The Kitchen Renovation Splurge I Totally Shouldn't Have Made — Budget Kitchen Renovations

Kitchen renovations are basically one long series of compromises. Stumble upon a Ferrari red Bertazzoni range at half price? Obviously you have to slash the budget elsewhere (many elsewheres) to make that the star of the new kitchen. More often than not, these compromises are focused on the savings and not the splurging.

Those splurges are oh-so-tempting, though, and wait for you around every corner — and on every Pinterest or Instagram refresh. While my husband and I found lots of places to save on our kitchen reno (think: cabinets found on Facebook Marketplace, purchased from the back of a truck; using some of the least expensive backsplash tile available; and salvaging a hardwood floor instead of replacing it) there were a few places I couldn't resist a little upgrade.

Specifically: the touch faucet.

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