I'm very happy with my Kohler white cast iron sink. My DH nixed my original countertop choice. He strongly disliked it - I conceded.

I love my big single stainless steel sink.

Blanco does make a stainless steel version of the Diamond Super Single I have it as my back up sink if my DH refuses to accept my Diamond Super Single... http://www.blanco-germany.com/en_us/en_us/sinks/product_catalog/sink.html?sid=1268719499759&filter=true#pros

We have a Franke 30" stainless sink and when we move next year I plan on installing another.

Thank you! Dorothy - I am going to check the blanco stainless steel, thank you. maire_cate - for some reason i didn't even have franke on my radar - going to do some searches right now. romy718 - good to hear about a success with cast iron. i have been to 2 stores and 1 pushed it and the other told me they weren't as good as they used to be - so I was confused.

Definitely let your DH have input - maybe even the deciding vote. Since he does most of the cleanup, it's only fair. Then, you get the deciding vote for everything else!

That's how we did it - my DH is also the primary person who cleans up. So, I let him choose the sink and DW. Since I do most of the prepping and cooking, I had the deciding vote on most everything else. That's not to say I did not discuss things with my DH and considered his opinions - but ultimately it was my decision.

So, what does your DH think about:

• Stainless Steel
• Cast Iron
• Vitreous China
• Soapstone (if your counters are soapstone)
• Solid Surface (e.g., Corian)
• Fireclay

busymom03:

Take a look at acrylic sinks (Corian). They take a beating, are repairable/refinishable, and can be seamed undermounted to granite and engineered stone. Check out the Karran Edge series too.

This poor thing was neglected and abused. Yours may never look like this.

New a half hour later.

Kohler with either a sugarcane or sea salt finish was my second choice. I purchased the Blanco diamond super single. I really like it but it is delicate prior to install. I would still definitely push for a single sink as opposed to a double sink. There's just so much more that you can fit in a single and you can always put pans in and make it a double sink or even a triple sink temporarily, if need be.

I left my Silgranit sink behind recently when moving to a new home. After 72 hours with the super-shallow double bowl sink in the new house, I was searching for a new sink. We wanted a drop-in sink with a micro edge so if/when we remodel the kitchen, it can be under mounted. We ended up with an Elkay Crosstown, and I'm pretty happy with it. You can read more about it here.

We have a Koehler Riverby in our home and like it. Our previous home had a corian sink that took a beating and was 21 years old. It looked perfect when all cleaned up and ready for our showings.

Thank you, adding all these suggestions to my list to check out!

ldstarr-. How s your riverby holding up with chips/scratches?

I have heard lots of good things about Kohler Whitehaven-- I am sticking with my familiar stainless but definitely like the looks of Kohler's Whitehaven, Riverby and Indio for that matter. Might have considered them more seriously if I had a dif style kitchen. If your DH likes it. I agree he should have vote/major choice if he uses it more! Must admit I don't like Silgranit either, can't put my finger on it. Since I seem to share that with your DH, see if he likes the Kohler maybe. Good luck! The sink choice was way harder than I remember it being last time!!!

I bought the Houzer porcela for my kitchen recently and it's really pretty.

I vote for cast iron. I am not a stainless lover and I have always disliked the look (and especially the feel) of Silgranit sinks that I have seen in showrooms. My second choice would be a solid surface sink like a Corian product. I went back and forth between the two until I saw and apron sink and stepped up to it. So I ended up buying a Whitehaven for our remodel. I will most likely be using solid surface sinks when we redo the bathrooms.

Dorothy that second choice of yours appears to have sharp hard to clean corners....

Absolutely LOVE my Kohler Prolific sink...and put the Siligranite (that I too wanted in my kitchen but was nixed by my husband) in the utility room.

Have to say I'm not a fan of the Corian sink products. I have a white one similar to the photos posted above. It was in my house when I bought it and I would NEVER buy another. Yes, they clean up pretty well. But the problem is you have to clean them so much! Spaghetti sauce, wine, rust - you name it, it discolors the sink. I bleach mine every single weekend - and when I say bleach I mean I fill the whole thing with water and bleach and let it sit for hours. Ridiculous. I've never had such a high maintenance sink in my life. Maybe they've improved since mine was made but I wouldn't risk it. I'm going w Kohler Whitehaven. Didn't want fireclay because I have a garbage disposal. Good luck!

Thank you everyone. I think I have it narrowed down with all your suggestions to 2 sink types (that husband agrees on). The first is the Kohler 33 inch Riverby (cast iron) and the second would be a single bowl stainless (yet to find "the one"). He prefers the look of stainless - but doesn't like the prolific (which was my stainless choice b/c I like the ledges). So - at least I have it narrowed down to 2 types of finishes. I don't love the stainless - but am going to entertain the idea for a few days before I pull the trigger on the Riverby.

If you like the ledges then here are some other sinks to look at https://www.directsinks.com/shop-for-sinks/ledge-sinks.html

Iwfrommy:

You probably didn't have a Corian acrylic sink, you had a cheaper polyester. I've seen 30-year-old sinks that looked like the day they were installed.

@busymom03 , what was your husband's objections to your sink choices?

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RCKsinks - on the silgranite he didn't like the look or feel of it. He said it felt like "plastic" to him. I don't agree, but he couldn't get past it. i think it was more of a case of not interested in embracing the "new". In regards to Fireclay he liked the look, but we have a farmhouse sink that is fireclay right now and it is extremely chipped and has grey lines through the finish after 10 years he didn't think that was a good route to go down. We weren't able to find any of the virtuous china on display in our area to look at, so that was out. We looked at the corian, but he again didn't like the finish. He likes the stainless best (I think it is a man thing, to be honest!) but I am very hesitant with the scratching / watermarks. He agreed that he would be "OK" with the cast iron - which would probably be my second choice (after Silgranite), but I am starting to wonder if it is deep enough (its 9 1/2 inches). I know it is deeper than what we have - but my sister in law keeps raving about her deep sink that is over 10 inches deep - so that is hanging in the back of my mind. We are going to their house for Thanksgiving - so I plan to do some hands on research this week :)

dorothy - Thank you SO much for the link! I do like the ledges - I know I can achieve the same usability with just placing a cutting board straddling the sink - but something about the ledges makes me happy.

We all have our things, so we may well differ on this--but, I say if your main hesitation about stainless is the scratches and watermarks, don't stress on that. I've sat there and scrubbed little cracks in white sinks until I thought I'd go crazy, but the scratches on stainless are not at all the same and don't bug me a bit. And I'm picky. Just not about that I guess. Stainless is so resilient. A second with Barkeeper's Friend and it looks fab. I totally get the man thing on this. LOL. My current stainless sink is 13 years old, it wasn't super expensive--some kind of Kindred, and looks/works great. I don't use a grid or any of that fussy stuff. I do have a deep one. Maybe that's partly why it doesn't bother me? GL! (Ps something about the ledges I like too--my next sink will be Prolific; hope I like it in action. What about that doesn't DH like? Too fussy?)

Lapsangtea-. I have never had a stainless sink so reading about water and scratches just scares me a bit. honestly I have no idea what his deal with the prolific is - he just said "...it's trying to hard. Don't like it." So that was the end of the conversation for him- LOL! Although it frustrates me, he has given me full reign on everything else and even said not to worry when things looked like they will come in over budget,so I really can't complain too much.

Has anyone used one one of the create good sinks which come up on the houzz advertisements? It looks like it could be perfect if I do stainless- side offset drain, ledge, 33inch, 16 gauge....but given it's a sponsored post it makes me wonder.

finally- is a rear offset drain just as good as a side offset drain? I am finding on many of the stainless with ledge they don't offer a side drain but a rear drain. I was only willing to consider a side but am wondering if I need to be more flexible.