Reddit reviews Moen 7594ESRS Arbor Motionsense Two-Sensor Touchless One-Handle Pulldown Kitchen Faucet Featuring Power Clean, Spot Resist Stainless

Just get something like this

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B007Y6LLTM/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_d7sLDbZCHW6KP

There are also touch varieties:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07DD7N3RT/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_X6sLDbKPN4765

Album:
https://imgur.com/a/DxrFG

After moving in our home, we quickly realized the kitchen was not going to work for us with its layout and the condition of the cabinets. The pictures tell the whole story. The kitchen had a big wall to enclose it and was probably the hot thing to do in the 80s. it also had a soffit above the 30 inch upper cabinets which made an already low 8 foot ceiling even lower. The kitchen cabinets were horrendous and falling apart, so there was no real refacing options to fix them. The previous owners attempted to put lipstick on a pig by tiling over the old countertops and only made more of a mess. The kitchen, dining room, and den were one room but the wall really made everything feel small and blocked the light. It felt like a dungeon with the yellow bulb ceiling fans being so low in an 8 foot room. The dining room area had two old aluminum windows with a window A/C screwed into the frame. The tile in the kitchen flowed into the den where id had an ugly laminate. The fireplace and featurette window was really the only charm of the entire room. The fireplace had a really ugly wood paneling beside it, so it needed to be removed to update the room. The fireplace hearth was also ugly, chipped, and had more ugly wood surrounds on it. The ceilings had an ornate look to it that was really awesome, but we knew that we would have to put fresh drywall on the ceilings once we took out the soffit above the kitchen.
I am not a DIYer, but my stepdad is and offered to help and teach me. He let me know the wall in the kitchen was not load bearing and could be removed. The attic space above the kitchen/den was very spacious to maneuver in so we were able to predict a lot of problem areas. So then the demo starts and we realize that plumbing is a major issue. We had to come up with some PEX solutions to reroute the plumbing hidden in the soffit and some issues had to simply remain unsolved. I think all soffits hold secrets, so beware removing the soffit! I chiseled out all the old tile and grout and they came up surprisingly easy from the concrete subfloor. When we realized that all the wiring was stapled to the 2x4s in the back wall, we had no choice but to demo the entire wall. This was no easy demo of drywall. This was drywall + stucco and wire lathing + plaster on top in places. It was thick and the walls were built like a tank. It took a ton of demo blades to cut everything out and a lot of time. Once we peeled the walls back I figured I would peel more back in the dining area so I could replace the windows with a sliding door. That revealed the worst thing of all. TERMITES! They literally ate the entire wall. I hired a carpenter to help us build a new header and studs and put in the slider. We rerouted the plumbing, and then did a ton of electrical work to outfit the new kitchen wall to code since we moved the stove. We also ran additional wiring for under cabinet lighting to a switch. We trenched an electric wire in the concrete sub floor to power the island. We extended the outlets behind the fireplace cabinets so we could use the for a future TV. We sealed up the chimney and ran an electric line into the fireplace itself to set it up for an electric insert.

1. I had no experience in tile. I don’t think it is difficult after watching my guys do it, but I doubt I would do even half as good job as my workers did. Since I was covering such a large area, 580 square feet in total, I didn’t want to do a crappy job I would judge myself for butchering. So, I hired a contractor do the tile/grout, cabinet install, quartz measurement/install, subway tile backsplash, exterior stucco repair/painting, drywall for walls and ceiling, and painting of the walls and ceiling. While the folks in this sub may gasp, I think I got a hell of a lot for my money. It was worth it since I was on a clock with my first born being due within about a few weeks of when this project completed. I didn’t want to put in cheap formica myself, so I went all out with quartz and put it everywhere. The island is unique because it has a drop down for table height seating versus bar stool seating. The quartz is extended to the fireplace cabinetry and the hearth for a consistent look.
   
   
2. The lighting is a crazy idea that ballooned into an even crazier idea. We came up with a grid pattern, used a laser level, and put thumb tacks to mark our lights. I put in 44 recessed can lights. There are more lights in the kitchen for the work area and the den is much more manageable. I bought a cheap recessed fixture that came with a halogen bulb and just went on amazon to buy LED bulbs. I used 4000K daylight bulbs which look great when dimmed a lot with a Lutron dimmer. I put matching pendants over the sink and the island. The pendants over the island have a dimmer switch that is also on the island. Cool right?
   
   
3. The entire process took around 2 to 3 months to complete. Total cost of the project was around 20k. I paid 10k for most of the materials, windows, sliding door, tile, electric, plumbing, etc. My hired helpers were paid 10K which included the quartz counters/hearth/tile backsplash and the aforementioned work they did. As far as future projects I am installing a small deck outside my slider door which is going in this month. I am also putting in an awesome shaker style barn door for my opening that was my old kitchen door. Eventually I will add an electric fireplace insert when I am not so broke. Please read my album comments for a lot more detail. Thanks for reading!
   
   Links to some materials used:
   
   Bulbs: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00OU2TM12/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
   
   Pendants:
   https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0753HS6CC/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o04_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
   
   sink:
   https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0032C0Q9I/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1
   
   faucet:
   https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B007Y6LLTM/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s02?ie=UTF8&psc=1
   
   Cabinets: Home Depot Hampton Bay Shaker. Pro tip: Order them really far in advance due to possibility of damages. Took two weeks to get a new pantry cabinet in. The online cabinets have a slightly different look than the instore cabinets. They will not match!
   
   Tile: Floor and Decor wood look. Exact SKU is in the pictures.
   

The faucet will be for a single basin 33" composite granite bowl. We'd prefer a name brand faucet (Kohler, Moen, Delta, etc) for reliability. The more we think about it, maybe it'll help to keep costs down (at least a little) if we go with a "hard" goose-neck, with a touch sensor, and the faucet head connected to a retractable pull out hose. If that makes sense?

This is the kind of sink we're looking at. This is the kind of faucet.