I am taking a break from looking at basin sinks online. My wife decided to spend my bonus by remodeling our bathroom. I know the Al Bundy's of the world love their "thrones" and I certainly can appreciate a nice, well maintained bathroom, but it is by no means something I can get passionate about. My wife on the other hand goes absolutely crazy for some of this stuff. I had no idea how much variety -- some of it crazy, some of it very nice but just crazy expensive -- there is when it comes to the basic stuff you put in your bathroom: toilet, sink, mirror, bath. It should be simple, right?
First off she wants a claw foot bathtub. Those turned out to be surprisingly expensive. I don't know what it is, the thing isn't made by Cartier you know, but for whatever reason if you want a claw foot tub you are going to pay a lot more than a regular tub. Plus, you can't really shower can you? I mean, I just thought of that. I guess you could get one of those old fashioned shower curtains that goes all the way around. Anyway, they look very nice but if I had my druthers it's not the way I'd spend my money.
Something as simple as basin sinks apparently isn't very simple at all. Do you want one with a built-in soap dispenser? Ceramic or metal basin? Does it have a lip? That's not even counting all the stylistic differences between the shapes and the faucets. Throw in the ones that come with the cabinets underneath and I'm just completely lost. There are a lot of choices but it's really difficult to find one that's perfect, which seems odd considering I'd never even thought about sinks before and just use them. Now all of a sudden I'm being picky.
Then of course there is the toilet. Now this is a relatively simple matter since there aren't many variations on the trusty old toilet. Undoubtedly my wife will spend untold hours online and in stores browsing through toilet seats, but that at least is something I don't have to make a decision on. Although now that I think about it, if she picks out something crazy I may regret not picking it out myself. Ugh! Well, I'll try not to think about that. Any toilet seat is a good toilet seat. That's my motto! Right? At least, that's the way it should be. Then again, I used to think that about basin sinks, and I was definitely wrong there.
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