Decorating & Renovating
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Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Choosing tub/shower fixture finishes?
In regards to picking finishes (tub, shower, sink), how did you decide? Was it purely aesthetics? Were you trying to match (or not match) other finishes like towel bars or door handles? Or are certain finishes easier to maintain/clean?
We have extremely hard water and the spots on the chrome kitchen faucet drive me nuts. We ARE getting a water softener at the same time as the bathroom upgrade but I don't know if that helps. I narrowed down the fixture and it only comes in chrome or satin nickel.
Re: Choosing tub/shower fixture finishes?
If you have hard water and the spots bother you get a brushed finish. Chrome has always been cheaper not because of popularity (it's back in according to many people BTW : ) ) but because it is more easily applied. As long as they are both a PVD finish you should be fine for long term wear and tear hard water or not.
On a side note make sure you are sizing your water softener correctly and not relying on someone just installing a standard size unit for you. I got about a dozen quotes for installing a water softener (some came to the house some did it by phone only) and they all told me I needed a basic 24,000 gr unit. I had my own water sample tested by the county and it turns out we needed a 48,000 gr unit. Now our water is actually soft (not just softer) and we have a smarter controller that keeps track of how many gallons of water is used so it knows when to flush...not just a timed flush that happens every 3 days which is way too often and wastes a ton of salt and water.