Brass taps… boom!
Thank you to all the readers who posted helpful comments in reply to my wail about why-they-not-sell-brass-taps-that-i-can-afford? All the advice was really helpful, but, as is the way with these things, the final answer came from an unexpected source. As you can see progress on the kitchen creeps onwards – yes, we’ve built the units in the living room! It can’t be long now surely.
The taps project was getting totally out of hand. I was looking longingly at refurbished surgeon’s taps (you turn ’em on with your elbow, hygiene freaks) at Lassco for £1,000. I was watching the hilarious Toast of London and fixating of his faucets.
Anyway, as part of the process my builder called in an electrician, who when I was just about to order some smart brass taps for £200 online said…
“Why don’t you just get some garden taps?” Why not indeed. Me and the builder went off to the plumbers’ merchant, and after some impenetrable dialogue between them that was all very ‘Fork Handles’, I came away with two of these babies. £15 each. Can’t wait to share the pictures with you once they’re up. ETA Jan 2047.
genius…………..and will be copying !!!
Funny. I have just settled for garden taps too, wanting a rustic look for our new outdoor kitchen area. The architect in bbc’s ‘the house that 100k built’ inspired me. Also teamed with a Belfast sink.
Taptastic idea! All you need now are a couple of those seventies type rubber tap extensions (intended to stop your taps squirting everywhere) in funky colours. No?