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Posts tagged “faucets & hardware - kitchen & bath”

Pluviae Shower Head & Rail by Matteo Thun & Partners

We found this while Google image searching and loved it. Super smart and simple, Matteo Thun's shower head truly is both form and function, with stainless wrap around tubing that carries both water...

NY Good Questions: With My Budget, Where Can I Get a Reliable Shower Panel?

Dear AT, I am thinking about getting a Shower Panel/Massage Jets. Does anybody have any thoughts about it? The price varies from $400 to over $5000. My contractor will install a panel before tiles...

Aerators: They're Green and How to Keep them Clean

Aerators are on our faucets to put air in the waterstream, which increases pressure with less water. They can gunk up over time and cause low pressure that's solved by simply cleaning the aerator......

NY Good Questions: What is the Proper Way To Mount a Faucet?

Dear AT, I bought a sink for my bathroom renovation. From the front to the back is 13" (a hole is right in the middle). I will place a sink one to two inches away from the wall. On a wall, I wi...

Hose Thread Adapters for the Kitchen Faucet

There's a garden hose spicket on the outside of our building. We use it to water the planters around the trees out front. But it definitely won't reach our windows or flower boxes. With this handy l...

NY Good Questions: How Do I Decorate This Narrow Bathroom?

Dear AT, We're moving next week into an apartment with one small problem: A very long, very narrow, tunnel-like bathroom. I have NO idea how to decorate it! It's painted a taupe-y brown right now,...

Look!: Towel Rack Radiator
Boston

We know its summertime but winter is never far from our minds and, while taking a self-guided tour of a house party the other weekend, we ran across this great wall-mounted towel rack radiator......

NY Good Questions: Should I Remove My Large Fridge?

Dear AT, I thought perhaps you and your readers could help me make a decision. The small kitchen in my rental apartment is really a corridor between the living room and the bathroom. The only cou...

NY Good Questions: Backsplash Ideas For Our Kitchen?

Dear AT, We're *this* close to beginning our kitchen renovation. We've gone with wenge cabinets on the bottom, Caesarstone blizzard for countertops, stainless appliances, a light grey "driftwood" ...

We've Got No Doorstops

A given in any project for any client is that the doors of their home have doorstops. Our home growing up had doorstops for each door. So why haven't we missed them in our apartment? ...

NY Good Questions: How Should We Transform Our Bathroom?

Dear AT, We're trying to give this pre-war bathroom a bit more of a luxe feel without doing massive renovations. As a start, we bought a new sink. We're working on adding more light. Above a...

NY Good Questions: How Should I Fix Up My Bathroom?

Dear AT, The small (5’ x 4’) bath in my prewar co-op has been the victim of several tragic renovations, resulting in the ugly tile, hideous clashing peach floor, crooked horrible water-wasting ...

NY Good Questions: How Should We Update Our Kitchen?

Dear AT, My family are about to move into a new home and we want to update it's kitchen without doing a major overhaul. We love a neutral palette of caramel, walnut, black and white. We'd like to...

Primo Stainless Steel Hairdryer Holder from Blomus

A holster for your hairdryer! So we're a little late to the Hairdryer Holder Party that took place at ATLA during bathroom month. This is an upgrade that is affordable and could make a huge differen...

NY Good Questions: How To Make This Kitchen More Up To Date?

Dear AT, I've just moved into a new flat and am in the midst of decorating the whole place from scratch. My biggest issue at the moment is the kitchen. It's got lovely storage space and fabulous ...

NY Good Questions: Replacement Handle for This Appliance?

Dear AT, I bought a new set of appliances for my condo in stages, first replacing the fridge and then the dishwasher. The downside was that I measured to see if fridge fit with the old dishwasher....

NY Good Questions: What Type of Backsplash Should I Get?

Dear AT, We are almost done with our kitchen renovation and would like AT reader suggestions on what we should do with the backsplash. As you can see in the picture we have the backsplash installed ...

Hot or Not? Oil-Rubbed Bronze Modern Faucet

This image of Altman's new Nuva faucet surprised us a bit: It's one of the few modern faucets we've seen in an oil-rubbed bronze finish. Sleek and modern faucets have always been most popular in a s...

NY Good Questions: How Can I Replicate This Mirror?

Dear AT, In the May 2008 issue of Dwell Magazine on page 153 ("Katz's Cradle"), there is a bathroom mirror with no means of visible support. Does anyone know how to replicate this or where to buy a...

NY Good Questions: Where Can We Find A Similar Shelf?

Dear AT, My roommate and I are having a bathroom makeover, and ventured to Ikea to buy some Molger wooden wall shelves. Unfortunately, they were out - and they are not available online - and the f...

NY Good Questions: Similar and More Affordable Sink?

Dear AT, I found this great sink and fixtures on the Dornbracht site. Alas their prices make me faint! Can anyone recommend where I could find a similar sink and fixtures at more affordable price...

NY Good Questions: What Type of Backsplash should I Get?

Dear AT, I just moved into this apartment, and switched out the cabinets. Now I have this blank wall, just begging for a backsplash. The wall is sheet rock over brick, with uneven painting and ...

NY Good Questions: Is Installing this New Shower Rod a Good Idea?

Dear AT, I am considering getting one of those fancy curved shower curtain rods to spiff up my bathroom, but have a concern. Apparently these rods are meant to be installed a few inches further in...

Recycled Kitchens from Green Demolitions
The New York Times 4.10.08

Amidst all the luxury kitchen remodels and fanfare for new products, Steve Feldman started the not-for-profit Green Demolitions to make the process of donating a kitchen simple and financially appeali...

Christopher Peacock Kitchens
The New York Times 4.10.08

Sterling silver knobs and hinges? Who is going to polish them? The high-end kitchens from English kitchen designer Christopher Peacock don't all feature such obnoxious displays of wealth (though som...