Peacefully's Profile

I lived in Japan for awhile and my apartment had one of these... Its a good way to conserve water- and you get used to it. (Just like you get used to heated toilet seats and bathtubs that can fill and heat on a timer) but in order to get your hands truly clean you are supposed to use hot water... and the faucet on our toilet didn't have any way to adjust the temp.

That said, we did look for something like this when we were in the market for a new toilet- with no luck.

European style bidets always seemed awkward to me... but after spending a few months in Japan I got absolutely hooked on the bathroom features. We're redoing our bathroom and the first thing I had on the list was the washlet seat and a tub that maintains its temp without bubbles.

When I went to NYU they said the pattern on the floor was meant to keep students from jumping into the drop of the seven story atrium...as it looked like spikes from above. Probably not true, but macabre none the less.

I don't know of any floor tiles in the parallelograms- though it could be done with forbo marmoleum. I'm doing a more simple pattern with fritztile terrazzo squares based on a pattern I actually found on the forbo site.

Terrazzo tiles might be an alternative to linoleum, ceramic, or solid stone.

I registered for the Zeisel for my wedding, and though I loved the design of the plates I have been really disappointed with their performance. Within 6 months I had stained cracks in five tea cups and random chips on both the b&b and dinner plates.

Additionally the plates are oblong, which makes them awkward for just about any dishwasher.

We weren't particularly hard on them- and I still love the design- so I've put them aside for special occasions and plan on just replacing the cracked pieces.

As for Corelle... we replaced the Ziesel with Corelle Ultra (which has a more substantional feel than traditional Corelle) And its performance has been fantastic.

It's not inexpensive but you will have it forever.

(TIP-If you get a Corelle dinner set, remember the mugs are ceramic, not the usual corelle material.)