Lets talk Kitchen sinks... What do you like?

[ronott1]

This is what I was kinda thinking, you could find an old style iron/porcelain sink that is not undermount. Search "drop in farmhouse sink." There are lots of options. Some with aprons (if you can cut the front of your cabinets), and some without.

Yes!

Home Depot has a kit that includes a nice faucet

https://www.homedepot.com/p/KRAUS-L...Sink-with-Pull-Down-Faucet-KCH-1000/305899479

 

[room onthebroom]

Its crazy how fast stuff can snowball. I was looking for sinks because the backsplash on my sink has pulled away & was leaking water under the cabinet (plus the horrible stains in the acrylic basin.) I got some chamois to roll back there & started doing research, but yesterday I realized it wasn't just the small splashing making things damp. The faucet had broken inside the stem somewhere. Under my sink was so wet it was staining the outside stucco & underneath my house was literally dripping.

I shut the water down to the sink, spayed under the cabinets with bleach & set the fans on it to dry it out.

Because we cant cook & clean for 5 people & 6 indoor animals out of the bathtub, we grabbed a basic SS double basin sink & faucet from Home Depot & set to put it in late last night. DH was not thrilled to have the extra, unexpected work, wasn't being careful & broke some of the tiles getting the old sink out. Now we're trying to find 1970's tile that will match.

When it rains, it pours & when it leaks, it leaks all the way thru.

I think I might jimmy the repair enough to get the sink in & the water back on & then maybe start saving for a bigger kitchen redo than I had planned.

 

[room onthebroom]

Sorry about the wall of text above.

Next question, what type of countertops do you all like? Tile? Granite? Woodblock? Soapstone? Laminate? Something else?

 

[ronott1]

Its crazy how fast stuff can snowball. I was looking for sinks because the backsplash on my sink has pulled away & was leaking water under the cabinet (plus the horrible stains in the acrylic basin.) I got some chamois to roll back there & started doing research, but yesterday I realized it wasn't just the small splashing making things damp. The faucet had broken inside the stem somewhere. Under my sink was so wet it was staining the outside stucco & underneath my house was literally dripping.

I shut the water down to the sink, spayed under the cabinets with bleach & set the fans on it to dry it out.

Because we cant cook & clean for 5 people & 6 indoor animals out of the bathtub, we grabbed a basic SS double basin sink & faucet from Home Depot & set to put it in late last night. DH was not thrilled to have the extra, unexpected work, wasn't being careful & broke some of the tiles getting the old sink out. Now we're trying to find 1970's tile that will match.

When it rains, it pours & when it leaks, it leaks all the way thru.

I think I might jimmy the repair enough to get the sink in & the water back on & then maybe start saving for a bigger kitchen redo than I had planned.

It might be time for a new counter?

Or sell the house! Which would be more work for DH?

I had to use the bathtub for dishes during the remodel. It was not fun at all!

 

[room onthebroom]

It might be time for a new counter?

Or sell the house! Which would be more work for DH?

I had to use the bathtub for dishes during the remodel. It was not fun at all!

I've been on bathtub dishes for almost 20hrs & that's too long. What kind of countertops did you & DW go with when you remodeled?

 

[imnukensc]

Sorry about the wall of text above.

Next question, what type of countertops do you all like? Tile? Granite? Woodblock? Soapstone? Laminate? Something else?

Did a kitchen makeover about 6 years ago and replaced the laminate countertops with granite. Love the granite, but if we were doing it over again (we're not!) we'd do quartz.

 

[21hens-incharge]

Sorry about the wall of text above.

Next question, what type of countertops do you all like? Tile? Granite? Woodblock? Soapstone? Laminate? Something else?

I went with laminate counters.

I was on a very very very tight budget and found mine on clearance.

I seriously stretched every dollar.

 

[room onthebroom]

I went with laminate counters.

I was on a very very very tight budget and found mine on clearance.

I seriously stretched every dollar.

This sounds a lot like my budget.

 

[room onthebroom]

Did a kitchen makeover about 6 years ago and replaced the laminate countertops with granite. Love the granite, but if we were doing it over again (we're not!) we'd do quartz.

I've never heard of quartz. I'll check it out.

 

[room onthebroom]

As long as I'm dreaming big... Look at this kitchen I saw on Pinterest.