I had one in the kitchen. It lasted a little over a year. It looked nice but started leaking, had a really weak flow, and the retractable head stopped retracting because the hose got frayed and would get stuck. We replaced it.

just had my 33" Blanco sink installed this week and love the size (bigger than my old 29" sink but not cavernous like a 36" would have been) -- i also got the grid which i think is a good idea for protection as well as raising the base slightly if you are tall. I bought it at a great price and spoke to a couple different sales reps -- both seemed to think it is fine quality..there def is a snob factor if you buy a sink with a higher profile brand for those who want to spend more for it. Blanco isn't hollow like some cheaper fireclay sinks. Recent consumer reports gave fireclay overall good ratings for durability but almost no sink fared well if you drop a heavy object on it from a foot above...fingers crossed cause i lurrrrv it!

It's a beauty. I'm so glad I purchased it. This replaces Spartacus which I tried 3 years to grow without success. How old is your plant?

Gotta' get that powdery mildew under control. Once accomplished, things should straighten out, bloom wise. A rose under stress (PM), does nothing right, poor flowering being chief among them. However, when it's super hot, in the 90's+, flowers, unless from a super cast iron blooming variety, hardly last 3 days. That's just the way it is during hot spells. Cool nights with hot dry days and little overhead rainfall favor powdery mildew conditions to pop up. Not every year will powdery mildew be an issue, but when it comes, it's mostly a spring or fall event, but can come any time conditions favor it, summertime, too. Please accept some criticism. Your container, very nice looking as it is, is too small for the long haul, IMHO. Consider an up size to a good 10 gal. or better pot if your future plans are to container grow your Vanessa Bell. If it's destined to be planted next year after winter storage, the pot's size is OK. For future container rose growing I suggest you use the best potting mix you can afford, making sure it is heavy in aged/composted pine bark, rather than heavy in peat moss which most potting mixes are. Peat moss breaks down, decomposes, much faster than pine bark. Too much in a potting mix, and PM dries it out more quickly, even shedding water, or it turns the mix into a gummy mess as it decomposes, rotting roots. When it's hot, watering frequently, more than you thought, is the rule, and mandatory. Over watering will immediately result in the bottom leaves on the canes to turn yellow and fall off. This is the surest sign of over watering. You can hardly over water a rose if the potting mix is a good one and drains well. The Bayer Advanced Disease Control for Roses.....will work well for the PM. Some rose gardeners like Spectricide Immunox better for PM, but I have no personal experience with it, having never used it. Never spray when its sunny or too hot, choose evening or early morning to spray. Never spray a rose that is wilting, or looking dry, dehydrated, from lack of enough watering. Moses