Tuesday, November 9, 2010

A New Faucet for a New Kitchen...from ATG!

**This review is for ATG.com and, in exchange, they provided the faucet mentioned in this post free of charge.**

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Remember a few weeks ago when I promised to show you photos of my sister's kitchen makeover?
Well, I drove three and a half hours for the reveal (and to be served the most elegant lunch in her new kitchen), only to realize I forgot my camera! Lucky for both of us, she has a good friend with a great camera and photography skills who snapped a few so I/we could share.

You might remember the before photo I showed you:



Well, here is one of the after shots:


Isn't is so fresh and pretty? My sister has an unfailing eye for putting together what the rest of us might think won't work. I always liken her style to that of an artist's; because don't they always have the most fantastic spaces? Sometimes more daring, but always edited with a knowing vision.

She and her hard-working (and handy!) husband did this make-over on a conservative budget and stretched their dollars as well as Wendy's design muscles.

It involved mostly paint, new counter-tops, HARD labour, one new appliance (an over-the-range micro-wave), and a new faucet:


(Faucet before...which leaked and the finish was not wearing as expected):


And after: 

Small details can mean so much:

The new kitchen faucet (model :Premier Faucet 12043 Bayview Kitchen Pull-Out Single Handle Faucet via Fixture Universe.com) was given to her by ATG Stores.com for her review, and she is happy to report that it is performing as hoped and she loves the one-hand convenience of it. The faucet arrived quickly from ATG and she was very pleased with the customer service! She is still on the hunt for her dream sink but was happy to find that a thorough buffing to her current sink was all that was needed to make it shine again. Another savings!!!  She is definitely considering ATG as a source for the new sink as budget allows.

Head on over to Wendy's blog and check out all of the other photos and details of this kitchen make-over.