I just ordered our kitchen sinks online. I went with the Franke line Pro series in stainless steel. We like the idea of having a large rectangular sink that is deep instead of a couple of bowls. We had a two bowl sink at our last house and never used the second bowl.
The large rectangular and deep size will allow us to easily clean those monster pots and pans, along with other regular items like my son's hamster cage and frog tank. We went with the PSX-110-30-12 for the main sink and PSX 110-16-10 for our island.
I found best pricing on the Internet by going to www.shopping.com. NY Living had the lowest but my contractor had bad experiences with them on returns so I opted to go with faucets.com which had a 110% price match and free shipping.
For my toilets, I reviewed a Consumer Reports article on toilets. If you have not already done so, you should subscribe as there a lot of relevant articles on products you will be buying. It is $4.95/month. My choice was the American Standard Champion 2004.012 in white. It was rated best of the low gallon but non-pressure assisted toilets. The pressure assisted toilets (the kind you usually get in the airports) are great for flushing big jobs but are just not very small kid friendly - scaring the heck out of them. We had a different American Standard model at our previous house which did not work too well, about 1/5 flushes backed up. Hopefully this one will work better.
Best pricing on this one was at www.fixturesdirect.com. I also checked www.shopping.com. Faucets.com had a 110% price match and free shipping.
