Thank you all for sharing in my excitement and for the added reassurance! alwaysfixin - thanks for the tips! srahndennis - Congrats to you too! Glad I could help you save some $s! This was the best price I have seen on this sink too! I had been doing searches for over a week and documenting the prices, so when I saw their price Thursday I said to self "How Awesome, Sold!". For those that have the Cascade, do you have any tips for installing, especially when taking into account the sink cutout placement and the faucet size/placement? This sink is quite big width wise (19.5" including the lip). My counter is going to be 25-25.25 inch depth, and I'll have a short backsplash behind it with a small ledge between the open arch behind the sink (it's like an open window leading into my living room). My only concern right now is making sure the sink cutout can be done in way that leaves me enough room for the faucet to be placed in a good location to work right. I'm eyeing the Delta Arabella if it will fit, or possibly the Blanco meridian semi-pro.

Lori - It's funny how we begin to examine our everyday procedures when we have the opportunity for change...things that have "worked" in the past, we suddenly realize we may not have to put up with when we go with something else! Like I said, I really believed that the low divide would give me more opportunity for something to sit more flatly in the sink but because the low divide doesn't have the rounded back, it angled upward more because of how the handle had to rest. If you can't get all your cookware right away, I encourage you to get what you believe will be your largest and/or most awkward piece and take that along with you to the showroom. I felt a little silly carrying in a fry pan, but the kitchen people were actually rather impressed and said that they probably should have some cookware pieces available for people to test out. As an aside, I'm going induction too, so I'm also going to be going shopping for some new pots and pans as many of mine won't play nicely with the new cooktop. My Circulon goes to new owners; luckily most of my All-Clad works, but I've got one of the older 5-ply ones (of course, the most expensive one) that is not magnetic. Not to hijack your thread, but what are you doing about a wok with your induction? I've seen people talking about the Ikea flat-bottom one, but I think it has a non-stick interior. Wondering what good options might be out there.

I have a Blanco Silgranit sink in my kitchen and put a Blanco stainless steel sink in my parents' kitchen. I chose the Silgranit because it was about half the price of a comparable Blanco SS sink (around â¬150 vs. â¬300, I live in Europe). I remodeled to sell my condo so cost was an important factor, I prefer the look of stainless but as Silgranit is more trendy and happened to be cheaper I thought that the Silgranit would be a smart choice. I regret it, in my experience the sink never looks clean, it is anthracite color and the hard water in my area leaves stains. I have to wipe it dry with a microfiber cloth and then it looks clean for about a minute. The stainless steel sink in my parents' kitchen is far easier to keep clean. I won't put another Silgranit sink in my next kitchen.

Morock, my white silgranite sink had a stain near the drain too. I finally decided I would rather risk scrapes than look at that yellow anymore, so I used a fork to scrape it up...I don't know if your stain is the same as mine, but mine was kind of a very thin layer of gunk that had formed on top of the surface (SO thin that i SWORE it was stained into the surface). After scraping it up, it looked as good as new! Purchased in 2012 (Pegasus line, manufactured by Blanco). I loved everything about it so much that, despite it being discontinued, I bought the same one in Bisque for my new kitchen. (Found it on ebay for a STEAL!)