Prep sink placement on the island
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alku05
15 years agoA picture of your layout would be helpful.
My island is 5x7' with a prep sink 12" in from one end. This creates a bit of landing space on one side of the sink, and a roomy prep space on the other. I really like this setup.
If you have a 6' island, once you allow 18" for the prep sink, that only leaves you with 27" of prep space on each side of the sink, which isn't very much. How often do you expect to be using two prep areas? When needed, I use the counter by our range, so it turns out that that secondary prep space is right across from my prep sink. We use that space about 30% of the time.
Some pictures:
island:
Secondary prep by rangetop:
By the way, the cabinet (not including the drawers) under the secondary prep space is 27" wide, so that should give you an idea of how small of a work area you'd have on an island with a centered prep sink.
rhome410
15 years agoI addressed this a bit on Morton5's thread, but don't know whether you saw it there or not. Mine is on the corner of our 4' x 6' island so that it's useful for prep on the end of the island across from the rangetop, and on the side which faces the oven and baking center. We often use that side of the island for rolling out or kneading dough. It's also where I use the bread mixer and food processor.
Having it available and easy to use from the side as well as the prep end of the island means that as I cook at the stove, using the sink as needed, the kids can also access it from the side to fill water pitchers for dinner and wash things like lettuce for salad that they prep at the side or other end of the island.
Will look forward to seeing your layout. Here is mine with notations for use of the prep sink. Its location makes it multi-purpose, which is invaluable to us.
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15 years agoIf you mean my faucet, I have the Kohler Fairfax at my Prep Sink....
Here is a link that might be useful: Kohler Fairfax® single-control kitchen sink faucet - K-12177
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15 years agoMy kitchen isn't in the FKB, because it doesn't qualify as 'F'! ;-D
Here are photos for you both. The first is closer up, so you can see the size and shape. The 2nd, I hope, helps show the orientation to the rest of the kitchen and how it can be useful to different zones.
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