I forgot about the faucet!

Our faucet.



It's beautiful and shiny and elegant and when our plumber went to install it, an improperly soldered factory joint cracked apart.

:P

We had to return it to home depot and have them exchange it for us with the company who makes it. Just one more thing in the kitchen that went wrong. Did I mention that when we initially had the faucet installed (pre-joint breakage) we figured out that the style of handle that is on the faucet does not fit between the faucet body and our back splash? Right. But we had to make an even exchange, so now that we have the new, unbroken faucet, we have to try to contact the manufacturer to see if they will let us exchange our handle for a different handle that is compatible with our faucet and will fit in the allotted space. We know they make one that will work for us, but we have no idea how nice their customer service is. We shall see.

Anyway, we didn't have to wait for our plumber to come back, because my dad helped me install the faucet yesterday (Saturday). Yay for running water in the kitchen!!!

Here's a close-up of the sprayer. Normally I don't like sprayers, because they always seem to be made of cheap plastic and they don't have enough weight to them to counteract the twisting force of the hose that attaches them. But this sprayer is nice and heavy and you don't have to fight the hose at all.



If you're following the timeline of this remodel, you will notice that the faucet was finally installed...and we tiled the kitchen like three hours later. We finally have running water in the kitchen, for the first time in over a year, and we can't even get to it because we cant walk on the tile. It's really enough to make a person crazy, but Joe and I are so far into this project, and have hit SO many snags, that at this point we just laugh. It's better that way. :)

And I'll bet you guessed it...pictures to follow.