I have the same sink set up as you. I placed the soap dispenser at the upper corner of the sink that I do dishes in so that when I press the pump the soap lands right in the middle of the sink versus landing on the counter. My air switch for the disposal is right next to it within 2". I also have an air switch next to the disposal air switch that controls the light fixture above my sink. I opted for no wall outlets or switches on the wall. Extremely convenient set up.

I put my soap dispenser on the upper left corner, my faucet b/w the two bowls, and air switch in the upper right corner. It seemed more balanced to me.

We're right handed and have always found a soap dispenser on the left works best. Even when we had a bottle sitting on the counter in our old kitchen, we put it on the left b/c it worked so well in that position. That's one way, btw, to determine which side is best for you...if you had a "portable" soap bottle, which side did it naturally go most of the time? (We have hand soap in the dispenser, btw, b/c we prefer the flexibility of using dish detergent wherever we want to in the sink.)

Thanks for the input. I'm relieved that there doesn't seem to be a right way and a wrong way. The granite guys said they can drill those holes on site so I have until Monday morning to decide. I love the idea of an airswitch for the lights. WOW!

Buehl, we looked at your sink diagram last night on an earlier thread and DH loves it. Our old soap dispenser was to the left so we may stick with that. I need to "practice" washing dishes....it's a bit tough because our old sink the big and small bowls are reversed from this new one. Does the disposal always go in the little bowl? Oh my, I may need another thread...

Can't believe granite will be installed Monday!!! Holy moly!!!

Hi Wendy. Another Wendy here. :)

My air switch is right next to the faucet because the handle for the faucet would have interfered with the RO faucet and the soap dispenser.

I do want to chime in with my opinion on the garbage disposal though. I wanted mine on the big side because that is where I rinse dishes. However, the plumber was here and I was gone and DH didn't relay my desired set up. So, the disposal is on the small side where I have a dish drainer. I almost never end up using my disposal with this set up. Perhaps someday I'll have it changed. I would say just think about how you use your disposal and put it on the side that makes sense for you. There is no "correct" side.

HTH. :)
Wendy

Our Garbage Disposal is in the big bowl b/c that's where we soak dishes, scrape/rinse pots & pans/dishes, etc. The small bowl is used for soaking utensils & flatware, filling pitchers, rinsing clean dishes after washing them in the big bowl, etc.

It made more sense to for us to put the GD in the large bowl based on how we use our sink. The location of the GD is really up to you, there's no right or wrong location!

Oh and I'm glad my pics are helping others!

I think the idea of putting the disposal in the little sink is that the big sink is more likely to have dishes and other things in it, which have to be moved in order to run the disposal. Mine is set up that way and I'm happy with it, but I do frequently have to spray the stuff into the big sink drain basket and then dump it into the disposal.

If you have a grid in your sink nothing has to be moved to use the GD or rinse the sink in general.

But yes, that bowl is more likely to have dishes, etc. stacked in it...dishes that are soaking, need to be rinsed, etc....which are the very items the stuff for the GD is coming from....I wouldn't want to have to scoop stuff out of one bowl and into the other just to use the GD. What's the point of the GD then, I may as well scoop the stuff up and put it in the trash.

Even without a grid the large bowl makes sense for that reason...for us.

It's all in how you use your disposal and sink bowls.

I love this site and you all are the best! Thanks for all your input. Disposal in big bowl, soap dispenser to the right where it's convenient for right handed me. Airswitch probably to the left. Because the big bowl is on the left.

i am constantly rinsing veggies from the garden in the large sink then trimming them into the smail side, so I am opting to put my GD in the small sink (on the rt) and the air switch on the rt. I will have a faucet, an RO faucet, and a soap dispenser as well so as to I am perplexed as to the configuration for those. I'm thinking that the RO faucet should be on the lft side, over the larger sink, in case I am filling large pots or gallon jugs with filtered water. Though I really never use a soap dispenser (my husband does) I would think it might be best over the large sink where the dishes will be stacked...Does this sound logical?

I will have a Workstation sink.