Can you do this with your kitchen faucet?

The contortionists: The trouble with a kitchen faucet that only pivots left or right is that you’re limited by the range of motion. Today you can find faucets equipped with multiple articulated joints, folding necks, or spouts on pullout hoses so you can direct water deep into any corner of the sink or fill your tallest flower vase.

Check it out: Five pivoting joints allow the Karbon articulating kitchen faucet an especially flexible range of motion, allowing you to precisely direct the stream or select height. You’ll appreciate the sculptural quality of this faucet as you play with various configurations. The faucet starts at about $900.

Lights fantastic: If you think water and light make an eye-appealing combination, try a kitchen faucet with built-in lighting. Colorful LEDs indicate whether water is hot or cold, while soft white lights elegantly illuminate the water stream.

Check it out: An LED light in the faucet head of the Chrome Centerset LED Sensor Faucet (0599-QH0108F) changes color to indicate water temperature. Green indicates 82 degrees or below. Blue means the water is 82 to 100 degrees. Red says the water is 100 to 118 degrees. When the light turns red and flashes, the water temperature is too hot! The chrome gooseneck faucet sells for about $180." [Continue reading...]