Wow. The only thought I gave to my off-set drain is that I'm right-handed, so I'd hold a plate in my left, scraping with my right. (That's where I quit thinking.) My center-mount faucet, non-pull-out, would swing both ways to wash out the entire sink. It could also be in front of the dish I was scraping.

I think those pull-down faucets retract...

Pulldowns retract with the same mechanism that sidesprays do (gravity and a weight). If wear is a concern, it'll be on the sidespray so your leak will be there instead (it shouldn't be a concern on either though). I wonder if anyone who has had a pulldown ever went back to a sidespray willingly. Pulldowns are sooo much better!

If I was paying attention, I'd put the drain on the same side as the DW just so that there is a bigger plumbing-free space on the side without the garage disposal but it's not a big deal.

CiCi, I have a side spray too. I don't use it that often, so I didn't think a pull-down or pull-out was necessary. Besides, I found a really cool faucet I loved that isn't compatible with anything but side spray.

Good idea about the DW and drain. At this point the DW can be on either side. I'll consult with the cabinetmaker when that time comes. The contractor may have a preference too. We haven't started demolition yet.

I agree with Fori that the drain should be on the side of the DW. Especially if you have a disposal.

Re a side spray, many people like them, but ask any plumber and he will say sidesprays break more frequently than integrated sprayers. Also the pressure of a sidespray is not as good as an integrated sprayer. And a sidespray makes you have to keep holding down the lever to use the spray. And a sidespray means one more hole to cut in your countertop, and one more thing to clean around.

(there are many faucets with integrated sprayers which have a magnet that snaps them back in place. Look for those. Delta and Kohler come to mind but there are others. Unless the laws of physics are somehow absent, the magnet will not fail to seat the sprayer back in place.)

I have a side spray now and hardly ever use it, but some of the reviews for this sink say that you need it to keep the whole thing clean. It does slope toward the drain, but it's not very steep.

So which integrated faucets do you like? I'll consider one but was overwhelmed with the choices.

And while you're at it, please explain the advantages of the commercial style faucets with the spring around the sprayer hose and the arm that holds the sprayer.

I love my side spray! It has tons of pressure. It's a Perrin and Rowe faucet and side spray - 14 years old - very high quality. I liked it as the hose is nylon wrapped, not the noisy metal kind most are.

Regarding the DW - place it where it will work functionally for your work, not based on where your drain is! Keep it out of your Prep Zone and out of the way of traffic b/w the Prep Zone & Cooking Zone and b/w the refrigerator & Prep/Cooking Zones.

Sidespray - that's what my mom has and every time I visit I hate it! I have both a pull-down (cleanup sink) and pull-out (prep sink) and will never wiling go back to a sidespray!

You just need a faucet that pulls out so you can reach the entire sink, not necessarily a sidespray.

Those commercial faucets are called "pre-rinse" faucets. I haven't figured out what their advantages are over a pull-down faucet either! I know they cost more and some people like the look, but functionally, I don't know of any advantages. Maybe someone who has one will chime in.

Rethink a sink that drains badly. I have one now and it kind of sucks. It does not get better. :)

My drain is on the right - has to be because the sink is not reversible. So, my spout tends to be moved to the right and I have my handle to the left, but also over the sink. - My reasons are the same as yours, just the opposite and I tend to turn on my faucet with my left - even though I am right handed. I thought mine through too - so you are smart to think about what hand you use for what.

I'm also right handed, and I like your plan:

- Drain to the left of the sink.

- Spray to the right, so you'll hold the spray in your dominant hand and the dish in your weaker hand

- Dishwasher to the left, so you'll place the dish in the machine with the hand that's already holding it ... AND because it'll keep the plumbing and garbage disposal consolidated to the left, leaving you a little more storage.

I thought I'd give you an update on the remodel. It took longer and created a lot more dust than I ever imagined, but here's the result. I'm very happy with the way it looks and functions. In the second picture you can see part of a wall on the left (behind the fake orchid) and on the right (beside the refrigerator). These walls formerly extended in straight lines until they met in the foreground. That was the enclosed kitchen. The entrances to the kitchen were where the microwave is now and where the double ovens are now. The kitchen had no windows or other sources of natural light. It was a small, dark room. Now it is completely opened up into the living room. This is a 1600 sq ft condo, so it's not very big to start with.

The countertops are leathered finish granite which doesn't reflect the undercabinet lighting like polished granite. I love it. Refrigerator and ovens are The Signature Kitchen by LG. Induction cooktop and dishwasher are KitchenAid. Backguard with two warming racks is DCS. Hood with warming lights and inline blower is from Proline.

This is a Before picture. The kitchen is behind that bookcase. They managed to detach the bookcase from the wall and move it into the dining room seen through the doorway on the left. That's not the wall you see through the bookcase. That's the back of the bookcase painted the same color as the wall.

This is After. That's a Delta faucet and Nantucket zero radius sink with rack. The drain is on the right in this picture but on the left when you're working in the kitchen. I love it.

And a shot from the opposite direction

Another great thing I found during this remodel is the Dimplex electric fireplace logs. I have a working fireplace but do not want to have real fires. These dimplex logs have LED lights projected onto a Plexiglas shield. It has a little heater and blower if you want to use it, but I've used this all summer without the heat. To give it a little more authenticity, I downloaded a fireplace sounds app onto an old cell phone and put it in the fireplace for sound effects. And if I REALLY want the full effect, I light some candles that smell like campfires. I didn't realize how many choices were out there. My favorite is campfire smoke soy wax melts by candeocandle.com. Here's a Youtube video I took of my fireplace logs. I'm scrolling through the various lighting choices.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CR8mKa5CMLI

"Rethink a sink that drains badly. I have one now and it kind of sucks. It does not get better. :)"

This is rarely the sink's fault and almost exclusively countertop/cabinet installation error.

I just replaced a stainless drop in with a copper sink at the end of a 4' "L". The right side of the "L" was so high, it broke the front stone rail. I patched that and installed the sink anyway, I don't think they wanted to pay to have the tops and cabinets reinstalled. The left side of the new sink barely evacuated.

Do offset drained sink normally drain poorly?

It depends on the sink. Some people have reported problems with handmade fireclay sinks because the possibility exist that water can pool away from the drain. A manufactured sink - stainless or cast iron is less likely to have a problem since a slight slope is built in. I have no problem with my Kohler Whitehaven.

The placement of the drain doesn't matter to gravity, however, the placement of the sink in the tops does and that's usually why sinks don't evacuate properly.