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83 bucks. for something wet nasty food should be caught by, but won't. which at site posted this earlier?

This one is pretty and all, but I'm pretty excited about my new oxo one. It's silicone so that it pops out and makes dumping into my green compost bin all the easier. And it was only $8. I had to look all over town to find one--I eventually got it at Sur la Table in the Ferry Building.

allisonm - oxo does make *the best* gadgets!

elizabeth in al - hmmm...i've been out of town for a few weeks, so maybe it was already covered. but i didn't come across this in a search of AT sites.

now i need to get the visual of wet, nasty food stuck in a kitchen drain out of my head!

I like the concept and it is pretty, but it doesn't perform its function--food is going to drop right through those large holes. I would certainly buy something attractive like that and the price isn't completely out of line, but it would have to be FUNCTIONAL!

"the carved lace-drain brings out the colour and shape of the sink back in focus, transforming your entire experience when brushing the teeth or doing the dishes."


Ok, I'm not usually snarky on these posts but PUH-LEEZ. The only thing that is going to transform my experience doing the dishes is a dishwasher!

But if I'm handwashing dishes, everything related to my drain is underwater, and I'm looking at the dishes to make sure they end up acceptably clean.

This is only beautiful when you're not washing dishes. Personally, the only times I even look at my kitchen sink are when I'm washing dishes, setting down dishes I ought to wash, or cleaning the sink itself. And we have an open kitchen, so normal people whose kitchens hide in decent shame would spend even less time looking at the drain.

But isn't it wonderful to have lovely things wherever possible?

But isn't it wonderful to have lovely things wherever possible?

That's the great thing about normal drain covers -- sleek, functional, modernist design at its simple best.

I agree with the majority. At my first glance of the photo I noticed it's impracticality. Design ought to be functional.