How hard can it be to pick out a toilet? As it turns out pretty hard. Our new fixer upper, now dubbed the "No Tell Hotel Strodl" has 4 different toilets each in a different pastel color from 1960. It's a regular Easter basket around here! My Architect (hubby) took me shopping once and I went over to Ferguson's to check things out on my own as well. I was taking notes, pictures, reading labels and inspecting every square inch of the loos. The one thing I wasn't doing was sitting on each one. Now I'm not particularly self aware or easily embarrassed but I wasn't about to sit on every toilet in a showroom filled with ladies picking out Dorn Bracht fixtures in their cutest Tory Burch sandals... that is until the sales woman INSISTED that I sit on the one I really liked. It was a very modern, narrow squarish toilet. She said to me, (the sales woman not the toilet, although there are some toilets that will do everything short of well...give you a bikini wax) "you have to sit on that or I won't sell it to you." So I sat and I couldn't get up fast enough you guys. This was one uncomfortable toilet. I proceeded to sit on every toilet and didn't give a crap what anyone thought-sorry couldn't resist! 4 toilets can run you a little money and can be a pain to install so I didn't want to get this wrong. In the end, we decided on a nice modern Toto with a dual flush system to save on water. It's pretty, comfy and saves on the H2O. Two are going in tomorrow and I'm not gonna lie, I'm a little excited about it. Moral of the story-sit your butt down, you have try on toilets like you'd try on a pair of shoes. I've hear Japanese toilets are ahmazing. Anyone have any stories they'd like to share. I'm really curious about them now!
Nice collection of toilets!
ReplyDeleteI love our dual flush Toto too ... you will be happy with the cohesive sleek look this will bring! I recommend keeping a brush beside each one, if you read the reviews, its true what they say!
Wow. I have never really considered that you need to sit on the toilet before buying it. But it makes sense. If there is anything I hate, it's a flimsy feeling toilet seat.
ReplyDeleteI hope you are going to put those old toilets in the backyard and plant flowers in them! JK love the new toilets, major improvement!
ReplyDeleteToto was a good pick. I made the mistake to buy a chinese brand and am having a terrible time with my toilets. They don't flush well, get clogged all the time and there are no repair parts :(
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