hardware is gorgeous. I knew all along that's what I wanted and am so glad I never waivered. (Many have written here about fingerprints and advising against it -- I have two sticky-fingered toddlers and so far, nary a problem.) Enjoy, Kate! Where are you in the process?