Sophie's Choice - faucet center sink not - with pics - help!
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holligator
13 years agoWhat about putting the DW perpendicular to the sink? I have mine that way now, and it works well. You have the room for it. You could put it either to the left under the other window or under the counter where you have the half susan. Either way, it would give you more storage, because you would gain access to what is now a dead corner space. Here's mine, in case a visual helps.
chana_goanna
13 years agoRelated Discussions
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Comments (8)The white mold on the top of the mix is normal, especially if the mix is kept too wet. If you saw a brown constricted area at the stem where it meets the mix level than I'd be willing to consider damping off. But it looks to me as though that one plant died b'c it was too wet. Just my opinion. IN your 6a area the plants should be hardened off and ready to go about mid-May or so and your other plants look very very small right now and need to be at least in the maybe 4-6 inch range to set out. If that was the only Sophie's Choice plant you had I don't see anything wrong with sowing some new seed b'c even if you don't get it out until mid-June you should still have time to mature fruits b'c it is an early season variety although it will produce throughout the summer. The three genera of Fungi that can cause damping off are not found in great abundance in artificial mix, which brings me to the next question. You use the word soil when describing what you transferred that plant to. Was that real soil or artificial mix? At this point I'm not willing to say the problem is damping off and the white mold is not the problem, just scrape it off. And to be honest I've never been convinced, from the feedback that I've seen that chamomile tea or cinnamon or whatever do anything significant to help prevent damping off. And that's b'c folksjust use it without knowing if there are indeed any damping off fungi in the artificial mix or whatever thye're using for seed sowing. You have to do controlled studies using the same mix, same seeds, same everything except treating one set of seeds and not the other. Just curious, but why the Baking Soda? Carolyn Carolyn...See MoreFinally, they meet! My granite, sink and faucet. (pic heavy)
Comments (45)I'd definitely agree about glass giving your space a more modern direction. I'm thinking black glass would also be very 'hard' visually -- another surface with a 'strong, masculine' bent. Is that something you want? What direction DO you want to go in? (If it were me, I'd tip just a bit back to the 'softer and more feminine side' with a ceramic tile with a bit of a 'cushion' shape (handmade) and a color that's rich but not too dark. I'm thinking a simple 4x4 on a diagonal layout with a frame treatment over the range... While I love the metal decos, I think they may add too much 'clutter' to an element that needs to be more 'background'. You've also got a lot of outlets in your splash -- so there will already be things there -- things you probably don't want to draw the eye to......See MorePlease, help with faucet choice! Lost!
Comments (15)ok, so it looks like you want a pull out/down sprayer. i don't like #1 because of the mounting plate. i don't like #3 because it has a dated 80's look. and i do think (without seeing the rest of your kitchen) that #2 looks too modern. i do very much like the fairfax and lynn in nm's faucet that were linked above. i think that by keeping the profile slim, and staying with just one hole in your counter, the height tends to be less overwhelming. you should look for a one-hole single lever pull down that suits your style. i think you'd do well with either of the two examples that the others linked....See MoreFaucet help needed....pics included!
Comments (29)sclee, I wondered if the backward curve of the Grohe facilitates the splashing, but the Simplice doesn't seem to curve that way. However, I have had a gooseneck (not pulldown so the head is much smaller) for 15 years and never had an issue with splashing, so I don't think it's a given. I think the Leland is a good choice for what you describe as wanting. It has a 3-holed black plastic plate that must go under the counter, but as far as I can tell (still in the box), there is no matching BN base plate. About HD or Lowe's, I had heard (don't know if it's true) that there is a difference between the quality of products there and the ones you would get through distributors like faucetdirect, etc. I don't want to repeat baseless stories, so I'd check into it to be sure. However, I've had a good experience with two online companies, HomePerfect (for Blanco Silgranit sinks; they didn't have the Leland in the BN finish available), and DesignerPlumbingOutlet for the faucets. Both were delivered very quickly, no shipping because of the total of my order, and I was able to track them while they were being shipped. I can't tell you about the quality because they are not installed yet (this week!), but maybe others can give hints about good places to order from, or experience with purchasing from big box stores....See Morela_koala
13 years agochana_goanna
13 years agoOops, on reading again, I'm not sure whether you mean that the faucet would be centered to the sink but the whole unit would no longer be centered to the window? Could you do something like this instead:
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13 years agoWe had a similar problem, but only by about 1.5 inches.
Since the offset was small, we were able to center the faucet under the window, and have it off-center to the sink by a small amount.
Here is a picture during installation:
I can't find any close up current shots, nor can I find a good one that shows all three variables (sink, faucet, window) clearly. I can't take one right now b/c sink is full of dirty dishes. :-)
But here is an old shot that mostly shows how faucet is slightly off-center to the sink, and centered under the windows. I don't think it is noticeable because the off-centering is only 1.5 inches. 3 or 4 inches would be a problem for me. I like things even and centered. So if the distance were that much, I agree with others that a creative solution is needed--like putting the faucet way off to the side.
hth!
:-)
francy
holligator
13 years agoHere's a pic to illustrate what I was trying to say about placing the DW perpendicular. The open DW occupies much of the same space in either location. The inches difference for loading a perpendicular DW is something I never, ever notice. I find it extremely convenient.
The huge plus to doing it this way in my kitchen is that it gave me room for a corner susan and kept that corner from being a blind or dead corner.
chana_goanna