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4256. wabbit - 7/10/2008 2:42:22 PM Jexster, I am so sorry to hear about Sonny, but I bet he had a great life with you. I'm very happy to hear about Sasha - not the full-claw thing, just happy that you have another kitteh. 4257. thoughtful - 7/12/2008 7:12:22 PM Question for Moties: Hubby and I are arguing about what sink to get in the kitchen...he wants a double bowl so he can wash on one side and put the dish rack in the other to dry dishes. I would prefer a large single bowl sink. My thinking is you can always use a dishpan to make the single into a 'double' but you have access to the large sink when you need it.
What do you think? 4258. arkymalarky - 7/12/2008 7:46:02 PM I have a double, but another thing about a double besides the wash/dry is that two people can be doing different things in different sinks at the same time--like if you're cutting veggies over the side with the garbage disposal. It just seems easier for two people to function in the kitchen with a double sink. But I must say honestly that Bob and I don't do a lot in the kitchen, individually or together. We need a dual microwave. ;-) 4259. arkymalarky - 7/12/2008 7:48:32 PM One thing I did in the kitchen that Bob thought was silly--he didn't like the way it looked--was the goose-necked faucet. His good friend up the road corrected him on why that was a good idea. 4260. thoughtful - 7/13/2008 2:40:36 PM OK, thanks. A lot seems to depend on how much and what kind of cooking you do. The double sink works great for mom, but she's by herself so doesn't have to cope with roasting pans and cookie sheets and such. I go crazy tho trying to clean the refrigerator guts without soaking the entire sink area. 4261. judithathome - 7/13/2008 3:39:12 PM Maybe you could find one of those that has a large one on one side and a smaller, higher one on the other. 4262. judithathome - 7/13/2008 3:40:22 PM Have the garbage disposal, if you get one (we didn't) installed under the higher one and it would save more cabinet space below, too. 4263. arkymalarky - 7/13/2008 5:56:46 PM I love those porcelain sinks with the drain built in. 4264. wonkers2 - 7/13/2008 7:22:00 PM We just put in a new kitchen with a double porcelain sink and a fancy faucet and liquid hand soap squirter. The left side (larger) measures 19x18.5 x 9 inches deep. The right side measures 16.5 x 11 x 7.75 inches. We like it. It's stamped on the bottom ALLIA, LIMOGES, FRANCE. 4265. judithathome - 7/14/2008 4:06:16 AM Ooooo-la-la! 4266. thoughtful - 7/14/2008 5:57:17 PM Wow Wonks!
We don't have a garbage disposal...we're on septic.
I thought we had a solution...large single sink with built-in drain board. But now I find to get that we need a 48" base and to keep the sink under the window it would mean we lose the lazy susan in the corner.
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The smaller sink with drainboard doesn't make sense. Most frustrating. I can see I'll just have to go into sink design like I have to go into appliance design to get what i want!
Ah the trials and tribulations of being a control freak... 4267. arkymalarky - 7/14/2008 6:08:15 PM Is there any way to have two sinks in the kitchen in separate locations? Are you going to have an island in the kitchen?
We have a garbege disposal, but Bob put in a small septic--very small--just for it. I don't think it was worth it, frankly, but it was something he insisted on. It needs work to be very functional now, and we need to work it so that it can be used for compost. 4268. jexster - 7/14/2008 6:28:11 PM Thanks Wabbit.
Got her the same day that Sonny's remains arrived....Completely different personality. This one is a handful! 4269. thoughtful - 7/14/2008 6:53:42 PM Arky, we are already planning on having a prep sink in the island, so this is really a clean-up sink near the dishwasher where all the dishes and other things will be washed. We also do not have a service sink or washtub or anything in the utility room so this one will have to do all those functions too. 4270. wonkers2 - 7/14/2008 7:05:11 PM Fitting all the kitchen components into the available space is tricky. 4271. arkymalarky - 7/14/2008 8:02:05 PM Oh, then it sounds like the bigger the better! 4272. wonkers2 - 7/14/2008 11:41:53 PM My wife informs me that the Rohl all-porcelain ceramic over-mount sink cost $550 with a discount, about the same as a comparable Kohler sink. However, the fancy Rohl faucet and hand soap reservoir with squirter cost $600. The sink came from Limoges. I don't know where the faucet came from--somewhere in France. So far the faucet works well and we like the sink. The kitchen contractors installed our old garbage disposal in the new sink. They said it was fine and there was no point in replacing it until it wore out. 4273. arkymalarky - 7/15/2008 12:16:22 AM Thoughtful, are you doing stainless steel sinks? I love porcelain, but I do have some permanent marks on it, and I don't use the kitchen much. 4274. thoughtful - 7/15/2008 5:56:58 PM SS for sure. I cook all the time and expect that once I retire, I'll cook even more often. I'm looking for durability and low maintenance.
We used to have the old porcelain sink but I found my tummy getting cold against it all the time when washing dishes...I'm much happier with the ss, tho it's not much to look at. 4275. judithathome - 7/15/2008 7:18:54 PM Wonkers, back in the early 70s, I had a sink with a faucet that came with an automatic soap dispensing thing AND another that held hand lotion! I used this liquid hand lotion called Golden Touch...pure glycerin and very good...I used to carry a bottle of it in my purse in high school, in fact.
I checked on the internet a several years ago to see if that hand lotion was still made and found the company that makes it. I oredered a half dozen bottles...smallest order you could make...and still have some of it left.
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