Ot: want super bitchin sink…

[UCGal]

[quote=CA renter][quote=jpinpb]Well, if you haven’t yet, I’d try the Standard of Excellence outlet. Last year I found a pretty cool vessel sink that was curvy, not the typical round ones. And if you have money to burn, just bypass the outlet and go to the store. They have some nice stuff, but it’s not cheap.[/quote]

Been wondering about vessel sinks for awhile… How do you like it? I’ve heard that it’s more difficult to keep the sink/countertop clean because you can’t just swipe the water into the sink. Also, heard that they can splash more. Are either true? After having one for awhile, what do you think of it, especially in a household with lots of traffic/kids?[/quote]

Maybe it’s the user (me) – but everytime I use a vessel sink I end up splashing. I have a couple good friends with them in their powder rooms. Since I’m usually a hot mess anyway – I look like a wet hot mess when I come out of the powder room. Not a good look.

I would definitely want to try the model before buying. Not sure if you can do that at showrooms.

[spdrun]

Don’t come to NYC — my last apt had one of those on the bathroom wall 🙂

[profhoff]

Standard of Excellence closed. Is there still the outlet?

[Coronita]

[quote=sdrealtor]I’d rather have a bitchin camaro[/quote]

I’ll setting for 1997 Mazda miata for $3k that I can gut and throw on the track without much more…
In fact, I’m actively looking for one, as a project.

Anyway, where else do folks go for good stuff around SD? Just seems kinda hard to find housing related stuff these days in SD.. Lots of stores closing,etc.
Not that I shop there, but Ashley at the Pyramid in Miramar is closing. Geesh they’ve been there for ages.

[sdrealtor]

It’s a song by The Dead Milkmen. A punk band fromPhilly

[svelte]

[quote=profhoff]Standard of Excellence closed. Is there still the outlet?[/quote]

Apparently not in SoCal anymore. I guess I didn’t know this until this thread.

http://www.yelp.com/biz/standards-of-excellence-san-marcos

We bought a lot of stuff from there.

[CA renter]

[quote=UCGal][quote=CA renter][quote=jpinpb]Well, if you haven’t yet, I’d try the Standard of Excellence outlet. Last year I found a pretty cool vessel sink that was curvy, not the typical round ones. And if you have money to burn, just bypass the outlet and go to the store. They have some nice stuff, but it’s not cheap.[/quote]

Been wondering about vessel sinks for awhile… How do you like it? I’ve heard that it’s more difficult to keep the sink/countertop clean because you can’t just swipe the water into the sink. Also, heard that they can splash more. Are either true? After having one for awhile, what do you think of it, especially in a household with lots of traffic/kids?[/quote]

Maybe it’s the user (me) – but everytime I use a vessel sink I end up splashing. I have a couple good friends with them in their powder rooms. Since I’m usually a hot mess anyway – I look like a wet hot mess when I come out of the powder room. Not a good look.

I would definitely want to try the model before buying. Not sure if you can do that at showrooms.[/quote]

LOL! Okay, that sounds like me, too, so best to stay away from vessel sinks. 🙂

They do look beautiful, though!

[CA renter]

[quote=jpinpb]Hey, CAR, I like my vessel sink. I can’t even remember how many times things ended up down the drain b/c they were on the counter and accidentally fell in the sink. I’ll never have that problem again w/the vessel sink. The counter is not hard to clean.[/quote]

You’re way more put together than I am, jp! 🙂

We need fixtures around here that are easy to clean almost every single time they’re used. We get water everywhere, and if they splash more than standard sinks, it will get ugly around here.

Good point about not losing things down the drain. (But you can still wash your wedding ring down the drain…don’t ask me how I know.)

[spdrun]

As far as losing things in the drain, no reason why you couldn’t have a sink with a lip that’s elevated a bit above the rest of the counter.

[svelte]

It is something about the shape, but there is something about a vessel sink that makes me hesitate to use it – though I still do. Maybe it is that the lip is usually too high (thus awkward to get hands in there), maybe it is that they look more like art than a functional object, maybe it is that it seems like a shame to get them dirty.

But the last thing you want to do is discourage men from washing their hands. 🙂

[jpinpb]

[quote=svelte][quote=profhoff]Standard of Excellence closed. Is there still the outlet?[/quote]

Apparently not in SoCal anymore. I guess I didn’t know this until this thread.

http://www.yelp.com/biz/standards-of-excellence-san-marcos

We bought a lot of stuff from there.[/quote]

Wow. Doesn’t surprise me. The HELOC train isn’t running for those high end products. But last year around August is when I bought it at the outlet.

[jpinpb]

[quote=CA renter]Good point about not losing things down the drain. (But you can still wash your wedding ring down the drain…don’t ask me how I know.)[/quote]

Mr. jpinpb had to take apart some plumbing in our old place to get my ring. Oh, I never heard the end of that. Very happy w/my sink. As I said, anything on the counter won’t accidentally fall or slip in the sink ever again.

[CA renter]

🙂

[scaredyclassic]

I think we will get a sink somday.

But it’s going to be years.

Similar to the homebuying process.

[sdrealtor]

FWIW I dont like vessel sinks. There is always water splashed around them. I’ve seen dozens of chipped/broken ones. Try shaving in one sometime, its a nightmare.

Then again I am all about functionality in things and couldnt care less about form.

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