Kohler and Restoration Hardware are about the same quality. An increasing number of Kohler faucets are made in Asia in Kohler's updated factories.. Kohler has reportedly invested over $70 million acquiring and updating Chinese factories, and $10 million for a new faucet factory in India to service the giant Asian market for upscale bathwares, but also to provide faucets and faucet components to other parts of the world, including the U.S. Kohler still makes the majority of its faucets in Wisconsin and Arkansas, but closed one U.S. factory in 2012, barely a year after the Kohler-India factory came on line. Restoration Hardware faucets are assembled by Brasstech, a Masco company (along with Delta, Peerless, Brizo, Hansgrohe and Axor) that makes Newport Brass faucets in California. The components used are mostly imported, primarily from, Kaiping Weixiang Metals Products International, Ltd.a well-established faucet manufacturer in Kaiping City, China; Guangdong Weixiang Sanitaryware Co. Ltd. which also makes its own line of faucets, sold in Asia under the Classic brand; Lota International Co. Ltd. a company that seems to be a component supplier to half of the faucet companies in the world; and Shenzhen Jinliyi Hardware Ltd. which makes a few faucet components for Brasstech, but is also a major source of bath and kitchen accessories imported by Brasstech and sold under the Ginger label, Both companies use excellent cartridges. Brasstech generally specifies cartridges made by Flühs Drehtechnik, a German company that supplies the Brasstech 1-001 and 1-002 cartridges used in most Restoration Hardware two handle faucets. Flühs cartridges are generally regarded as some of the best in the world. Hydroplast S.r.l., an Italian company, supplies the mixer cartridges used in Restoration Hardware's single handle faucets. Kohler usually fits its two handle faucets with cartridges purchased from Anton Tränkle, GmbH & Co. KG, another German company that many consider equivalent to Flühs. Kohler also buys some of is mixing cartridges for single handle faucets from Hydroplast S R L. However, some Kohler cartridges now appear to be Chinese in origin, but we have not been able to identify the specific manufacturer. Brasstech handles the technical support, parts replacement and warranty service — a call to Restoration Hardware Technical Support (1-866-417-5207) actually puts you in touch with Newport Brass support. Kohler, of course, handles its own warranty and post-sale support, and has what is consider one of the very best customer service departments in the North American faucet industry. Both companies offer a lifetime warranty on their faucets, cartridges and finishes. It would be hard to go wrong purchasing from either company. We give an edge to Restoration Hardware for style if you are retrofitting a heritage home, and to Kohler for more contemporary styles. Kohler products are available nearly everywhere, while Restoration Hardware faucets can be purchased only from Restoration Hardware. RH has a reputation for slow delivery. Kohler, the opposite. No matter which one you buy, make sure it is fitted with a cartridge from a known supplier. If you have never heard of the manufacturer, be a little cautious. The finishes on both product lines are excellent, durable and guaranteed for a "lifetime" ("For as long as the original purchaser owns the house in which the faucet was originally installed"). We give RH a slight edge for its remarkable hand polished chrome with the caveat that since it is so highly polished, it shows minor scratches more readily. For more information, see Restoration Hardware Faucets; Review and Rating, and Newport Brass Faucets: Review and Rating. Hope this helps.

wowed, I agree with your response, and it's interesting to me. I would want at least sound, if not visual, separation, between a lavatory/dressing area and a bedroom. It's interesting to compare the bedroom/lavatory area/toilet and bath area layers to a palace set up: the anteroom, the throne room (no pun intended) and then private quarters. In the same way, access and function are layered. I think most users would agree this sort of layering is a good thing. Contrast this to the evolution of design of the kitchen/dining/family room area of a house. For me, sound separation of activities (eg., tv watching vs. a conversation in a dining room, or relaxing in the family room without the din of dish stacking) or visual separation (chatting with guests in the dining room while not worrying about how the busy food prep area looks) or even olfactory separation (reading a book in the family room while onions are sliced and sauteed in the kitchen). The grand, open flowing floorplan for these areas is popular, but for me, I prefer a little segregation, especially as the number of users and potential simultaneous uses goes up. Seems to me, as the average household size has shrunk and more people are living in a house of only 2 or 3 people, sure, the open floor plan can work. But for now at least, I want a little bit of separation of activities, and I like my "antiquated" floor plan, with separate kitchen, dining room, family room (tv) and living room (piano). A tv and piano in the same room would be a nuisance for us. So I guess on a more micro level, I'm looking to separate activities in the bathroom. But I agree, if in the process of pulling them apart and relocating them, I mix grooming and sleeping, well, yes, that would be a disastrous unintended consequence! responding to another post, I don't know why that link didn't work, here is the direct url: http://www.farrow-ball.com/Company/FBStyles.aspx?language=en-GB&style=5

Thank you everyone!... Jan.. I just got through with my deck and fence. I cleaned it first using Oxy Clean and some outdoor bleach on the stubborn areas. The stain/sealer is Deckscapes from Sherwin Williams. The color is called Cider Mill. It is an oil based product and I love how it went on. I brushed it on by hand, every square inch of it including the fence. I tried using a sprayer and it didn't spray out nice and even. It was honestly easier to brush then use the sprayer. It took me 9 gallons total for the whole job. I have some pictures of the deck, I'll post them here so you can see the bigger picture. I researched deck products for about a week and Deckscapes had good reviews is why I went with it. It is a semi-transparent stain to let the woodgrain show thru. After all that cleaning I did not want the wood to gray again, it will if you don't use a semi-transparent stain. I'll post the other pictures soon as I can find them..Debbie

IKEA is your solution. They specialize in pieces that will fit in tiny spaces (think European apartments). They also have special sink tops that fit on their vanities, all at a very reasonable price. Obviously, it's cheaper if you can go there yourself, but they do deliver too. You can get the 24" solid wood Hemnes with a sink top for $250. It has built-in, very useful, storage drawers that hold a ton. We have one of these in our basement bathroom and just installed three of the larger ones in other bathrooms. Drawers are much more useful than just two doors that open; I know because I've had both.