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Corner sink on Islands

19 years ago

My kitchen design calls for a sink in the corner of my island. I would really like a LARGE sink, deep tub, but by having it in the corner I'm sacrificing counterspace. It seems like the present design would limit me to a small dingle tub. I have searched the web briefly and found the Elkay corner sind with double tub, but it still seems small. Plus I would need the plumber to join the two drains plus the drain for the dishwasher.

http://www.insidestore.com/images/us/local/products/viewlarger_03/ELK-ELUH3232_vl.jpg

Does anyone like their corner sink enough that they would not want to go with a conventional design?

Any other suggestions if I HAD to use the corner configuration?

Comments (10)

  • 19 years ago

    Is this your main sink or a prep sink?

  • 19 years ago

    How are you planning to install something like this in an island? Will this be your only sink?

    We put our prep sink in the corner of our island, so it is accessible from two sides. We put our pullout faucet in the "cut off" inside "corner". We bought it for less than the Kohler sug. list.

    Here is a link that might be useful: Kohler 5-sided sink

  • 19 years ago

    This will be the main sink for the kitchen, there is another "wet bar" sink in another portion of the kitchen more designated as an adult beverage prep area. The island will be about 6' on one side and 4' on the other in an L shape design. The plans call for the sink in the corner. We cannot at this point see putting in a seperate prep sink as this will make 3 sinks, all within about 10 feet of each other.

  • 19 years ago

    Can you post a floor plan? It's hard to know what your zones are or what the rest of the kitchen is like.

    Without seeing the rest, I'd want my main sink at one of the ends of the island, not in the corner, or I'd want the dishwasher not next to the sink.

    Our former house had its main sink in the corner but it was angled & pulled forward so there was more width at the front of the sink. It had two basins, 2/3 & 1/3 size, but the smaller one was only for the disposal. The dishwasher was to its immediate left, and was a real bottleneck.

  • 19 years ago

    I'll try and scan in my designers preliminary design. No disposal, can't have one by code in the town I live in, might be because we use septic instead of sewers. Thanks for the help, I'll scan it tonight.

  • 19 years ago

    Is this what you mean by in the corner? (Sorry for the size, I don't know how to make them smaller.)

    This sink is a double bowl undermount sink, Blanco B510887, 10" on one side, 8" on the other, 18 gauge SS.

    Having said that, I don't think I'd do a corner again as we bump into each other a lot. I have no other sink...

  • 19 years ago

    Whenicit's kitchen has the sink like our former kitchen, only the dishwasher was right next to the sink, where the drawer stack is in the photo--NOT enough room. I think the OP does not have the angle; the proposed sink is where the counters meet at a 90 degree angle, which allows even less room.

  • 19 years ago

    This is the rough layout of the kitchen. The working sink is in the island, the wet bar sink is to the left in the photo, that area will be more of an adult beverage center. The dishwasher will be going to the right of the sink, the larger portion of the island.


  • 19 years ago

    Are you planning any other dining area? What about storage?

    I'm sorry, but the island looks like a real bottleneck to me (& I've lived with a corner sink area bigger than this one appears): cleanup, prep, garbage, & a landing space from the refrigerator are all vying for space on the island.

    I'd extend the island all the way to the window, converting the island into a peninsula, just to get a longer run of countertop, a much bigger sink, & more storage. If you can't or don't want to extend it, then I'd "square" the island so I could put a bigger sink in, across from the cooktop, dishwasher next to it, & garbage around the corner opposite the refrigerator.

    I'd choose a bottom freezer refrigerator instead of a SxS, to get the swing of the refrigerator door to open to the countertop next to it instead of it being in the way.

    Is there any other space for the adult beverage bar? I'd want this space for storage or to slide everything down to center the cooktop.

  • 19 years ago

    Here is a photo of the rough. You can see the island behind the wicker loveseat. The fridge will go on the wall to the left, this wall seperates the formal dining room from the kitchen. The area where there are a few silver colored pipes is where the fridge will sit, on the right of that there is a pass through to the dining room. The area to the right where the potted plant is will be a small (30" wide) table for two that sits against 4 tall windows overlooking the lake, behind that where the white pipe is will be the wet bar. If we pushed the island out towards the potted plant we would not have an adequate pass by to get to the wet bar for entertaining if people were sitting at the island and the table where the plant is. I'll try and get some better overall shots of the rough today and mark where things will be going. I do agree that it will be a tight island, but the pics I'll post later will show why it will be hard to make the island bigger. Thanks for all the help, obviously I only want to do this once!