Hi Amberley, sorry I'm not in here as much as I used to be!

We love our Waterstone faucet, it's the polished nickel finish! I secretly wanted the Towson faucet, but couldn't afford it! I found mine on Ebay! Someone had ordered it for a specialty job and the client ended up not wanting it. Not sure why because we love it! We also have a Waterstone insta-hot faucet and love it as well.

I did find several places online that had better prices than our local plumbing store, but it's still an expensive faucet no matter where you buy it. If you can wait around, keep your eye out on Ebay and hopefully one will come along!

Thanks for the compliment!

Kat :)

It is definately not an inexpensive faucet- but I got such a good deal on Shaw sink that I am saying it is justifiable ;). When I found the company website I had to laugh, because I live in Towson, Maryland!! The traditional faucets are the Annpolis, our state capital, Hampton, a Georgian mansion and National Park Service Treasure down the road, and the Towson, where I am typing this right now!

So it has to be kismet! Anyway, I was wondering which farm sink you have, and if your water stream goes directly into the drain. My parents have a beautiful bridge faucet with thir Shaw, but it just misses the drain, and splashes, which drives me nuts.

BTW, am I correct that the sidespray, the soap dispenser, and the faucet all have to be bought separately?

Thanks!

Amy

Wow, I must really be all TKO'd out for the night, since my spellinghas gotten just awful! ;)

amberley - Your coincidences are pretty amazing, but now I've got one, too! Just yesterday, I was telling my DH how much I love our new faucet, but that we must be the only customers they had because I never see anyone on the Kitchen Forum ever mention OUR faucet...the Waterstone Annapolis! Truly, I was beginning to think that maybe they are only sold here on the West Coast (I know that it is a California company). And then, tonight...I saw your post.

We love our faucet. We have the main faucet, the side spray, the air gap (required here), and the filtered water faucet in the satin nickel finish. We purchased them through a local appliance dealer; they were expensive but just what we wanted and the other faucets I was considering were expensive, too! Our air switch is from a different company, as I wanted it to lay flat on the countertop, and the Waterstone one, while very pretty, sticks up about a half inch (we saved $$ by buying the flat one).

Good luck, and I'm sure that you'll be happy with Waterstone. We've been using ours for about 2 months, and it is great.

natenvalsmom-

Do you have any pics? What kind of sink do you have?
I am loathing the cost of this thing, but I have saved SO much money on other things, I feel like it will all even out. I am hoping I can come across something on Ebay...

Amberley, that's so funny! I went to UMBC, my brother graduated from Towson and our son just sent in his Towson application along with a bunch of other schools! I dated a Midshipman in college (thankfully that didn't work out and I met DH) so I spent a LOT of time in Annapolis! I still go there to shop since I live south of there and it's the nicest place to go! I love the little shops on Maryland Ave!!

I got the sprayer and the faucet from the same Ebay listing but I do think they are sold separately. We opted not to do the soap dispenser or the air switch. We live on the water so we can't have a disposal.

Our sink is from Green Mountain SS and it's the iceflower variety. Our counters are GM original and I can't tell a difference between the two. We got it half price from their website and the people who did our counters, Designer Surfaces in Frederick, were nice enough to receive shipment of it to save us some money on the shipping!

What do you plan to use for the counters, cabinets, etc. in your kitchen?

With all of these VA and MD people, we really do need to have a get together! Once this weather...(have you been blown away like we have these past few days?)breaks we'll need to plan a meet-up somewhere centrally located for everyone! Too bad we are all so far from one another, we could have a progressive dinner in all of our wonderful kitchens!

Kat :)

I always hit send and realize I left something out! Natenvalsmom please post a picture! I remember seeing your beautiful kitchen, loved your island, BS, and hutch, but I didn't notice the faucet!

Kat :)

I am still thawing out from walking my son back from school almost an hour ago. Thankfully, I have just made a ice toasty fire :), by far my most favorite part of my house, and the winter. Even the smell gives me warm fuzzies.

I already have a Shaw sink 30x18 in white, and have paid the deposit on my Python soapstone slabs from M. Teix. After a few days of hemming and hawing, I have determined that I want polished nickel for the faucet, as I think it would look best with both the soapstone and my mercury glass pendants over the sink (see link to my other post below).

We can actually walk to TU, and my uncle teaches some finance classes there. We live in a now historic (just got our National Register affiliation) rowhouse neighborhood smack between TU and the Balto city line. If DH decides on TU, he is welcome to come over for a hot meal (in the new kitchen:) ). Let us know if you come to the campus for a visit!

The Annapolis name of the faucet made me read this post- as I am just waiting for DH to pick me up from work( post surgery) was TKO but now on decorating forum mostly.
I used to live in Towson, went to TU,love the Hampton Mansion, meet my DD in from college in Chestertown and shop and lunch in Annapolis- now live in Catonsville- work in Baltimore.
I am amazed that the company is located on the West coast! The designer must be a MD transplant. too funny So, who has a photo?

Cooper, what sort of surgery did you have?! Hope you are all better now!

Here is a link to the Annapolis faucet suite! I thought the same thing about the designer, that they must be a MD transplant!!!

When are we all getting together?!

Kat :)

Here is a link that might be useful: Annapolis Faucet

amberley and lesmis:
I just got home from work and saw your message. Here are some pics of our faucet and sink. Thank you, lesmis, for your kind words about our kitchen. The sink is a Franke, and so far (2 months), WE LOVE EVERYTHING! Some of the elements, of course, take some getting used to because they are different, but they are so much better than what we had.

Another Towson resident here who opened this thread because of the Annapolis name! Those faucets are gorgeous and it makes me happy that the namer must have had some ties to this area. I've admired lesmis' kitchen forever, and I asked amberley about her soapstone on the kitchen bargains thread.What a small world!

Lesmis, just reading your post above. You were able to order Green mountain soapstone and have it installed in the Baltimore area by Designer surfaces in Frederick? That sounds like another good option.How did you get it half price?

Really, when are we all getting together? ;)

I had the same thought too, that the company must have a MD transplant!

Scrappy- have you made any headway with your ss choice?

natenvalsmom- it looks beautiful! Do you have any issues with splashing? I can tell from the pic that your spout doesn't reach over to the drain.

scrappy- I just saw your email- sorry I missed it earlier- wrote you back! :)

Scrappy thanks for the compliment, only the sink was half price and I ordered it directly from Green Mountain SS. They couldn't have been any nicer and they suggested I have it shipped to Designer Surfaces (DSU) to save on shipping, and DSU gladly accepted the delivery! I can't say enough about DSU and their people, all top notch!

Natenvalsmom, love your set up, thanks for the pics!!! I have the polished nickel Annapolis and I must admit that what really drew me to it was that dang compass rose thingy on the handle! Yes, that's right I'm just that wacky! LOL The GC and my husband spent much of the remodel shaking their heads at what would draw me to a particular item, like a tiny compass rose that probably cost 39 cents on my expensive faucet! hehe

Kat :)

Scrappy, Green mountain still has their SS sink half price, see the link below.

The Green Mountain Original which we have for counters came from DSU and they were the best price out of about 5 places that gave us quotes.

You are more than welcome to make the trek down our way to see it in person if you want!

Good luck!

Kat

Here is a link that might be useful: SS sink

amberley - the water stream actually reaches right to the edge of the drain, but I haven't had any problems with splashing. My sink is quite deep, maybe that is why, I don't know. The water DOES go directly over the drain in the small sink.

lesmis - I originally was going to use the plain pieces rather than the compass rose trim pieces, but now we really like them!

Oh I forgot about the drain, water question! Yes ours goes directly into the drain! The other thing I love about the Waterstone faucets is how they can rotate 360 degrees. Not that ours actually can because of the wall behind it, but it has a great range of motion and I find that I don't even need to use the sprayer as often as I thought I would, even with our big sink. Splashing hasn't been a problem either except when my dear MIL is here and turns it on full bore by accident lol!

Kat :)

360 degrees eh? Hmm.. I see water dripping down my ss counters into the dining room....

My 4 year old will most definately discover this and turn the faucet on- on top of the countertop on the seating side, just to fill his water back up.... (this child can't be near liquid without is jumping onto the floor). Thank goodness for the labby to lick it all up!

Kat- for the offer of seeing the soapstone and faucet! I may take you up on it sometime if it ever gets warmer outside. Brrr, this weather makes me just want to huddle indoors. Maybe you can contact me through my email on gardenweb to let me know what area you are in. I don't see an email on your link.

Amberley, I got your email and am excited that you are so close to getting your kitchen! Can't wait to see pics of your soapstone and sink/faucet.

thanks!
Nancy

I think I should switch to the Annapolis faucet; was planning on Grohe 33870 Bridgeford w pulldown spray. We are waiting to hear from the Academy. Maybe I'll have some luck!

So I took the mercury glass shade for my pendants out(which will be over the sink) and out them next to the polished chrome faucet in my bathroom, and it looks like a pretty good match in tems of the color. Polished nickel is alot warmer that the PC, and I am afraid that it might look too yellow underneath those pendants. Also, since it is on the soapstone, that is overall a cool color as well.

What do you guys think?

pic of my pendant:

pic of one of my slabs:

I think the finish has to be a polished, vs. a brushed or satin, because of the shade.

polished chrome faucet:
{{!gwi}}

Also, here is a pic of the mercury glass triple fixture (I am doing 2 pendants with the sink centered between), but this gives you a good visual.

Based on my limited experience the polished nickel that I have does have a slightly yellow/gold undertone, so I think your instincts to go with the polished chrome are good! Some mercury glass does have a warm undertone to it too though, so do you have the pendants in hand already to make sure that they have more of the silver/chrome feel to them? The chrome is usually less expensive too, so that's always a bonus! Either way, once they are installed they'll both look great regardless of which one you choose.

Kat :)

I do have the pendants already, and this mercury glass is not antiqued, but bright. I can't believe that I am actually choosing the least expensive finish! I never do that! So I found an Ebay seller that doesn't list PC on any auctions, but in the fine print says he has other finishes. So I sent him a message- we'll see. So far I am looking at probably just under $1000 for the faucet, sidespray, and soap dispenser. Ouch!

I am also considering the Perrin and Rowe that looks almost identical. I wish there was something out there that had that same look, and the same spout reach!

So I priced out the Waterstone and accessories that I would need, and also the Perrin and Rowe with the same features (they look almost identical), and it turns out, much to my surprise, that I can get the Perrin and Rowe for over $300 less! So, since they look so much the same, and I know it is a good quality faucet, I went ahead and ordered it in chrome. I really loved the Waterstone, but at a difference of $300 I really can't justify that.

Even with the price difference, for all the part I needed (faucet with sidespray, soap dispenser, extended flange for my Shaw sink, garbage disposal cap (we will have a batch disposal), and drain strainer, it still came to about $1000. Yikes! I really didn't want to go that high with the faucet, but, as I remember someone on GW saying, it IS the most used thing in the kitchen.

So I will just have to shave a few hundred dollars off somewhere else....