Final touch in the kitchen...

 First, an update... I love the new kitchen.  The new floor makes me smile every time I go in there to cook.  The floor is less loud to walk on as the hardwood was actually very noisy.  Now, most of the time I am usually in slippers or stocking feet, but there is still a difference.  The narrow hardwood boards were not comfortable on stocking feet.  The new floor is smooth and, with socks or slippers, it almost seems like there is a cushy layer under the vinyl planking.

The new dishwasher cleans dishes!!  I do not have to clean the dishes nearly as much.  I should be saving water if I can break the habit of washing off all of the grime from my dishes and cooking utensils.

The last thing I wanted to change was to put a new faucet in the sink.  The old one... was, well, old!!  It was a single handle to determine the temperature of the water and from time to time, when I moved it in just the right way, it would leak from underneath the handle.  Plus there had been an accident from the kitchen sink before we bought the house that had sent water up to the ceiling leaving a discoloration in the ceiling.  I just felt it was time to change it out for a newer one.

So last Thursday, Rob and Kate came over to the house and Rob tackled the installation of the new faucet.  I am not sure if he had done one before, but the instructions said "no plumber needed", so he was willing to do the work.  And he did it very well.

So, here is the new, modern faucet installed on a not-so-modern sink in front of a not-so-modern backsplash.  These will remain in place for a while.  It is tall, so filling a big pot will be much easier.  There is not a separate sprayer, a good thing as the one it replaced had stopped spraying.  Take note that the handle is set in the 'on' position but no water is coming out.  Now look at the base of the faucet... see the little dark circle... it is a motion sensor.  When the faucet is on, it can be turned on and off without putting your hands on the handle!!  Wow, do I enjoy this feature!!!!!!

There is a hole in the sink now that will need to be covered with a pop-in chrome piece, designed to fill up the hole.  Rob will be looking for that piece this week.

Here is a closer look at the base of the faucet.

Here is how the sprayer comes out of the faucet.  There is a button behind the head that changes the flow from a regular flow to a sprayer.  There is a weight under the sink on that hose that pulls the head back to the faucet body.

Here is a closeup of the sprayer head as it sits when it is pulled back into place.

I think that it is the icing on the cake.  It will run like a regular faucet, but the hands-free function is so nice.  How many times have you had gunk on your hands and needed to wash them off?  It is so much nicer to just pass your hand over the motion-detector eye to turn the water on.

I love this modern world!!!