Hardware Issues
posted by peppermint at 12:45 PM
We started repainting the downstairs bathroom back in .. uhh .. November. We really fooled a lot of people with our rapid pace in the beginning, didn't we? Now we're just phoning it in! The accessories down in that bathroom were very random, and totally mismatched. The towel bar was white plastic. I didn't even know they made those. Our hardware style is pretty minimalist - both in style and budget. We like brushed nickel, we like clean lines, we like to pay as little as possible to get those things. Basically exactly like these cabinet pulls from IKEA which are similar to the cabinet hardware we wound up buying for the kitchen cabinets (which will be finished in ... August? Perhaps?):
You would think that only having two requirements would automatically keep the price down - but we've found that when it comes to home improvement, "modern" or "minimalist" translates to "maybe you should get a second job?" I mean, it's a tube of metal with two little tubes of metal holding it on. How much can it cost to produce that? Really?
Back in December we made a quick trip over to the Big K to pick up some Christmas ornaments and on our way in and out of the store we have to walk past the Martha Stewart section of bath linens and accessories. We happened to spy these bath accessories on the shelves:
Sweet beans in a basket!! They look shinier here than they do in real life - but they're brushed metal. I was most jazzed about the double robe hook because I'm not one to use towel bars really, and with the way our shower is framed in we have just enough space to hang this sucker right outside the curtain and it will hold two towels and a robe. Even in sets we found in other stores, the hooks left something to be desired. I suppose wall hooks are an afterthought when you're churning these things out, but sometimes it was as though the manufacturers weren't even trying for cohesiveness.
The best part was that we got the whole set (minus the single robe hook) for right around $75. Right now they're on clearance, so we could have saved about $15. But whenever we wait for things we usually miss out.
You would think that only having two requirements would automatically keep the price down - but we've found that when it comes to home improvement, "modern" or "minimalist" translates to "maybe you should get a second job?" I mean, it's a tube of metal with two little tubes of metal holding it on. How much can it cost to produce that? Really?
Back in December we made a quick trip over to the Big K to pick up some Christmas ornaments and on our way in and out of the store we have to walk past the Martha Stewart section of bath linens and accessories. We happened to spy these bath accessories on the shelves:
Sweet beans in a basket!! They look shinier here than they do in real life - but they're brushed metal. I was most jazzed about the double robe hook because I'm not one to use towel bars really, and with the way our shower is framed in we have just enough space to hang this sucker right outside the curtain and it will hold two towels and a robe. Even in sets we found in other stores, the hooks left something to be desired. I suppose wall hooks are an afterthought when you're churning these things out, but sometimes it was as though the manufacturers weren't even trying for cohesiveness.
The best part was that we got the whole set (minus the single robe hook) for right around $75. Right now they're on clearance, so we could have saved about $15. But whenever we wait for things we usually miss out.
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