Garden Kitchen/Processing Room

Wakey · May 2, 2016

ustmd said:
Looks good, but that IS a lot of "hunting and pecking" to fill in the back splash

Wait, they aren't numbered? heh heh I can still lift like a 20 year old but 10 minutes of setting that splash would have my lower back protesting in a most violent form.

Looks great Eddie.

joeyd · May 2, 2016

Your wife must be really happy with you, it looks great!

EddieWalker · May 27, 2016

After reading every review on Amazon for Pot Filler Faucets, this one stuck out as a good deal. I did make a huge mistake. When measuring where to run the water line and where to mount the faucet, I forgot to take into account where the vent hood would be. As luck would have it, I put it too up too high. After going over my options, I tore apart the wall, lowered the water line five inches, then put it back together. I think I got lucky and nobody can tell.

The other mistake I made was using PEX that I had sitting around. It never occurred to me to blow out the line before installing it. After installing the faucet, water didn't come out. I took it back off and found a big was of grass packed inside the facet. It took me an hour to clean it all out. That was bad.

Fortunately once I fixed those problems, it was ready to go. My wife is very excited about it and can't wait to use it to fill the pots when she starts canning what she is growing in our garden.

Geyser GF47-B Stainless Steel Pot Filler Kitchen Faucet Wall Mount 2 Handles - - Amazon.com

Ed of all trades · May 28, 2016

Wow, Eddie, you are setting the bar pretty high. We were looking at some of the things we will need for our "canning room" yesterday. Hope my wife wants to stay more plain instead of the show place you are building. Looks great. Ed

s219 · May 28, 2016

Yeah, I hope my wife doesn't ever see any of Eddie's build posts. Unless he can travel to Virginia to do the work, it would make my life a lot harder....

tow653 · May 28, 2016

We built 3 years ago and when my wife told me she wanted a potfiller faucet over the stove,I thought she was crazy. Turns out we both love it,even if we aren't Italian and eat pasta every day!

EddieWalker · May 28, 2016

Thank you. She is really excited about the pot filler and having a dedicated space to work on what she grow in the garden. This is all new to us, so we are just winging it and hoping for the best. I'm working on her desk right now. We went to Lowes together to pick out the wood. After comparing what they had there, she really liked the oak the best, so that's what it's going to be made of. She also wanted it at the perfect height for her because she plans on doing a lot of writing out there and a normal height desk is uncomfortable for her. This one is going to be at 27 inches.

EddieWalker · Jun 5, 2016

I went back and forth on what to use on the desk, but in the end, Karen decided that she just loved the look of the red oak at Lowes. I wanted it to not have any legs to get in her way while sitting there, and when sweeping the floor. She also wanted it lower then standard desks and tables. We decided on a top height of 26 inches. I was afraid that was too low, but she sat down in front of it and it's perfect for her to type on. Honestly, it felt pretty good to me too.

Ed of all trades · Jun 6, 2016

Thanks for all of the info and pics Eddie. I have one to do soon but my wife has decided how I am going to do it. All I need to do is redo the kitchen and use the old cabinets for her canning room in the basement. That sure makes it easy.

Ed

DFB · Jun 6, 2016

EddieWalker said:
I went back and forth on what to use on the desk, but in the end, Karen decided that she just loved the look of the red oak at Lowes. I wanted it to not have any legs to get in her way while sitting there, and when sweeping the floor. She also wanted it lower then standard desks and tables. We decided on a top height of 26 inches. I was afraid that was too low, but she sat down in front of it and it's perfect for her to type on. Honestly, it felt pretty good to me too.

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Very cool design Eddie both the desk and the wall shelving. :thumbsup:

I mounted some display tables and a telephone stand to the walls in the old store at work in a similar fashion a few years back. It meet GAP compliance nicely as made cleaning underneath the tables very easy. I came in one day and the owners son was standing atop my work trying to light the modine heater.

Never thought it would be tested like that!