I have a large single sink and would never go back. The last time I had to struggle with a double sink was over 30 years ago. Everything goes in the dishwasher here except for items too large to fit or the occasional pot or pan.

If I had to hand wash dishes in a single sink I would do like you described. Put a plastic dishpan to one side. But ain't gonna happen. Last time my dishwasher died I was at the store with our truck picking one up that night and DH was installing it the next day.

LOVE my single sink. It's huge. About the size of a farmhouse sink, and I have a dish drainer on the side. In the old house, we had a double sink. Love the single much better.

I had a double sink for years but most everything goes in the dishwasher. 3 yrs ago I got a new counter and sink and I chose one large sink. I love it because most of the things I have to hand wash are big like the insert for my roaster. If I do have to hand wash a bunch of smaller things, I use a dish pan.

I have a singe bowl sink and will never go bad to double bowls. The majority of our dishes go in the dishwasher and the big sink makes washing the "giant" items so much easier, since they fit all the way into the bowl. I usually just rinse by running water into my dishwater.

• I would love a sink like my Mother had when we were growing up had the built in drain board and a sink. No, I have a double sink plus a dishwasher. Use that dishwasher at least once a day. Some things can not go in it of course. I do have a big single sink in my bathroom, got that when I had more small doggies living here, before Amber was married. Makes a great place to bathe them. I have a groomer take care of Izzi most of the time. I would not want a single sink unless it had the drainboard.
• Sue

When we redid our kitchen, we put in a large single sink (by the dishwasher) and a single smaller "prep sink" on an island. Both serve our needs and use patterns well.

I think the double sinks date from pre-dishwasher days, when people filled one side with soapy water and rinsed on the other. Unless you're talking about a monstrosity of a double sink, most of them at the standard size are much too small to be useful at all.

I like my 'double sinks', but they are not two bowls the same size. They are more like 2/3; 1/3. At home my two sinks span 36 inches; on Maui they span 31 inches. The larger sink at home has a 'bump out' on one rear corner and will hold two large pots/pans to soak. The larger bowls are deeper than the smaller ones. The smaller bowls are no less than a foot across.

We have a 'prep sink' in the kitchen at home that has become a bone of contention. DH uses that to 'prep' his hands for dinner. I know from past threads that I am not the only woman being obstructed while she makes dinner by a DH who cannot be broken of 'washing up' in the kitchen -- even if there is a powder room a few steps away -- even if he has just *exited* said powder room! Do we think the soap and water in the kitchen is *better*? Do we need to 'show Mom" our clean hands?

I have been happy with my one big single sink for 12 years now. I have made some mistakes in my kitchen choices when I redid it in 2006, but not the sink;)

I have a large single sink and wouldn't have anything else! I use a plastic dishpan when I hand wash lots of dishes. If I'm just doing a couple of pots and pans, then I just put the soap in the pan and go from there.

We struggled with the sink when we were building. We ended up getting a large single sink with a built in drain board. At our old house, we had a double sink, but one side was always used just for draining dishes. This way we can still have the dish drainer, but the sink is much larger for doing big pots and such.

I have a double, but the left side is much larger & deeper than the right where I keep a stainless dish drainer. The left side is big enough for large bowls and pots. I hand wash some items every day and only run the dishwasher once or twice a week.

I have a tiny (condo) galley kitchen. I have 2ft of counter space on each side of the sink and same for stove side so my countertop space is VERY tight. I have a dishwasher but I mostly will wash the dishes by hand and then put them in the dishwasher to dry. I do try to run the dishwasher at least once a week though. I toyed for a minute about getting rid of my dishwasher thinking I might gain more cabinet space but then I'd have to use a dish rack. I don't mind my double sink at this point but it is extra deep which does help. But if I were redoing the kitchen today, I'd opt for a single basin. Nice to hear positive feedback on single sinks :-)

I have a white double sink and I hate it. The space is constrained and it gets so gross and stained. We're going to redo our kitchen soon and I want a large stainless steel sink.

I inherited a white double sink with this house and I hate it. It gets stained and dirty almost daily, I think the finish is worn off it as it's really hard to clean. We had a single porcelain in another house and I didn't like it either - for one thing, they chip. This one is not large enough for my large trays. Almost everything goes in the dishwasher, so it's not a disaster, just a daily annoyance. DH has promised me a new large sink when things quiet down.

So glad to read this! We are putting in a whole new kitchen in a house we just bought and I was torn between a large single or a double. I've always had a double. I told dh just the other day that I thought we should go with a single this time. So happy to read of everyone loving theirs!

I have a large double sink with both sides equal size. Most large pans will fit in it. In my dreaming of the future I have thought of opening up the kitchen and putting one of those small sinks plus a gas cooktop on an island. Looking at the comments are the small sinks on an island a wasted space or a good thing. Probably never do it but I am getting good at sketches.

I would die for a double sink. Never had one. Yes. Die.

Scott- pull it together, it is a sink, lol

I have a double sink, left side larger than the right. The left has the garbage disposal but I don't use it a lot, we're on septic. I like the setup but never had a single sink so maybe I would like it better.

I have a double sink, with the left side being huge and fitting anything I want to hand wash. It's awesome! We redid the kitchen several years ago and it was one of the things on my list that I wanted.

I absolutely loved my big single sink and I would go back to that at any time possible. Unfortunately the new house has a double sink built in the Corian. If Joe was near by I would have him change it out for me! I hate this small double sink in the motorhome. They are starting to put the big single sinks in them now. I still have my big sink and my big professional spring loaded faucet.

I like have my double sink. One side holds the dishes that can be soaking while leaving the other side to use as necessary. I hand wash and use the dishwasher as a drying rack. Works for me.

I have a collapsible dish pan if I need to use one in the big sink. Then just collapse it and tuck it in the sink cabinet. Well I did have...

At my old house with the huge kitchen, we had a good-sized bar sink at one prep area, and a large double sink at the cleanup area. One side of the double was slightly smaller, with the garbage disposal. Worked great, it was a wonderful kitchen.

Downsizing to our current house, there was barely room for one sink, let alone two! So now we have one decent sized single corner sink. We keep a plastic dish tub under the sink, but mostly use the biggest dirty pot as the "wash tub." It gets cozy when two of us need access to the water at the same time.

My sister has a huge single sink in her kitchen. I love it. So much easier to soak large pans. If I ever have a large kitchen again, I'd go for a large single sink.

I have had 'stainless' -- a top grade. It was more trouble to keep 'shiny' than my white porcelain -- on which I use only Bon Ami to keep from dulling the finish. I also tired of reaching under the sink for a dishpan to put IN a single sink, then having another thing to wipe out when I finished doing dishes.

I love the integrated Corian sink here at the Maui condo. It is totally smooth, with no 'corners'. Corian is warm to the touch -- unlike the cold granite I have at home. You could bathe a baby in the large side of the Corian sink. (We always bathed our Westies in the laundry tub.)

If you're planning a new countertop and sink, consider how deep is TOO deep for you. I'd set the sink as close to the front edge as possible -- back saver.

I put BIG 30" x 18" x 9" single bowl sinks in ALL my remodels. LOVE them! They're ALL 16 gauge SS. I dislike the Revereware one. It's cheap junk. It's the only one that doesn't have a grid in the bottom.

My husband leaves things to dry "in" the sink, sitting on the grid. We put soap right in the pan & scrub. No need for a bowl of soapy water. The bottom of the sink slants downhill. (I use Kohler faucets, but not their sinks). Kraus. Vigo is nice & Franke.

"Unfortunately the new house has a double sink built in the Corian."

Not a problem. Here's a low divide apron:

Our stainless sink is always brilliant. Bon Ami and Scrub Daddy, 5 minutes and some exercise keeps it that way. Nothing is ever stored in the kitchen sink.

We've had both versions and find the offset double bowl, 10" deep works for us.

Bathroom sink convenience is more important than a kitchen sink to rinse a dish.Our MB vanity is where we upgraded when building. 35" tall vanities (no stooping over), 84" L, two deep bowl sinks, 10 roll out trays (no kneeling on floor to get something), and awesome lighting.

I've been to some houses that have bathroom sinks the size of soup bowls. Must be tough.

Switched from a double to a single around 2004. Will never go back!

I have a double white porcelain that came with the house. I dislike it. I break dishes in porcelain on steel sinks... but rarely did in Stainless Steel. I hope to do a counter make over, with a sink, am thinking of Corian... lets see, where the money is needed more. ;)

Moni

Double sink lover here. I’ve had single sinks in the past but it really wasn’t for me. We installed a double stainless not long after we bought our house and I loathed it. I don’t know if it was the quality of it or what, but no matter how much I cleaned it, it always looked gunky and gross. We replaced it with a Blanco Anthracite Silgranite sink fairly quick and I love it. One side is large and deep, the other is scaled down a bit and more shallow. They’re super easy to keep clean and it fits our needs perfectly. I had never heard of them until I started hanging out in the Kitchen forum, they suggested it and they were right!!!

So Joe when do you want to come to Houston lol.

Knowing our patterns, instead of a prep sink, we added a beverage sink near the refrigerator in the coffee nook, so a double sink works best for us. I clean as I cook, so I use one side to prep and rinse and the other side to wash. For the occasional very large items -- stockpots, roasters etc. -- I use the large utility sink in the laundry.

I adore my huge integrated Corian sink, but then I never fill the sink or use a dishpan when hand washing.

I have soapstone counters and a huge enormous SS single sink. Wouldn't have anything else. I designed the kitchen and it's the biggest sink I ever saw.

I've been to Houston. Nice town, but a bit of a drive for work.

Singleton here. We looked at all sorts of double configurations and I can tell you the sink was the most surprising deliberating decision of the whole kitchen.

I've never regretted it.

Curious Scott, what do you think you're missing without a double sink? Or maybe it's the same with me never having a single sink...I want it because I've never had it..??

I hand wash. I want one side for a wash. One side for a rinse. That simple. Tired to having to rely on plastic tubs on one side. Plus I can use the barrier in the middle to dry out a dish rag.

I'll add my comment here even though it echoes what most of you say. I have a double sink. I envy my sister who has a DEEP and WIDE single sink. I don't mind doing dishes there at all. She also has a spray attachment and you can spray rinse the pots to your heart's content and no water ever splashes out. Pots and pans are a cinch to wash in there. In a previous apartment, in a really old building, I had a nice fairly shallow single sink but there was also a deep sink that was used in the old days for a scrub board so you could do laundry in it. It was so useful for washing everything.

One big, beautiful Swanstone sink. I'm grateful to the KT member who recommended it to me in 2003.

Thanks Scott, makes perfect sense for hand washing.

2 deep sinks in kitchen but a large deep sink in utility room if I have something larger.

I've always had double sinks. At my location, it is customary to put the garbage grinder in the left sink. with this setup, wash in the left sink and rinse in the right sink. Use the grinder while dumping the left sink to emulsify greases and grind solids. This help to keep the drains clear.