What a MESS.

Who would have thought there was so much stuff to pick out when remodelling one's kitchen?  I thought the appliances were agonizing but now I have to pick out sinks and faucets.

Faucets!

Who knew that a faucet could be so expensive?  And the sinks.  Undermount? Clearly not self-rimming.  But I could also go with the fireclay, drop-in with an apron.  Stainless steel?  What gauge?  Shiny? Brushed?Drain to the center? Drain to the rear? Divided? Two sinks? Three sinks? Five sinks? 

Please, someone, before I hurt myself.

We have issues with our current stainless-cheapy-self-rimming-piece-o-shit sink- namely the faucet isn't high enough and the sink isn't deep enough.  Do I go with the Kohler? The Franke or the Elkay?  And, of course, the fate of the kitchen hinges upon getting the right faucet apparently.

No wonder I have an ulcer.

Any opinions?  I have sink cabinets designed to handle a drop in or undermount sink. In the clean-up 'zone', I want the sink to be stainless and built into the stainless counter we're getting.  So all I have to pick out there is the faucet.  Except for the sink and the alternate countertop when stainless with a custom one-piece sink comes back more than I can afford.  The sink in the cooking U, I was originally thinking at least 33" but if I have a gigantor sink for clean-up elsewhere, I could actually go with a modest 20-24" square-ish sink.  Or should I get one of those weird contour sinks?  That would really blow up the cost of my quartz counters, wouldn't it?  I really wan one of those cool "sink stations".  They are big and round and have all sorts of working surfaces built in.  Oh, and they cost about $5K. 

Right now I'm leaning toward a squarish fireclay sink.  Must have instant boiling water, as well.  And should I go with the pro pre-rinse faucet (sorta like they have to rinse dishes at restaurants?).

Did I mention I have my appliances?  Well, they are on their way.  I got a double convection oven from a discount place up in Sacramento.  The dishwasher is a "scratch and dent" but none of the scratches are on parts that will be exposed anyway.  A few scratches where I'll never see them to save about $600? Sign me up!  My fridge was a showroom floor model, never installed or used and not a mark on it but as such $4.5 K off the usual $7.5 ticket price.  Am I a bargain shopper or what?  I'm getting about $13K worth of appliances for $6K.  Of course, it's only just beginning...

I did the quick quote for quartz countertops... wahhh. WAY too expensive.  I was hoping to spend a couple thousand- not eight or ten.  But, all these cabinets means lots of linear footage of counter space!

I'll be doing our backsplash in glass tile but all one color, delft blue I think, in offset 4x8" bricks.

And here is the quartz I want- stellar night.  Its all nice and sparkly without being over-the-top.

What do you think?

Comments

[Joolie]

I want one of those restaurant rinsers! I actually wouldn't mind the whole three-sink method setup. With a drain in the floor. I guess that wouldn't look very nice, but man, would it be functional.

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