kitchen faucets

Pairing eye-catching finishes with smart function, today’s faucets ease prep and cleanup tasks. A range of available styles ensures your faucet can complement your kitchen’s design.

Showing off sleek, contemporary designs or vintage elegance, faucets help set the tone of your cooking and cleanup areas and can bring welcome drama to a simple sink. Popular options, such as pullout faucets, and newer technologies, such as hands-free faucets, increase convenience in busy kitchen work areas, while low-flow models conserve water. Here’s a look at the various faucet styles available and the benefits of each type.

Faucet Styles

1. Bridge Faucet An exposed channel links handles and spout in this classic faucet style that complements traditional-style kitchens.

 

2. Commercial-Style Adapted from restaurant kitchens, this faucet type boasts a tall, flexible spray hose that reaches any sink corner.

 

3. Gooseneck or High-Arc This tall, arched spout makes it easy to fill deep pots and tall vases.

 

4. Pot Filler Mounted on a wall near a range or cooktop, this faucet makes filling pots easy.

 

5. Pullout or Pull-Down Faucet A two-piece spout functions as both a faucet and a retractable sprayer.

 

6. Single-Hole Only one hole pierces the sink deck or countertop, conserving space.

 

7. Wall-Mount These space-savvy faucets are plumbed through the wall behind the sink.

 

PLANNING TIP

For extra convenience, try a hands-free faucet. An electronic sensor turns these faucets on when you place your hands below the tap. Touch faucets are also available, which turn on and off with the light touch of a hand or arm to any part of the faucet.