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those who have sink in center island

momofthreeandcrazy

15 years ago

Do you have a double basin? I ask because as a center island, it is in the middle of everything and I can't imagine wanting to have a dish rack next to the sink for drip dry dishes, if I went with a single basin sink. ALso, where do you have your dish soap and hand soap? In built in dispensers, or just on counter? Any pics? Thanks!

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paso
15 years ago
Good question about soap dispensers and what about brush for washing off dishes? W also need a faucet for RO and we used to (in our previous home) had an instant hot water dispenser...you can only have so many holes/faucets...where do you hang dish Towels???
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iinsic
15 years ago
We have a double basin sink. When we do dishes, the dish rack sits in one of the sides of the sink. Dishes typically get hand dried and put away almost immediately, the rack gets stored underneat the sink along with the dish soap. We have a dispenser for the handsoap. We also have on of those "flip out" trays at the top to store a brush, although it does sit out until it dries.

I'm not a neat freak, so a little counter clutter doesn't bother me. Our towel hangs on the fridge handle, although we've thought about putting a small rack in the sink base cab.

We've had this set up for about 5 years. While I'd admit that having the sink in the island isn't ideal, it has worked out well for the way we live. It certainly wasn't as messy as I'd feared, and we've always gotten compliments about our sink arrangement.
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lindybarts
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Double basin here too. Small dishes are always drying next to the sink but we have a big center island so there's plenty of space. The bigger items like pans get put away immediately. Everything else is in the dishwasher. The soap is in a dispenser and we usually have a sponge with the soft side and a scrub side that sits on the sink between the two basins. Doesn't bother me at all. Towels are on the handle of the dishwasher which is next to the sink. Or sometimes on the counter too.
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