everything but the kitchen sink ;)
#11
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Join Date: May 2018
Posts: 266
When we redid our kitchen, I took the oven rack to the kitchen place with me to audition sinks. Now I can soak the racks overnight to get them clean. It also hold my biggest pots and pans. It is also deep, but easy to reach the bottom of. I thought I wanted a double sink but found I could put a dishpan in the sink and use that for rinsing or draining. It is stainless steel and these days it pays to check and make sure a magnet does not stick to it. Magnets don't stick to real stainless steel and you run the risk of rust with a poor grade. I grew up with a porcelain sink and this house had one as well until the remodel. As they age, I have found it necessary to use bleach to clean out the stains. I have lost so many blouses to bleach stains. The only thing I would do differently is to move the faucet back further from the sink. Water is always splattering on the counter just in front of the sink. Mr Clean Magic Erasor shines up the stainless like.....magic.
#12
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Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Flagstaff, Arizona
Posts: 9,475
When we bought our house we had a sink with a small side and other side was large. I definitely did not like it at all. We did a small renovation and I got a sink that is equal sides and love it.
#13
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Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: Vancouver Island, Beautiful BC
Posts: 2,090
we are planning a small kitchen redo this winter. Looking at sinks, I'm thinking I'd like one that has a large side and a small side, can think of many times over the years when this would have been handy.
I'm right handed and in my convoluted way am thinking the larger side should be on the left. But can't support my idea with any good reason.
Can anyone smarter than me (I can't even think how to pose it to google!) tell me if one way is a better idea than the other?
I'm right handed and in my convoluted way am thinking the larger side should be on the left. But can't support my idea with any good reason.
Can anyone smarter than me (I can't even think how to pose it to google!) tell me if one way is a better idea than the other?
At the cottage we have a similar set up, but my brother bought the sinks with two regular sized bowls. Drain board attached the drain board is to the right. I do not notice a difference doing dishes left to right at the cottage or right to left at home. I am right handed.
I worked in catering and in commercial kitchens and have used dish puts set up in both directions, so it does not bother me to switch back and forth.
Mum, who is also right handed has always primarily used the left bowl of her sinks. She usually puts the dish rack in the right hand one.
I love the attached drain board. Easy to keep clean, a safe spot to place hot pots and pans.
#15
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Join Date: May 2008
Location: MN
Posts: 24,643
In MN, the dirty dishes are in the left sink - rinsing is in the right sink - drain board and rack to the right.
In FL, the dirty dishes are in the right sink - rinsing is in the left sink - drain board and rack to the left.
Does not seem to make much difference in handling the dishes.
In FL, the dirty dishes are in the right sink - rinsing is in the left sink - drain board and rack to the left.
Does not seem to make much difference in handling the dishes.
#16
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Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Upstate New York
Posts: 1,231
When I did my kitchen, I had the designer pulling his hair out. I am a lefty, so wash dishes from right to left..I wanted my dishwasher on the left of my sink..he pitched a fit and told me I'd never be able to sell the house if I did that! I found out later he wanted to put the pics of his design into some designer contest, and that's why the fit. Point is..your kitchen, put everything where it's comfortable for you. I am now in the process of swapping my sink, as it is the only part of my kitchen that I don't like..it's a white composite sink, and impossible to keep white..it attracts stains from everywhere...so out it goes.
#17
I looked at composites yesterday Donna, because I thought it might be fun to have a colored sink, but they felt rough, and looked matt finished. As a confirmed FlyLady, I realized a shiny sink is part of who I am
#18
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Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Nebraska
Posts: 3,255
Our double sink has the larger side on the left, as I face the sink. The right side is smaller than the left, but not a "small" sink. Disposal is in the right side. The dishwasher is also on the left. It is white porcelain. I like to be able to soak large pans, bowls, etc. in soapy water and rinse in the smaller side. I, too, like to be able to scrub the sink with a bleach containing cleanser and have it come out bright and shiny. This is the second sink like this we have purchased. We've been in this house along time so have remodeled kitchen twice.
#19
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Join Date: May 2011
Posts: 4,688
I have remodeled kitchens in 3 houses -- I prefer stainless sinks because I tend to chip porcelain . I wound up doing my own redesign because I got tired of fighting with designers over what would work for me. In my first remodel, I did not have much room so I replaced a single sink with a large+small double sink - it was OK but the small side was only good for putting stuff in the garbage disposal and because of the size I could not rinse anything very big in it. My second remodel had a lot of room (and custom cabinets) and I got a double sink that had one large deep side on the right and one shallow side (the garbage disposal in the shallow side). I loved that sink. This house had to be a cheap, fast remodel and I was restricted in the size of my sink by the size of the cabinets so I got a double sink that has the same side sinks - they are OK but I wish they were bigger. I am glad I got the double. I am right handed but both sinks have had the left sink for washing, the right sink for rinsing and garbage disposal and dishwasher on the right.
#20
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Join Date: May 2017
Location: Sunny Florida
Posts: 4,431
A sink change out two years ago and one large sink here. It's stainless with a grid in the bottom.
I had a 70/30 split sink. The small one was ok for a quick rinse but not much else.
Go for one large sink. You can always use a small basin if needed. I use a strainer to wash fruits and vegs.
I had a 70/30 split sink. The small one was ok for a quick rinse but not much else.
Go for one large sink. You can always use a small basin if needed. I use a strainer to wash fruits and vegs.
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