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Tall apron white sink

5 years ago

Do you love yours? Like love love and how long have you had it?

We now are approaching putting in our sink.

Having second thoughts. Concerns will be to big looking in our small -medium size kitchen. It will have 36 inch base cabinet one side dishwasher and corner cabinet in other side.

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AvatarWalt

5 years ago

It's hard to say how the proportions will look in your specific application, but we have a 36" Kohler Whitehaven on a stretch of cabinetry and it's one of the things in our kitchen remodel that still consistently makes me happy after two years. We've been out of town for a couple of weeks and I was thinking today when we got back how much I like it. It's the biggest sink I've ever had as well as the first single bowl, and I love both of those features. The offset drain is great too.

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Susie .
5 years ago
I have a blanco fireclay 36”. Just one bowl. I mostly love it. Easy to clean, nice accessories that go with it (drying rack, hefty cutting board that rests on the top). The only thing I don’t love is trying to run a sink full of soapy water - it’s just too big. I did buy a dish pan that I keep under the sink for that purpose. I’ve had it for a year and I am very happy with it.
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rantontoo
5 years ago
last modified: 5 years ago
Love, Love, Love my Kohler Whitehaven in a space just like yours....gut remodel in late 2017-2018.
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jhmarie
5 years ago
I have a smallish kitchen (12.5' x 12.5') and love my Whitehaven. I have had it 2.5 years. (Mine is a "short apron" because I kept my old sink base, but a couple of more inches of apron would not change my thoughts. The inside is the same as the tall.)
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weezel
5 years ago
Let me say I am an incredibly frugal person...that said I splurged on a Whitehaven sink in our very small kitchen. I've loved it for 2 1/2 years! I also purchased a small plastic white tub from Walmart that I use to wash dishes.
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Shannon_WI
5 years ago
last modified: 5 years ago
I don't have an apron front sink, but I have a large single bowl sink. I am surprised by the two comments about washing dishes. One about filling the sink - I never fill the sink beyond an inch or two. If I am soaking a roasting pan or large pot (I have several LC Dutch ovens), I fill them, not the sink. The beauty of a single bowl sink is that you can put those things in the sink to soak with no problem about fitting them. I also have a dishwasher. I handwash my knives under running water, never soaking. And I handwash my large pots and pans (though those can go in the DW, they just take up too much room). My dishes though are scraped (never rinsed, just scraped), and go right in the DW, and I would not need any kind of dish pan in my sink to wash dishes.

I understand people operate differently in the kitchen, but I just don't get the logic of filling the sink to wash dishes, unless there is no DW.

To the OP, I think your apron front sink in the 36" cabinet will be great. Many people have them in small-ish kitchens, and we never hear on this forum regret about their size or how they look.

The Kohler Whitehaven comes in a short apron if you are worried that the tall apron will look too massive.
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Rita / Bring Back Sophie 4 Real
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Count me as another person who loves her apron front sink a lot. I waited for one of these since the 80s.
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wacokid
5 years ago
After nearly two years I would not want anything else.
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Cyndi Fine
Original Author
5 years ago
Thank you thank you!!! I feel better moving forward. Ours will be Whitehaven 36" smart divide white

I just needed perspective of those of you who made these great decisions ;)

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