Sink is two bowls, so 2 drains, garbage disposal on one. I can do the faucet; not worried about that (installer drills the holes). Not getting new cabinets, just counters. And the sink is on a peninsula, so don't have to get in the wall. The installer will install the sink in the granite, but won't hook it up to the plumbing. We're supposed to wait 24 hours to do that. I'm thinking it would not be a good idea to attempt myself?

Well, Starcraft, if I ever make any sense it's largely due to your excellent 31 Illustrated Rules of Kitchen Design. I have devoured it and often use your diagrams to illustrate points in my posts. kristyeg, you can have openings in load-bearing walls. Most of them have at least a door in them, right? It just requires a header over the opening. Since this wouldn't be a very large opening, maybe 4 feet, give or take a few, it should be easy and relatively inexpensive to put in a wood header. The opening isn't be enough to require a steel beam. I think it's worth doing and art there would be fantastic! Even if you choose to not have an opening for bar service, I think a sink there could be quite handy. I often think people should run plumbing for sinks in places they might want one even if they don't install the sink immediately. If you have a crawl space underneath, it shouldn't cost much more for a plumber to run a line while he's there. Regarding prep sinks or super-big sinks, am I the only one with family who continually fill my sink with dirty dishes? If I come home and want to start dinner ASAP, it annoys me to the gills to have to empty the sink so I can prep in it. I am counting the days until DH finally gets my new clean-up sink hooked up so those dishes can be piled elsewhere and I can prep in a sink without having to clean-up behind them first. If you don't have a messy DH like I do, maybe this isn't an issue for you? If so, I'm jealous. For me, a prep sink will relieve the second greatest annoyance in my kitchen. (First being a poorly placed DW which the new clean-up sink will allow me to move, yay!) So, really, when considering prep sink or not, it's not about the size of the kitchen as my kitchen is only 9x13.5 but about function. I think if anybody opts to not have a separate prep sink, they are wise to have a big enough sink to at least allow for dirty dish clutter at one end while still leaving enough room to prep at the other. Oh, aisle widths! Almost forgot. In a recent discussion, some of us realized that the size of the people isn't the only matter to consider with aisle widths. DH only wears a 34" waist pant and has no hips but he is tall, with long arms, and moves quickly and without always looking closely where he's going or paying attention to what is going on around him. We, as a family, also tend to talk with our hands. DH, especially so. More than once, I have been bumped into, elbowed, and stepped on in the kitchen. After fiddling around with a mock-up of our new peninsula, we've decided to widen the aisle from 54" to 62". It's a safety issue for me. Since the peninsula will be devoted to the separate task of clean-up, the distance isn't a problem and allows us to have someone cook while someone else cleans up without having the phone ready to call 911. My point? In addition to size, think about how your family members move when determining aisle widths.

I was finally able to find a faucet that seems to fit without breaking the bank, though some on here have mentioned that they don't find Pfister to be that high quality. I did order this Pfister faucet, but looking at the back of the new faucet, there seems to be an area where a hex key could fit where the u-shaped part of the faucet meets the bridge. I looked that old faucet and there is a also a similar area on the old faucet. The leek seems to be coming from where the the U-shaped part meets the bridge. Would I be better off repairing this old faucet? Maybe it just needs a new rubber o-ring or something? Any ideas? https://www.homedepot.com/p/Pfister-Port-Haven-2-Handle-Bridge-Kitchen-Faucet-in-Polished-Chrome-GT31-TDC/301201915?cm_mmc=Shopping%7CG%7CBase%7CD29B%7C26-3_FAUCETS%7CNA%7CPLA%7CTop_Sellers%7C71700000032893889%7C58700003859506767%7C92700030997156045&gclid=Cj0KCQjwyYHaBRDvARIsAHkAXcuKpwHO5q1kvqhHUJL8fV1XNaG4Pi7mam-MVHetuIjzTLK9KctDVtwaAh1UEALw_wcB&dclid=CNr067-OjdwCFchKXgodIzcDzQ Another thought is this Kohler faucet but it's nearly a grand and I honestly don't know how long I will be in this house for, so maybe it's not worth it. https://www.homedepot.com/p/KOHLER-Purist-2-Handle-Bridge-Kitchen-Faucet-in-Vibrant-Stainless-K-7547-4-VS/203780881

I have to say I'm entirely happy with the spray function in my faucet, which I use relatively rarely–but am glad to have it for rinsing the sink or big pots. I dislike having all kinds of separate things popping up around the sink and am happier with a single hole/single handle/integrated spray faucet. Installed this six years ago and it's worked flawlessly: https://www.grohe.us/en_us/eurodisc-single-handle-kitchen-faucet-br-33330001.html