"Amarilis Heritage Wall Mount Kitchen Faucet" by American Standard. Here is the model# and address (sorry, thought it would come up as a "link") from American Standard: http://www.americanstandard-us.com/kitchen-products/heritage/ Main Fixtures 7295.252 - Heritage Wall Mount Sink Faucet. Estimated List Price: $303 5 5/8" swing spout Fixed Soap dish Porcelain Lever Handles Love the look! Just like on my grandmother's HUGE single basin sink with built-in drainboards and the wall mount (sink wall) faucet with soap dish.

I too have gone more to immediately drying and putting away things that I hand-wash. I got some new cookware that I just determined I would hand-wash and then from there moved to just drying with a clean dishtowel and putting away on the spot. That has been a good move for me--not just because of not needing a large rack for pots & pans, but also because it makes one less "delayed" action staring at me ( I know that the air-drying is the action you're benefiting from, but for me it is one more thing left out to put away later, so it felt like I am putting away all the time--the dishwasher, the hand items, endlesss). I confess I still use a counter drain rack, but it is very small--about 6" x 12' or so stainless steel, and fits at the back of the counter so I can still use the counter in front, and has just a small rack area that can hold a few small items and has a silverware holder, so I do put knives, veggie brush there and may leave them there until used again the next day, so that is in part its purpose. I might be up for doing away with it in a future re-model. It will just depend on whether you and your wife can come up with a new workflow that has some advantage over what you are doing. Now you are using half your sink to store the dishdrainer. Maybe you could tie into the towel-on-drainboard area, knowing that it is so easy to remove the towel. Do you find that the dishrack does not really hold your items that well anyway (you'll say no if you found the perfect rack for the type of dishes you use!)? I found that stuff was always falling and jostling in it anyway and not nearly as neat as in photos, which allowed me to reconsider other options.

2 cons I can think of are that most sink models with integrated drainboards sacrifice sink space for the drainboard. Check out the dimension of the Blanco silgranit sink you mentioned - just the sink part. It’s small. I’d rather have the larger sink to be able to wash large pots and pans easily. The other con is that if your water is even slightly hard, you’ll have to be cleaning the mineral deposits from the drain runnels, a chore I would not want to add to my list. I’d rather just put down a towel on the counter.

Gorgeous cedar, waverly6 ! I can also recommend Odie's Oil, which is made and sold from a little business in Florida - you should be able to find it online. It's a waterproof zero-VOC wood finish - hard to explain, but it's amazingly waterproof and not shiny like many others. I've got it on the kitchen floor and NOTHING soaks in, and I'm not very nice to it. His advertising is beyond cheesy, and he's cagey about what's in it while dissing the competition, which imho is unprofessional, but there you go. It's good stuff! We also got a Waterstone faucet from Rachiele, and it's perfect - I don't know how they do it, but it doesn't splash. It's worth putting together what you fancy using the Rachiele website, and then phoning Dino, as he's extremely knowledgeable (was previously a Certified Kitchen Designer) and very helpful, lots of good ideas to get you the best bang for your buck! My sink is on his website, actually - it's the overhead shot with lots going on - dishes drying, flowers, big pile of onions to make soup, and a bottle of wine ;). I'll try sending you a pm about the fb Aga group. :)