For re-modeling in Kitchem...
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PeppermintPatty
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I love the farmhouse kitchen sink and yes I’d like to get one.
RadishRose
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- Connecticut, USA
I like them, but don't want to lose the space underneath.
Twostep
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- Tiny town Oklahoma, OK
Shop around a bit. Contractor supply houses are a good source. Talk to Special Orders at the big box stores such as Lowe's. I scored a real bargain on a Kohler Antilia. Remember to ask for any potential discount from law enforcement, firefighter, teacher, medical staff to veteran.The Farmhouuse (deep) kitchen sink
Do you have?
Would you 'go with'?
considering cost?
Research: looks like $$$ ...$1,000
Take your biggest pot/cookie sheet with you when you shop and put it in the sink.
For me stainless only!
Who_so_ever
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- Grateful American
I would like to have the farmhouse sink, but it wouldn't work well with the rest of the kitchen.
Michael Z
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- Northern Wisconsin
They look nice, but I think a traditional sink might be more practical with regard to space offered and space taken underneath.
Aunt Bea
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- Near Mount Pilot
i think that they are wonderful looking in the right setting but I would go with a basic double bowl stainless steel sink that had one deep bowl.
old medic
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- Western NC
They can be, but we put a rack in ours to raise stuff up.
Dual Mount 50/50 Granite Composite Kitchen Sink GS3322955B
OneEyedDiva
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- New Jersey
I have never liked the looks of the farmhouse sinks. I've seen a few on the home buying shows I watch. I've even seen one that wasn't white...still didn't like it. But, to each his/her own.
dobielvr
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- California
I like them, too. But, I prefer the 2 sided sink.
Just what I'm used to.
Just what I'm used to.
Twostep
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- Tiny town Oklahoma, OK
You bring the cabinet base up.
I'd only get one if I had a real need for it. I'm not sure what functions they are designed for, maybe someone who has a big family dinner each night and needs to be able to soak multiple pans at once in the sink (I definitely don't have this need)? Or maybe someone with a lot of children who might want to pop a wee one in there for a rinse off (I don't have this need either)?Would you 'go with'?
considering cost?
The only use I think I could put one to would be to give a dog a bath, except I don't have a dog and when I did have a dog, he was little enough to wash in the regular sink. (We had bigger dogs but they went to the groomer, I wouldn't have wanted to try to lift them up into a sink).
Flarbalard
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I think it makes a lot of sense. I've done dishes in a sink so I have a biased opinion.
Cabinets and counter tops can be any height off the floor, to suit the user.
Cabinets and counter tops can be any height off the floor, to suit the user.
Twostep
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- Tiny town Oklahoma, OK
I am still 5'9. Add heels please. We did not build the current house so everything is US standard. No stone mason will remove the kitchen island and reset it after cabinets have been heightened two inches.
No, neither dogs nor children belong in the kitchen sink! I found it nice to have one bowl big enough to accomodate my biggest cookie sheets or hide the first set of dirty dishes from sight (custom board to cover it). Now I have a commercial sink/drain/faucet in the garage.
stretch5881
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- Wisconsin
I think they are great......if you are doing laundry by hand, butchering or bathing a 6 year old.
To me, if a sink holds water and allows me to wash dishes, it's doing what it was designed to do.
I go more for usefulness than style.
To me, if a sink holds water and allows me to wash dishes, it's doing what it was designed to do.
I go more for usefulness than style.
I like my traditional double sink with one sink over the garbage disposal for preparing veg, draining the pasta, etc. while the second one has a dish drainer set in the bottom for doing dishes as I cook. I have a utility sink in the laundry room for washing dogs and oven racks.
hollydolly
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- London England
hollydolly
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- London England
they are very popular here... they're called Butler or Belfast sinks....The Farmhouuse (deep) kitchen sink
Do you have?
Would you 'go with'?
considering cost?
Research: looks like $$$ ...$1,000
The drawback with them is that they sit quite low, and can be painful on the backs of anyone tall.. and mostly they're too deep for short people... and the most important thing is, they're hard as granite so you have to place a tea-towel in the bottom of the sink to ensure your glassware or crockery doesn't get chipped..
hollydolly
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- London England
No....Is thatyour kitchem?
Twostep
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- Tiny town Oklahoma, OK
It was new ten years ago. It reminds me of industrial facilities.