I looked into this briefly for my kitchen. I am no expert! I think having a wider countertop as in the photos helps with splash issues. The main issue is the plumbing. Are you on a slab or not? If you have a basement it would be easier to run the plumbing to the peninsula. I know this has been discussed, so you can try searching, but I know the search engine is a bit flaky.

Good luck. We just really didn't have enough room for this option.

We have only one sink and it is in the island. Our island is 116" x 40". We didn't have a choice where to put the sink. We do have a basement so plumbing was not a problem. The sink faces out to the family room (TV). I have really like the arrangement as I feel like I can be part of the action more than before when my back was to everyone when doing dishes. People can be sitting at the island while I talk and do dishes facing them. I haven't discovered any cons yet, the kitchen has been in since the end of August.

A close-up of sink:

HTH!!!

This is a question that is near and dear to my heart, and I am agonizing over it as we go into a major kitchen renovation. I currently have a small 12 x 16 foot kitchen bisected by a peninsula with a sink in it. I love doing the dishes facing the kitchen table, so I can yak with DH and DDs if they are home. Not a great plan if there were seating on the peninsula, but very pleasant if there are people visiting or working at the kitchen table.

However, there's not a lot of room to prep there -- just the 24 inches over the dishwasher, and the stove is across the aisle on the outside wall. To rearrange the floorplan, we're putting in more windows overlooking the backyard and moving the sink to that wall. The stove will go on the end of the U, between the sink wall and the peninsula. I will love being able to look out at the back yard as I prep, but I think I'll miss looking into the room as I wash up. It was a tough decision, but more prep space between the sink and the stove, along with a view outside, won the day. I'll let you know in a few months how I like it.

FWIW, our current peninsula is about 38 inches wide, and we never had any problems with splashing. Also, there's a certain train of thought on GW that says peninsulas are outdated (islands rule), but I don't really get that, especially in a small kitchen. Peninsulas are highly useful for extra storage and prep space...

Good luck!

I apologize, I read "island" not peninsula.

We had our only kitchen sink in the peninsula at the last house.

Pros: Great for feeling connected to others while prepping or cleaning up. We had a breakfast counter along the back side that was set below counter height so that regular chairs and benches could be there. My kiddos used that constantly for drawing and coloring. It was great, but their papers sometimes got splashed. And I was too short to see what they were drawing, which was a bit frustrating with all the "Mommy Look!" exclamations. I wanted to be able to see easily, but couldn't.

Cons: I always felt like my peninsula looked like a mess. Dirty dishes were constantly piling up on it waiting to be washed, and since I was always handwashing something, the dish drainer was almost permanently out on display, too (ick.) Had we had a raised bar behind it, or a solid wall to one side of the sink, these issues could have been better hidden.

Overall, I much preferred facing the room for cleanup rather than facing a window. I feel like I'm always trying to talk over my shoulder now, and it's kind of annoying. I was able to engage much better with my family in the old house. And I never had to clean water splashes off glass, because there was no window over the sink!

hth