Take a look in your sink box for the templating paper that is hopefully there. I do know there is/was a thread on faucet placement awhile back... For me, I respectfully disagree with smiling in that I wanted everything on my dominant hand. And because of our bowl configuration it is. Most templaters/installers want to line them up in a straight line along your back edge. Placement issues... make sure they are far enough away from your sink lip if it is an undermounted sink. (don't ask! ;) make sure to leave enough room between the faucets and your back wall to avoid water being trapped and to make it easy to get a sponge/towel in there to cleanup I like the air switch near by to the garbage disposal and is the far right side of our setup Depending on the size of your sink to cabinet, you might have room to put the hot water faucet on the opposite corner from your main faucet. Wherever you put the two faucets, try to avoid putting them next to each other, as to avoid them banging into each other... Templating... lots of little decisions to make at this time. Have your favorite vice available afterwards for celebration!

Getting down to the last minute choices of sinks, faucets, etc. Do you have any opinions on quality, replacement parts, etc. for the various brands of faucets, such as Whitehaus, Franke, Rohl, Kohler, Newport Brass. I may be ordering on line without actually seeing the quality, and don't want to be disappointed. I like Rohl's Perrin and Rowe's faucets, but too pricey (champagne taste...)

The style of your sink installation, is tile-in, and it appears to be of an age prior to the evolution of "sink installations." Today, depending upon your talent, any sink can be undercounted. There are two basic configurations of "tile-in" installations. Flat rim where the tile abuts the edge of the sink and the sink and adjoining counter are a continuous plain. And the configuration you have, where the sink is below the level of the countertop. You can attempt a refinish, get a good warranty. Were I having it done, I would remove the grout where the quarter round abuts the sink and after the new finish had been applied, allowed to set and fully harden, install new grout and plan to refresh or change the grout on the balance of the counter.

I have a similar situation in my new kitchen. I don't have a pony wall, just a row of cabinets that form a peninsula between the working kitchen and the eating area looking out on my backyard. I created a 5 foot long arch centered on the sink not the peninsula. The backside of my Delta Allora faucet sit 9 1/2 inches from the edge of the granite. We have yet to splash on the floor behind the faucet. The counter looks pregnant from the side but I love the look working at the sink. The cabinets do not follow the line of the granite. just after install Hope this helps.