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Since Pam’s favorite 4″- centerset bathroom sink faucet ( from Strom Plumbing  ) appears to be no longer available, Pam assigned me to search the sea of other styles available today to identify other options. I found 14 retro bathroom faucets — all sitting on on four-inch centers —  from nine companies that we think would be a good aesthetic fit for a mid- century bathroom sink . Search tip: Several of these faucets are labeled for commercial use — so a reminder, as we’ve discovered before: checking a company’s commercial offerings can be a gold mine for retro home products such as faucets, flooring and lighting. AND: As time goes by, be sure to check the comments on this story, too, as readers often find additional options and add them to our comment stream. We may not update this story for a long time — so read those comments, too. 14 retro bathroom sink faucets on 4″ centers: Union This list of 14 is roughly in order of our aesthetic preferences — our favorites at the top. How...

  I’m so excited about today’s post because I get to share our (finally) completed guest bathroom remodel project !  Just to give you a little background, I partnered with  Delta Faucet ® for this project and the inspiration for our remodel all started la te October in Chicago at the “Day of Inspired Design” event, hosted by bloggers John and Sherry Petersik from Young House Love and Delta. I recapped the event here if you missed it. During the event, we were encouraged to find inspiration from a tour of some of the most incredible architectural sites throughout Chicago, including the largest Tiffany Glass dome ceiling in the world, The Rookery, the Aqua Tower and Buckingham Fountain. After our tour, Delta challenged us to create a design board for our dream kitchen or bathroom, incorporating elements of what inspired us from the tour. Long story short , this was the design board I created for my dream bathroom. It was SO fun to put together! We were given six weeks to complete a m...

Dorchester bath, £2,475; Classic bath and shower mixer, £975; Manhattan vanity basin and washstand, £862.50; Classic three- hole basin mixer , £431.25; East Hampton white marble , from £99.36 per sq m, all Fired Earth Basin setup (excl taps), £8,554; mixer, £2,184, shower set, £5,954, all from the Inigo range by Michael Smith from West One Bathrooms Free- standing Toulouse bath , £3,200; Amalfi 55 basin, £475, Victoria + Albert Baths Victorian free-standing bath, from £279; Penfold bath filler taps , £69; Austin pedestal basin , £99, all Bathrooms.com Solo countertop basins , £103.30 each; Macintosh lever wall - mounted basin set , £453.60; Bentley cast-iron roll-top bath, £1,788; Macintosh deck-mounted lever thermostatic bath/ shower valve, £1,212; Bespoke Farmhouse washstand in powder blue with stone worktop, £2,880, all Alternative Bathroom Company Not all bathrooms are best designed to revolve around one statement piece. In larger spaces a more coherent look, with equally ca...