offset faucet - dumb idea?

15 years ago

We're installing a 30" Rohl Shaws apron-front sink centered on a window and when DH and I were pulling things out of boxes to see how they'd look after the cabinets went in he started saying he liked the idea of the faucet being off centered. Now typically my eyes like seeing symmetrical things and he often tries to mess with me/play tricks on me and move things so the symmetry is just off.

I don't know if he really cares about where the faucet goes or if he's trying to throw the symmetry off just because. on one hand I think it's different and kinda cool, but on the other I don't know if it'll bother me.

This is the faucet (we won't be using the plate across the bottom:

This is the sink location

Well we held the faucet so it would be at an angle on the right side of the sink such that the spray head would be over the drain (the stem of the faucet was pretty much in line with the vertical line of spackle under the right hand corner of the window). I don't want the faucet so far offset that it's past the side edge of the bowl. but I think I'll be okay with being offset that much. Plus I think it would be beneficial to have the faucet pointed over the drain intead of the middle of the sink. it's a pull out faucet and the pull out will reach the other side to wash it down.

I've seen plenty of pictures of offset faucets with round bowls, but not really retangular bowls.

The granite guy is coming tomorrow so I'll have to decide so he can cut the hole out. Is it a dumb idea to offset the faucet slightly to the right so it's over the drain in the sink??

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morgne

15 years ago

There are pro's to it, as well! It's just that my feeling for it doesn't stem from the actual pros/cons conversation.

I think I love them because they are near to what I think of as the best type of faucet, one with a handle seperate from the faucet itself. I don't like to reach into the center of the sink area, directly in front of me, to reach something. When I sit at a desk or table I arrance my "extra things" like forks, water glasses, pencil jars to either the left or right. You don't really see waiters piling forks across the plate from you. So it's weird to reach directly across my activity zone to pick up/use an item. I much prefer to have the in a central location but with the handle off to the side.

That's not very popular either. BUT an offset faucet kinda sparks that interest in me.

Sigh. One thing to consider is that if you pick a low faucet without much reach it might not easily clean the sink. You may discover yourself aligning your body with the front of the faucet instead of the middle of the sink causing a cramped work area on one side.

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Comments (11)

johnnyl53
15 years ago
If you had a bigger window I would say that the offset would look OK but it looks to me if the faucet will line up with the window edge and that would create a very strong vertical line visually which would bother me.
craftlady07
Original Author
15 years ago
I see what you're saying johnny. I talked to dh about it again tonight and I want to take a picture tonight straight on to see if I like it or not.

(PS - I feel like I should add that the yellow paint is not the one we're using. it's not quite that yellow IRL, but still, it's too yellow)
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morgne
15 years ago
*whispers*

I kinda love an offset faucet. It's just a thing I have. I'm can't explain it.

M.
dianalo
15 years ago
I was picturing it on the left side. Which side will you load dirty dishes and which side for clean?
Fori
15 years ago
(I like the yellow.)

(Not so sure on the offset faucet in your post though, but it's a low faucet so it should be fine.)
craftlady07
Original Author
15 years ago
lol morgne, you crack me up :)

It's a single bowl sink but I imagine the dirty dishes would get rinsed over the drain (right side) and set in the sink on the left side. Most prep work will probably happen on the left side in the corner.

hmmm...much to think about.
ironcook
15 years ago
dianalo wrote: "I was picturing it on the left side. Which side will you load dirty dishes and which side for clean?"

since this is a pull-out faucet, does it matter if you are left/right-handed when you place it off-center? i wouldn't want to reach across my body to grab it.

or am i just missing the point? not unheard of... :)
craftlady07
Original Author
15 years ago
morgne, very interesting about how you arrange things. without giving it much though I'm sitting here thinking "hey I do that too". I'm really starting to think I like this idea.

ironcook, I hadn't thought it about but we are both right handed and I think reach to the left to pull out the faucet would make it really awkward.

Thanks to all for weighing in on this!
focylrac
15 years ago
I have done this and it works for me:
kevinw1
15 years ago
I wouldn't want an offset that's actually to one side of the sink faucet because I use the counter on both sides of the sink, front to back, and the faucet would get in the way. But you may not use your counter like that, and it might be perfectly OK for you.