You just cut into that panel to do that. It isn’t rocket surgery. It is a standard part of your cabinet person mounting the sink.

Hey Lomo, That's what I would think too, but I'm not getting cabinets, just a new sink and new countertops.

Hey Patricia, I have always thought the cabinet doors were strange looking. The cabinet guy said it's designed that way because of the apron front sink. I thought they should go higher. We're not dealing with a cabinet maker. We're just doing new countertops and new apron front sink. My husband isn't handy, and he has so much titanium in his back that he can't bend in order to do that kind of modification.

Countertop guys do not cut into cabinets or mount farm sinks. You will need a cabinet installer to do all of that. Call a local kitchen and bath place and ask if they have any installers that want to make $500-$600 to do the job. That is the going rate to install a farm sink in new cabinets, so you may have to pay more to ununstall what is there and retrofit a new sink.

You can reuse the sink you have if you please. That sink is easily refinished to new. Remove the sink and countertops, then have the cabinet modified as necessary to keep the sink flanges flush with the cabinets. I'd use a Pete's Sink Mount Kit, set the sink 1/8" low, have the tops installed, silicone the flange, then tighten the Pesimoki until you get a nice silicone squeeze-out.

rocket surgery?