Maybe try Wayfair

Try Amazon

I don't know if they have a style you would like but Phylrich makes all of their faucets in a wide range of finishes including polished brass.

https://phylrich.com

I would think that polished brass might be difficult to maintain. I have a copper kitchen sink but it has a living patina so the finish changes every day depending on what has hit the surface - and I love it.

Years ago I had an antique brass bed and I eventually gave up attempting to keep it polished. I realize that newer brass might have a protective coat but I would imagine that the coating would wear off after a while - especially in a relatively hard use area like a kitchen sink.

Wayfair may be fine but Kingston Brass is one of the worst plumbing fixtures known to man. Google or search on here for Starcraft Builders and Kingston brass.

• Signature Hardware SH483691 Amberley Single-Hole Pull-Down Kitchen Faucet
• Signature Hardware SH434084 Southgate Single-Hole Pull-Down Kitchen Faucet

I won't ask why on polished brass, But California Faucet will give you good options. You need to find a dealer near you

Any sty;e, any finish.........go to the site, and since you're so set on what you want? Be prepared to adjust your budget, or adjust your FINISH.

There are other places for brass touches in your kitchen, so perhaps give more input as to what you are doing. Cabinets, appliance sink counter etc

I would also stay far from Kingston Brass. In fact you can have a great faucet from Delta, Brizo, Moen and others.

https://www.calfaucets.com/

example

I’d recommend Barwick.co.uk. There are a wide range of brands on there

California Faucets are far too expensive. The basic California Faucets K50-100-ST-PB Poetto Single Handle Single Hole Pull-Down Spray Kitchen Faucet is $1,174.

Barwick is "trade only" and UK only.

@JAN MOYER I know, I think I probably am being ridiculous re polished brass. I'm just not a huge fan of brushed metal, stainless, chrome, brass, whatever. I tend to love warm colors and they look great w/gold tones. Our floor is newly installed oak (actual wood from a tree), cabinets ivory, countertop tbd but a little warmer than ivory, and the backsplash ivory and warm colors tile from https://www.instagram.com/sminkthings/ 

Initially I also wanted a brass sink but between the extra cost and the issue of "living" brass or treated brass, it's just sort of lost its luster. :-)

I guess I could do a brushed brass faucet and polished brass door pulls/knobs. Any thoughts about that?

It's going to be beautiful but I'm so exhausted by the decisionmaking.

Thanks so miuch for taking the time to weigh in!

But you aren't lisrning right?

You either accept what any marketplace has to offer and work with it- or ante UP!

The goal is to love the space on WHOLE. A”Actually? You can cobble together the loves, regardless of a whole and detest your result!

Theres a reason you are having trouble with the polished brass- nobody else wants it enough to make it a mass market item.. To get it means more custom options.

Which means go to the bank or adjust!!

$$$$$$$$$$

That often leads to an even better result! /less stress. Forget polished brass ! Entirely :)

In fact? Look for a warm burnished brass . It will still be California Faucet. And More than 500.00

Consider lighting, which will be cheesy in polished brass , for the most part. Alllll the warm brass finishes have evolved from what most do not remember fondly in the eighties, the cheap green cast to builder polished brass AND the REASON YOU SEE THEM BRUSHED, WARMED.

Below with darker metals and even dark tops

Readers: @JAN MOYER has a polished brass faucet on her Christmas list. Start saving up!

If you like brass, you might combine unlacquered brass cabinet hardware with a polished nickel faucet. The polished nickel is warm and looks good with brass. A head's up that silver tones are coming back. Cabinet hardware is easier to swap out in a couple of years than a faucet, which is why I suggest brass for cabinet hardware since you love it, and silver for the faucet, which is more classic. But I'd say definitely do not get polished brass anything. And if possible, you might consider upping the budget. You touch a kitchen faucet multiple times a day, and quality can be felt in the handles and especially if you choose a pull-down faucet.

Do you have a kitchen showroom near you? I hadn't been considering Moen, but that's what we got after I saw/felt it in the showroom. It really helps to see things in person. Another place you could look is Signature Hardware.

I remember back in the day….Martha Stewart would buy shiny brass at flea markets and strip off the protective finish so the brass would achieve a natural patina over time. I did the same on candle sticks, etc. And, yes, a brass bed. Love the rich, deep look of aged brass. And still have it in my home. But not in my kitchen!

"I tend to love warm colors and they look great w/gold tones."

Agree! But what you define as 'warm" isn't truly that.

"cabinets ivory, countertop tbd but a little warmer than ivory, and the backsplash ivory and warm colors........

Counter top. You want a firm decision on this, long before you worry on polished brass doorknobs. Warmer than ivory....what material? If you want true authenticity? Soap stone, quartzite and look at Taj Mahal. marble...and granite. A stained wood. Eschew quartz.

"Initially I also wanted a brass sink........"

What IS the sink?

My advice? Pull in an interior designer and please do share your kitchen layout. The actual cabinet color. Pictures of the REST of your home. Isolated decisions are indeed exhausting....and often the whole of those decisions not "seen" until you realize some could have been better.

A few years back, a client of mine ditched a dark cherry kitchen. The rest of her home is quite warm, fairly traditional....dining room below done over a decade ago. .. the goal aside from layout changes ? Keep the warmth, add the light.

The brass is accent in hardware, lights, legs on counter seats. The sink is stainless as appliances, and the faucet is.......stainless.

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