We strongly dislike our kitchen but for the most part we have been able to work with what we have until it's time to replace it. With so many other projects going on around the house it sometimes seems silly to spend money and effort on temporary upgrades for the kitchen since we don't have a final plan for the space. BUT we couldn't stand another day with this faucet. We have hard water and between the hard water stains and scale along with some "retrofits" by the previous owner it was GROSS. For some reason we have been in the faucet isles of Home Depot and Lowe's frequently in the past few months so we decided just to buy a cheap replacement faucet as a temporary fix.
Gross...and don't even get me started about the brick backsplash...
Grosser....
Grossest! Andy actually had to cut the faucet free from the sink.
Someone once told me that you should never start a plumbing project on a Sunday afternoon because you are guaranteed to have a problem, need more supplies, and then the stores will be closed. Andy started this project on a Sunday and we almost found ourselves in trouble when he discovered that the trap was leaking. There was only a tiny crack at first but by the time he got everything removed it had turned into a large hole! Andy took stock of what we needed and quickly went to Home Depot.
A quick job turned complex but we were glad to discover the leak before it got worse and get the plumbing replaced before it caused a problem.
This faucet doesn't look like much but it is clean, works, doesn't leak or spray in odd directions and we even added a sprayer. Life in our kitchen is slightly more tolerable.
Some of the family has been asking for baby bump photos. Andy assures me that this isn't a selfie, but regardless I'm not much for posting photos of myself on the blog. So here is the obligatory baby bump photo taken last weekend (around 24 weeks).
You can pick -- black and white or color?
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