That will go fine with your current cabinets sine they are medium tone wood.

Go with one big bowl, it is so much easier to wash large pots/pans. The only time i would say to go with a split bowl if you don't use the DW for plates/bowl/ etc.

Definitely don't do the 60/40. That 40 sink is good for about nothing except soaking your undies. I really like our one bowl sink. It gives us plenty of room for large items and works well when I'm peeling potatoes or doing another chore where I want to contain the mess.

Love my single bowl deep sink.

Our friends just built a house with this granite and hate it, they have grey cabinets but the granite pulls really purple unless that is what you are going for? They said it’s much prettier on the small sample pieces

no to that granite. it's too cool toned for your warm cabinets.

pick something like :

Delicatus Cream (often called Alaska White,,,has a brighter white)

this is TajMajal next to your cabs. it's a quartzite. one of the 'harder' quartzite that don't etch. And please do some nice cab hardware

Cristallo Fusion Quartzite.

i don't have the name for this,,,saw it at a stoneyard.

any of the blacks will look great. this is a honed Virginia Mist granite.

Go to a stoneyard at look at the slabs. please don't pick something from a 4" sample.

Remember everybody--Asia said that they want the granite to work with white or grey cabinets in the future.

Hi Asia! Beth H is right--go to the stone yard. What she forgot to say was, remove a cabinet door and take it with you. It should be a door and not a drawer because you want the largest surface of your current cabinet color you can transport. This is the fail safe way to pick your granite.

If you're really going all out, get a white or grey cabinet door and take that too. You can probably check out a sample door from a cabinet company, but even if you have to buy the door, I highly recommend it. You may not use those exact colors in the future, but this will give you guidance. It will let you pick your granite with assurance that it will work well now and then.

Keep in mind that the lighting in your kitchen and the outdoor or warehouse lighting at the stone yard will be different. Make sure you see your final slab picks in natural light. Look for flaws carefully and be there when they match the counter template to your slabs. That way you can choose (for the most part) where special sections of the stone wind up or where to eliminate a section you're not fond of. The template drives the fit, but I had one slab where simply turning the template 180 degrees revealed the best parts of the slab.

My best suggestion is do not plan your kitchen in phases. Make an overall plan before you even start. That counter top does not match with your cabinets. And then I would recommend one large sink. I think partitioned sinks are dated.

Hi again Asia! You are so smart to walk away when a business itself doesn't feel right. Our instincts about that sort of thing are the best thing to listen to when they speak up! It's tough to make a decision when we're unsure of our judgement, but I think you've actually decided when you are so enthusiastic about how good the granite looks with the white cabinet sample.

Is there something driving buying the granite now as opposed to waiting until the white cabinets exist?

"And then I would recommend one large sink. I think partitioned sinks are dated."

cpaul1:

With the exception of the relatively new "low divide" sink partitions, 85% of my sink replacement customers agree with you.

I generally really like my large single-bowl sink. But when my husband has plunked all the dirty dishes there instead of into the adjacent dishwasher and I need to drain the pasta, I really wish for a 60/40 sink.

My sister, who does a lot of dishes by hand (despite having a dishwasher) hates my sink and loves her double. She also really loathes the metal rack in the bottom of my sink. I'm of two minds about it- it keeps dishes marking the sink but it makes it harder to clean the sink.

My mum has a 60/40 and likes that best. She preps food on the small side and uses the large side for constant clean-up.

Don't buy your sink for fashion, buy it for function. It needs to fit the way you work.

It's so funny that a post about granite is now all about the sink! I have a deep single bowl and my garbage bin and recycle bin both slide out from under with lots of clearance. They are tandem as opposed to side by side. Got the mechanism from Lowe's for about $50 and it works wonderfully. Couldn't do that when I had a two bowel sink.

Hi Asia,

I agree with Debra Lee Darnell... Get a granite with bits of white and it will be just fine. Go with your instinct on the installer. I think your cabinets will look terrific with a granite with white and grey bits.

Here are some images similar to what you are thinking about.

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This last one is a little more gray but I love the look with these cabs.

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I must be in the minority, but I prefer a double sink. I also prefer to do my dishes by hand, so that is probably why. I do however prefer the look of a single sink.

From the pictures, your granite looks too cool for your cabinets.

If you use a dishwasher, then I vote for a large single bowl sink with an offset drain; I love mine. The offset drain makes enough space under the sink for a pullout.