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Now that our home renovation project is in full swing, we have moved on to the bathroom.  Namely, the bathroom plumbing fixtures.  We looked at moen showhouse faucets, devonshire faucets and aberdeen faucets.

All three had great designs and all the fixtures were reasonably priced .  There was a lot to consider in making the decision of what to finally buy and install.  Because we have 2 boys, ages 8 and 4, we had to consider the following:

1. 1.        Durability – our kids would not be so gentle in using these fixtures.  We had to make sure that they would last in spite of being used very rigorously.
2. 2.       Usability – We also had to consider how easy it would be to turn the faucets on and off (again the kid factor)
3. 3.       Safety – We had to make sure that the faucets we chose for the shower and tub would have safety features, or at least make it difficult to turn on the hot water (yup, the kid factor comes into play yet again)
4. 4.       Style – Lastly we had to consider the look and design of the fixtures.  With the varying tastes of the members of my family this actually turned out to be the most challenging part.  There are so many models and designs to choose from that every day something else seemed to look better.

After about a week of looking at catalogs, visiting showrooms, hardware stores and doing research we finally decided on the kohler devonshire faucets.

We had the fixtures installed in our two bathrooms.  The installation was actually much easier than I had anticipated.  They fit well, look terrific and work great.  Now that we are don with the bathroom fixtures I think the kitchen will probably be next the next remodeling project we will take on.