Yellow!!!

.....oops, that was another post *LOL*

I'm sure what ever you decide will be lovely. Personally, I love Diana's sink.

Edna

Edna! We picked Yellow!

And I thought of you today when we ran across the first super long slug with the spots. We had not spotted one until today, I figured they must have all got winter killed. It was so cute! I relocated him out back in the woods, even gave him a giant sea shell as a home......thank goodness the old yuckie yellow and grey slugs have been unplentiful this year--I collect them and give them to the trash man or toss the on the street for the sea gulls.....

I will have to go check out Diana's sink--I REMEMBER her stove!

Leasa

Those yellow guys, banana slugs, truly magnificent. As much about enjoying where you find them. (My experience: under a waterfall in redwood forest.)

Today's question is the kitchen sink? If you only have one drain, no pantry or whatever, my vote is for a lop-sided double. Best friend has one with narrow but deep on the left where we wash veg and rinse pots, more-or-less normal on the right.

We have a Shaw's original single farm sink. Love it! However, we also have a separate small, prep sink. We use the farm sink for clean up and the prep sink for prep. We have no garbage disposal (against septic rules).

Whatever you choose...choose what YOU want/need. You've got to be happy with it. Think about how you use it.

I look forward to seeing your results.
Cameron

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I like double sinks in the kitchen. I find it very handy to have two.
Lorna

ROTF!!! DH asked me what I laughing about. I love you dear Leasa. You are quite the adventurer.

I found her old post with the picture.

Here is a link that might be useful: Diana's Kitchen

I've had both and LOVE single sinks. Doubles, while they seem bigger, are actually smaller in my opinion. It gives you less real estate in either section and I find myself crowding my cuboard with dishes waiting to be washed.

We have a double now and I can't wait until something happens to it so we can replace with a single. Shhhh don't tell DH though.

Tracy

I have a large single soapstone sink and will never go back to double. Same as Tracy...lots more realestate. You can always put a smaller dishpan in the big sink for a separate wash up space. I love being able to put huge cookie sheets and oven roasters etc in the sink. Depends on how you cook really....c

I WAS a doubler for years and years and years.....and thought that was the ONLY way...however about 6 or 7 years ago we remodled our kitchen and I took a "risk" at the advice of a friend. I got a extra deep single large basin with the much much smaller shallower garbage disposal side. I LOVE IT!!! Did I say LOVE IT!!!! :) I load the majority of my dishes in the dishwasher anyway. Mostly what gets hand washed is extra large pans here and there. Much easier to do with a large deep sink. I also find splashing is greatly reduced. The counters are drier the window is less spotted :). It works great for other things too such as a baby bathtub for visiting grandbabies.. :) I would not give it up now for anything..and to think I had to be pushed a bit into taking the risk...

One thing to think about in your lovely home is history...keeping a bit in the period of feel of such a lovely old home. Were not sinks always mostly one bowls? Might be something to think about...depending on the feel your going for and the fact you already are use to one sink basin. One nice thing about the smaller second basin is you can use the disposal (if your installing one) and that is the only "Dirty" side of the sink, so you can still have a clean side for draining and ect...

Single Deep Sink. I recently remodeled my kitchen and put in a new deep single sink and i love it. I can actually get my big pots and cookie sheets in the sink and wash them without getting water everywhere.

Another plus is that it will hold lots of dirty dishes that used to sit on the counter until I loaded them into the dishwasher. Now they are out of site.

faye

Ck out the link to read about double or single bowl sinks. I truly feel a single bowl sink with a right rear drain is the best type of sink on the market.
Now, let's talk about double bowl sinks. Double bowl sinks were designed prior to the invention of the dishwasher. We washed in one side and rinsed in the other. Let me outline the most popular concern I have heard about making the change from a double bowl sink to a single bowl sink. Most Americans use their dishwashers for dishes, cutlery and glasses. Some, like myself, like to wash a few dishes here and there without running the dishwasher. The old fashioned way was to place a grid drain in the left bowl so that dishes could be washed in the right bowl and set to dry in the left bowl. That divider kept dirty water from getting on the cleaned items. If you have a double bowl sink I guarantee that you have to take your large pans, platters, cookie sheets, etc. and place them vertically inside the right bowl. You have to spin them around to wash them and you have to spin them around again to rinse them. It is impossible to lay them down inside the sink. The new way, using a single bowl sink with a right rear drain, is similar. Merely place a drying rack in the left side of the sink and wash on the right. The sink is sloped to the right rear so the dirty water never touches the clean dishes. Since the drain is in the right rear, there is little chance for a misplaced dish to cover the drain and begin the maddening unintentional filling of the sink with dirty water.

You say you occasionally fill one bowl with soapy water to soak an item and need the second sink for other things. No problem! Tupperware to the rescue! Just get a large Tupperware container and place it in the left side of the sink, fill it with soapy water and you have accomplished the same thing without a PERMANENT divider that causes more problems than it solves.

Lastly, the right rear drain allows you to work differently at your sink. With your current double bowl sink, most of the washing and scrubbing is done near the mid level of the sink - rarely at the bottom. This has to be done because you can not lay your items flat in the bottom of the sink (they don't fit!!!). With our right rear drain, large items will easily fit flat in the bottom of your sink - allowing you to scrub pots, pans, cookie sheets, etc, with more ease. Since the items are flat in the bottom of the sink, you have more leverage and rinsing them is less treacherous. Think about it... Now that we are working in the bottom of the sinks, sinks need to be shallower. Most of our sinks are installed under 1 1/4' granite. Think of a 10' deep sink under a 1 1/4' slab. Now you have an 11 1/4' deep sink. If you are working in the bottom of the sink, that is too deep! We recommend 8 to 9' deep sinks for ultimate comfort. So... you diehard double bowl fans - please reconsider. We have converted thousands of you and we hear back from them regularly. They say they could never go back! Just in case this epistle was not convincing enough - yes we build custom double bowl sinks too!

Here is a link that might be useful: Rachiele custom sinks

Thanks for all the advice folks offered. We settled on a large, white single sink with a left rear drain. It was the only white sink offered and I LOVE it!

I just finished the page for the kitchen. Hope you will take a peek!

Here is a link that might be useful: Kitchen

Leasa,

I love your kitchen! Of course, I love your entire house. You're doing an amazing job with your renovations.

Cameron