Picking the faucets

Willy the electrician was supposed to come by this morning at 8:30, but got tied up and didn't make it until early afternoon guy. He's an interesting guy -- kinda short, and full of very agreeable energy. According to T&J he's a very fast worker. Once he arrived we went over the locations for all the light fixtures again and then I went shopping.

I stopped at Lowe's first and then went to Home Depot. I needed to make some decisions about the bathroom faucets (sink and shower/bath) so that the plumbing could be roughed in on monday. I ended up choosing American Standard's "Colony" line because I liked the look and they were on the cheap end of the scale.

Here's the sink faucet. I prefer separate hot/cold taps, but Kate is pretty keen on the single lever design. Marriage is all about compromise.

Here's the corresponding shower setup. I really like having three handles, and Kate doesn't care so much about having a single lever in the shower.

I also tried to figure out something for the tile -- we want to have tile in the bathroom, craft room, and entryway -- but Lowe's and Home Depot had rather thin selections.

Finally, I needed to pick out the lighting for the bathroom. We're going to have one recessed light in the ceiling, but we also need some lights near the mirror. We don't have much room, so small is good. I picked up some simple globe fixtures that might work, just to try things out. We might just put "vanity" bulbs in two plain (chrome?) sockets.