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Renovating your home can add visual appeal and increase home value with suitable investments. It’s especially true when you remodel your kitchen space by upgrading kitchen appliances, countertops, cabinetry, and faucets. So here are tips for buying a luxury kitchen faucet for your home.
Understanding the Brand
As you browse different luxury faucet options, one crucial factor is the brand itself. Its history, knowledge, and expertise are just a couple of factors that can make or break the value and longevity of your faucet choice.
Look for high-end faucet materials, such as zinc, brass, and stainless steel, as they offer durability, corrosion resistance, and slightly antimicrobial properties. Packaging is another consideration, as you want everything adequately protected and presented desirably to reflect luxury and sophistication.
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Matching the Number of Mounting Holes
If you plan on keeping your original sink when switching out your faucet, have it match your existing mounting hole sizes or provide a base plate to cover additional holes. Most sink models have mounting holes pre-drilled for faucets and other accessories, such as soap dispensers and side sprays.
When purchasing a faucet with a base plate, ensure you don’t pick one requiring more sinkholes than your existing sink provides. Drilling additional holes in your sink or countertop is a counterproductive step.
Types of Faucets
You have many different styles when purchasing a luxury kitchen faucet. There are single-handle, two-handle, hands-free, pull-out and pull-down, bar-style, and pot-filler faucets that you can add to your kitchen space. Single-handle, two-handle, pull-out, and pull-down faucets are the most common. On top of the overall design, you must consider sink size, range of motion, and installation difficulty.
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Hands-free faucets add convenience and cleanliness to your kitchen sink area due to their motion-activation features. In contrast, pot-filler faucets offer a wall-mounted design near the stove for easier filling without lugging heavy pots across the kitchen. Lastly, bar faucets are smaller secondary sinks that help free up space from your main sink, making cooking and cleaning easier.
Although renovating your home can become a timely endeavor, don’t lose sight of your vision. You want a kitchen space that looks beautiful and functional.