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Posts tagged “faucets & hardware - kitchen & bath”

Green @ Home: Super Saver Shower Head

Name: Lise Location: Portland Every three months, I get an impending sense of doom when I go to the mailbox. Any day, I might open it and find the dreaded water bill. Sure, I wash my plates in an en...

Good Questions: How Can My Cabinets and Drawers Open Without Outside Hardware?

Hi AT:SF, Enclosed is a picture of our new kitchen/living room combo. We love the new cabinets, and are in a quandary, as we like the minimalist look and really don't want to put pulls on the doors o...

Best Classic Hardware Sources

While we love a cleverly shaped knob as much as the next person, sometimes you want to go classic, either to fit with the period of your house, or to bring some old school glamour to a modern piece. ...

Look! Faucet Coatrack

As renters, it's easy to get wistful about great building salvage — replacing sinks and molding can be out of the question in a lot of rentals. But this is a great way to showcase and repurpose ...

SF Flickr Finds: Little Green's Kitchen Hardware

Little Green's so creative -- just take a look at some of her projects below the jump in our "related posts." We found these photos of her kitchen hardware made from old silverware in our SF Flickr a...

Virtual Faucet Creator at California Faucets

Rather than just grabbing whatever Home Depot has in stock, try experimenting with the selection of spouts, handles, and faucets at California Faucets' Virtual Faucet Creator, and come up with the c...

Switch Box Cover With Lever Switch by Thomas & Betts

Utilitarian industrial chic. Sign us up for this cool Switch Box Cover with Lever Switch. Because it's weatherproof, it's perfect indoors or out. (Doesn't it just look like it belongs in Todd and...

Close-Up!: Mia's Bin Pulls from Restoration Hardware

It's the little things. When we visited Mia's houseboat a few weeks ago for our FSBO/House Tour: Mia's Floating Oasis, we were intrigued by the little touches. Like the bin pulls in her galley, wh...

Sea Glass Knobs from Carina Works

Continuing the sea glass theme we started with the Oceana Seaglass Triangle Plates, we like these sea glass knobs from Carina Works. They'd look especially lovely in a bathroom. ...

Slim Plastic Casters

Here's an especially fun addition to our top ten casters list: Mockett's Slim Plastic Casters with white or black tires (the white tires have that Air Jordan feel). Their oversize dimensions (5 3/16...

Atlas Homewares' Zephyr Collection

The couple who owns Glendale-based Atlas Homewares started out in the decorative hardware business after landing in an all-too familiar place: the crappy bathroom and kitchen of a rented apartment. ...

Sigma Designer Fixtures

The sleekest bathroom and kitchen fixtures come from Europe, so we were pleasantly surprised to come across two modern lines from a California company called American Faucet and Coatings Corporation. ...

Antique French Garden Sinks

Modern Victorian. On a stroll through Fleurt in Inner Richmond last year, Jessica (now at Arkitektura) pointed at this antique French garden fountain that owner Jonathan Rachman had sourced from a Eu...

Rustic Iron Letter Hooks

Last night we picked up February's Sunset, and as is our habit, flipped right to the Home pages. In an article about a colorful Moss Beach farmhouse designed for the Phillips family by Ellis A. Schoi...

European Bar Pulls

New cabinet hardware is certainly not the only way to revive an old rental kitchen, but it's a good place to start. One of the high end finishes we keep seeing at open houses these days is kitchen d...

Hansacanyon

The other day I opened the dishwasher while everything inside was still hot because I'd run out of clean baby spoons. I plucked one from the utensil rack and ran it under the faucet to cool it down fo...

Top 10: Funky Casters

As promised in Monday's How To on making your space more flexible, here are our top ten caster choices. • Wood Wheels Swiveling Caster • Large Brass Caster with Hardwood Wheel • Solid...

Top 10: Wall Hooks

It's true that most of the time a hook is obscured by the thing hanging on it, but that doesn't mean it shouldn't look good when it does make a show. In fact, a wall hook can be to the eyes what a mu...

River Rock Knobs

House plants die. Fresh flowers get expensive. Trickling water fountains eventually drive you nuts. If you crave nature in the city and wish for something more primordial than plastic, how about drawe...

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