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The Most Expensive Toilet

Yup, it’s a rare Sunday post- just because we have an exciting bathroom update to share. I know we mentioned that we’ve had great luck with under-$100 American Standard toilets, but we’re eating those words. Why? Because we just discovered the most amazing toilet that we have ever heard of. It’s like the Jake Gyllenhaal of toilets. As in, there is nothing better. Feast your eyes on this sexpot:

Toilet Pic

I mean, who wouldn’t want a toilet with:

  • a heated seat and heated foot blower
  • ambient lighting (right in the bowl!)
  • a motion activated lid and seat (it opens and closes for you)
  • advanced bidet function
  • built in speakers and a remote docking station for playing tunes
  • an integrated air dryer (yes, it blows you dry down there)
  • a touch screen remote (to control the entire thing like a giant robot)

Remote

Now, I know what you’re thinking. That toilet must cost millions, if not tens of thousands of dollars. But get this, it’s under 5K!

Toiletprice

And we decided to spring for it! I mean, what’s the point of DIYing day in and day out without a little heated seat and air drying action to get you through the rough spots? This toilet is a guaranteed everyday morale boost. Because after a long day of painting or sledgehammering, how good does it sound to retreat to a heated toilet that has ambient bowl lighting and plays our favorite tunes while we use the remote to activate the air dry function?

I mean, just look how gorgeous it looks in this all glass room overlooking a city. I’ve always wanted an all glass bathroom.

House Shot1

Wait for it…

April Fools

I know, I know, you were probably onto us. What tipped you off? Was it the ambient bowl light? The price tag? The Sunday post (darn you April Fool’s day for being on Sunday!). You guys know us too well.

Psst- Anyone else think it’s funny that a $4,600 toilet doesn’t qualify for free shipping?

Psssst- When it comes to April Fool’s jokes, they’re kind of a tradition around these parts. Here’s last year’s, the year before that, and the year before that. 

Comments

  1. Natalia says

    Hahaha. I was thinking “really? they would get a toilet that costs 4k?? John and Sherry???” and then I realized what day it was:P

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  3. Brit says

    Oh I was on to you! Haha, but you got me last year, and you know what that means? I have been reading your blog daily for over a year! (I think I started sometime in March last year) This is the only blog I check everyday BTW, here’s to many more years!!

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  4. Kelli@becomingkelli says

    Yeah, I totally fell for it. I actually got a little perturbed, and feel rather sheepish about it now. I was thinking, “They won’t spring for a second car, but they want their toilet to glow?!”

    Please forgive me for me momentary judgmentalisimnization. Or however you say that.

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  5. Kimberly says

    I live in Japan and they have similar toilets. I plan on leaving with one when the time comes! My I laws even bought one after a 10 day visit.

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  7. Jen says

    I was scared for a moment that it would be completely out of my price range. I mean all those features, surely it would be in the tens of thousands. But only 4,600? If I use one of those 10% coupons from ebay I just think I might be able to swing it.

    I tricked a client pretty good this morning. I work at home, and my client showed up for her 10am appointment. I took a long time to come to the door, but when I answered I came to the door in my bathrobe and my hair in a towel. I tried to give her a look like, “what are you doing here?” I couldn’t keep up the gag for too long, but I GOT HER! he he he!

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  8. Laci Waner says

    I saw the picture and thought, “What? They’re trading weird-shaped-toilet for weird-shaped-toilet?!” Then I said out loud, “OH!!!!! It’s April 1st isn’t it!!” (Of course that prompted my husband to ask what I was reading. Which resulted in him teasing me about how emotionally invested in your lives…uhhh…I mean..in your blog, I am. To which I had to remind him of the time he said, “Hey do you remember the time Ross over-whitened his teeth?” Hahaha…like Ross from friends was one of our actual friends to which he was referring. At least my blog-relationship is with actual, real people, right. ???) Thanks for the laugh!!

    Also, how long has the little smiley face at the bottom right of the screen been there and is there a story behind it or just random? I may or may not have wiped my screen two to three times before I realized it was no a smudge. :-)

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    • YoungHouseLove says

      Haha, isn’t that smiley face funny? It’s actually a stat counting software thing they put on there (they count how many times the smile loads and that’s how many times our page is loaded). I like that he’s friendly.

      xo,
      s

  9. Whitney says

    This morning I said to my husband, “Geez, since it’s Sunday YHL can’t put up an April Fool’s post, because they never post on Sundays.” I was a little bummed, then I saw it :) I have to admit I knew the second a post popped up it was a joke… but I was so happy to see a post anyway… an extra post from ya’ll is always amazing!

    I played my own little joke…
    http://www.acolorfulife.com/2012/04/01/so-we-had-a-girls-night-and-it-got-a-little-crazy/

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  10. Ang says

    OK, I was thinking, “WHAT? Seriously? A $5000 toilet?” Hahaha, I thought y’all fell off the rocker.

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  11. Susan says

    I’ve been waiting all day for this and wondered if you’d do something on Sunday this year. I knew it was a joke all along but I seriously thought you’d worked up the HD screen shot in photo shop. I was so impressed. I can’t believe this is a real toilet!

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  12. Julie says

    ARGH! I fell for it! I was SO GROSSED OUT with the whole ambient lighting thing. And I Was thinking “they teach us how to clip coupons and then spend 5k on a toilet… NOOOO!!”. Phew, thanks for being a bit more predictable (and likeable)!

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  13. Brenda says

    I knew as soon as I saw the first picture because I’ve seen an article on that toilet and I know that frugal John and Sherry would never spend that much on a john. My question is if you photoshopped those glass room pictures. Because that just seems like a really bizarre way to sell a toilet. Glad you posted today! :)

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  14. Amanda H. says

    Sadly I do not have any funny bidet stories as in some of the other comments… Truth be told, I’m pretty sure I’ve never seen a bidet in person, shockingly they don’t have those around small town Wisconsin. My husband and I DID however see this toilet on the DIY network yesterday. If they sold this as a set (like appliances) it would need to be the toilet, sink, a mini fridge and a TV. Too bad they skimped out and didn’t add the recline feature.

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  15. Heather's Garden says

    I have actually met this toilet, but only in a showroom — not for use! I just kept imagining how expensive repairs would be and you know you would need some, nothing with that many moving parts and electronics would survive long in a bathroom.

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  17. Noel says

    Haha! I actually checked your site earlier today to see if you had posted anything…I was almost bummed that April Fools was on a Sunday because you always give me such a laugh with these posts!

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  18. Betsy says

    HAHAHAHA, I knew as soon as I started reading this that it was an April Fools joke. (Good one, though! I’m ashamed to admit I wish my bowl had ambiant lighting and a remote docking station…) :)

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  19. Melissa says

    My in-laws have this toilet in one of their bathrooms and they think it’s the best thing ever. It’s too much for me, I stick to the nice, normal one in the guest room.

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  20. Natalie says

    haha, good one! You actually had me going until you said “But get this, it’s under $5K!” as if that was a great deal on a toilet! lol

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  21. Lena says

    Not a far stretch from the toilets in Japan with their modesty sounds, heat controls, and gender specific bidet options. Remote control included!

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  22. Athena says

    I wondered when I saw the picture, but yes, it was the list of pros including ambient lighting in the bowl that absolutely confirmed it. Thanks for laugh, guys!

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  23. Danielle says

    What I was thinking and laughing about the entire post-

    “Jess, you put it up to six happy faces! I’ve never gone past three!”

    “New Girl” ftw.

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  25. Megan says

    Based on the title of this post, I thought you were going to touch on Sherry’s white-haired doppelgänger, Daenerys, on the Game of Thrones. :) I think the resemblance is uncanny…but I only “know” you through pictures.

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    • YoungHouseLove says

      Haha, she is the only person that I totally “see” when people say we look alike. I never see it with Rachel McAdams or Amanda Peet. I think it’s the eyebrows and the nose. Our profile is sort of scary similar. I feel like if we saw each other in real life it would be crazy – like we’re long lost sisters. Haha.

      xo,
      s

    • LauraC says

      Oh my goodness, Megan! We just finished the first season, and I TOTALLY thought Daenerys and Sherry looked so much alike! Glad I’m not the only one.

  27. Suzannah says

    Hahaha! One look at that toilet and I remembered it was April 1st! Although last years, Burger/Nautical themed playroom had me going for a bit!
    We have a favorite restaurant that has one of those toilets in the ladies room. There’s always a line to use that specific stall too because the other stalls just have normal toilets.

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    • YoungHouseLove says

      That’s hilarious! Although I think I’d wait in line to try it out. I wonder if the restaurant is nervous someone will break it and it’ll cost them?

      xo,
      s

  28. Jamie B says

    Okay, WOW! You guys got me GOOOOOD! I started reading the post, skipped the whole fancy house business, and was immediately going to the comment section to persuade you guys not to do it! Phew….

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  29. Pam the Goatherd says

    As soon as I saw the list of features I knew it was your April Fool’s joke. The “I’ve always wanted an all glass bathroom” really clinched it! Good one!

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  30. Carol Farrish says

    I fell in love with this toilet myself. Your personalities and priorities come through so clearly on your blogs all that I knew you must be kidding when you said you would spring for it, lol. I hope that some of the features filter down to toilets we can all afford.

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  31. Laurie says

    Ha ha you had me going all the way to the end. I even thought well good for them splurging on themselves although I must admit I thought spending nearly $5K on this was flushing good money down the toilet :)

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  32. Nicole says

    When I saw the price tag, my jaw dropped. I thought NO WAY would they spend that kind of money on a toilet. I just read a bunch of your money saving posts earlier this morning. LOL.

    Nice try!

    Btw, last year, I April Fooled that I was pregnant, umm, yeah, two weeks later I found out that I was 9 wks pregnant. We don’t play April Fools anymore. Joke was on us!

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  34. Mari says

    FYI:

    Those last two ad pictures are of Case Study House #22, the Stahl house, by Pierre Koenig (1960) and that city is Los Angeles.

    The Case Study House program was series of innovative Modernist post-War designs built in California. Charles and Ray Eames also designed/built a Cast Study house.

    The use of this house in this ridiculous ad for this ridiculous toilet signals they are trying to reach “taste makers” (or followers). It is a rather famous house.

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  35. Cara says

    As I was reading this, I thought ‘the joke is going to be on me if I get to the end of this post and it doesn’t say April Fools.’. Though, when I got to the part about how you were going to buy it, I knew there was no way that would happen. So… Joke is still on me since this sucker exists.

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  36. kathleen says

    Ok I am new to your blog and have only been following a week or so. as a fellow DIY lover I have enjoyed your blog. But when I came today and saw this outrageous toilet I thought, oh forget it, these people are crazy and this blog is too uppety for the average jane like me. Then I saw the April fools and died laughing. Love your blog, keep it up :)

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  37. Momcat says

    I think it’s funny that the model is wearing TEAL heels that fit perfectly with your decor!!

    What tipped me off was the remote controls. Nobody in their right mind would pay that much for a toilet that you need a manual to figure out how to flush it — esp. in the middle of the night after you’ve gotten up with a sick baby or a piddle pup or too much wine!! You all are KEEPIN’ IT SIMPLE so that was the giveaway for sure.

    HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! I love the Sunday posting! Great way to top off the weekend :)

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  38. LauraC says

    And to think I thought you’d be bummed because April Fools was on a Sunday, hence no post. Glad I was wrong, but sad I knew immediately it was an April Fools, “sigh.” Crazy, crazy toilet.

    Guess what?! Last night I though of you and John because my sister had a baby girl and her middle name is Olivia!!! So of course I thought of you. Analise Olivia, we’re so excited (we didn’t know the gender, makes for a much bigger surprise)! Anyway, I’m still flying high at being an aunt again (she is tiny and beautiful and precious), I’ll stop talking now . . .

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  39. Kate says

    Been a reader for years and I was fooled!
    I kept thinking, “this is so unlike them on so many levels!”
    :)

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  40. Sarah says

    Hahaha!! As soon as I was notified that there was a Sunday post I thought “They must have a good April fools post going on.” And it was hilarious. Sherry, I absolutely LOVE your sense of humor. And choice of wording: “I might have to up my game and start dressing up when I’m near it.” Hahahaha!!!! :-D

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  41. Morgan says

    I was thinking they are going to get some ugly comments for buying at $4600 toilet!! Man, what woman wouldn’t want that with an automated lid?!?! Great joke!

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  42. Bianca C. says

    I was on to ya before I even came here I’ve been wanting to catch someone all day! Also I know you guys too well :)

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  43. Mary says

    If there was such a thing it would be great for the handicapped. Sorry! I work in the medical field and my brain thinks like that. Good April Fool’s joke!

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    • YoungHouseLove says

      There really is such a thing, haha. We just didn’t buy one! Here’s hoping it’s helpful for other folks out there who spring for it though!

      xo,
      s

  44. Laeh J says

    Ugg. Today, I have fallen for every single April Fools Day jokes! I’ve got to admit, I was somewhere between disbelieving and impressed until the reveal. It just doesn’t feel like April!

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  45. Ty Lee says

    Yeah, I fell for it. You guys totally got me! I think it’s because I’m Asian, and upgrading to a toilet of that caliber is not uncommon in my Asian social circle (hey, our immigrant parents REALLY missed their heated seats and bidets, and they’ll be darned if their mid-century American ranch house doesn’t have a proper toilet! LOL)

    And yes, you totally look like Emilia Clarke, aka Daenerys (I probably just butchered that spelling)!

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  47. trish says

    I was on to you from the get go! But you know, that toilet is exactly like the one in our bathroom……come try it out someday!

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  49. Hanna says

    I knew it must be a joke as soon as I saw the toilet. :D That thing is butt ugly, pun totally intended.

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  50. carla says

    Had I won the mega-millions I wouldn’t want that hideous thing. Ambient bowl lighting? What are they thinking?

    Bonus points for toilet=sex pot though. Truly funny :-)

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