Toilets...who knew?

So I'm renovating my condo and though my contractor is taking care of the big stuff, my job is to take care of the finer details. One of the finer details involves the purchase of two toilets. I started off by looking at the Home Depot and Lowes websites. I was thoroughly confused because I didn't realize that one had to buy the toilet itself...the tank...and the seat! Some toilets come as a one-piece, but that doesn't include the seat. Of course, the specific toilet that I wanted was not sold at Home Depot or Lowes. I then moved to the Pacific Sales website. There I found the toilets I wanted, Toto. Not the dog.

Apparently Toto toilets are expensive. But it's supposed to be one of the top of the line in waste management. My contractor told me that I could expecct to pay at least $500 per Toto toilet. In my mind, I was thinking, "Does that price include the toilet seat?" I didn't ask it aloud as I'm sure I'm driving my contractors crazy enough.

I found myself at RH (Restoration Hardware) where I met this really nice lady who was also redo-ing her bathrooms. We talked for a good 30 minutes about vanities, counter tops, fixtures, mirrors, lighting....and yep, you guessed it, toilets. Apparently, she is also a fan of Toto toilets. She told me that I could "try" out the Toto toilets at this specialty store called The Bath Co. I'm not sure what she meant by "try out", but I certainly wasn't going to be sitting on ANY toilets in public!

After leaving RH, I drove over to The Bath Co. I couldn't find the Toto toilets anywhere. But I saw tons of other toilets everywhere ~ tall ones, short ones, bidets, elongated, rounded, white, black, traditional, contemporary, two piece, one piece, 14", 16"...When I finally got a sales person to help me, she told me all that I needed to know about Toto toilets. Apparently, I didn't want the $500 Toto toilets. The one that I was specifically looking for was only $150 and check this out...it comes with an automatic seat closer (for an additional $50 - but since I need a seat...why the heck not?!).

Don't ask me how the automatic seat closer works...especially if you're a guy. I know I need to ask more questions before I purchase the Toto toilets because the last thing I need is for the automatic seat closer to close mid-stream for you fellas with an appendage...

When the place is finished, you are all coming over. The condo will not look the same...and you can all marvel at my Toto toilets and their automatic seat closer.

C (not CET)