Ott2: the Galley came with a sink-full of accessories (2 upper-tier cuttings boards, 1 lower-tier cutting board, 1 drain rack/trivet, 2 colanders, 2 bowls, and 2 lower-tier platforms with cutouts) when I purchased it, so when I use it, it's more like a work station that happens to have a sink under it. :-) The Multiere came with a couple of accessories, but they were much smaller and not as useful. I love that my Galley (66") is bigger than the Multiere (45") and can be completely covered with cutting boards to create additional countertop when I need it -- it's all about function. I also love using the Galley as a buffet, and with the divider accessory I can have part of the buffet chilled. The 5 1/2' Galley uses two faucets, so more than one person can work at the same time. It's just great. Let me know if you have any more questions⦠I'd be more than happy to answer! I've added a link below to one of my favorite videos⦠it's a little lengthy, but it really does show the true function: Here is a link that might be useful: Video This post was edited by kkpetes55 on Mon, Jun 3, 13 at 15:30

I have a question. I often put my pots/pans right back onto the stove to dry, instead of taking up room in the dish rack. Is this a bad idea? They really don't seem to drip at all. (I usually leave the lids in the dish rack, though.) I have an older Simple Human dish rack, and keep two narrow silicone OXO drying mats underneath it for my cooking knives. I also pull those mats out to the side when I have wine glasses to dry. I'd love to get rid of this system, but I can't bring myself to commit to hand-drying all the time right now, in the middle of a move. It might be my next New Years' goal, though. My MIL has zero counter space and hand-dries all the time, even when she visits here. I've been intrigued! (Years ago, my New Years' goal was to make my bed daily and wash my sheets weekly, and it "stuck" -- going on at least four years now!)

If you've read the other discussions on here then there's not much more to add to what I've previously posted (if you haven't read the older threads here use google to search and include gardenweb as a search term). As to your specific questions, I'll add this info. Yes, things on a ledge can get wet while using the other side depending on what/how much is on the ledge and what you are doing in the other part of the sink. The bottom grid is helpful, especially when using colanders, or as you noted, draining. We also frequently set a pan to soak on the grid and push it under the elevated grid to soak, and can continue to use the sink as normal. This sink holds a -ton- of stuff too! We have a DW and also keep a drying mat next to the sink for our cookware since it has to be hand washed. We also frequently eat dinner after 9:30 pm due to our work schedules, so it is not uncommon to have dishes and cookware from 2-3 nights laying around to be delt with all at once (which is a lot of stuff since we cook almost every night). Most of it ends up in the sink, and unless we use several of our larger pots it all fits in the sink. It holds more than we can stack on the drying mat.

We have had our Orca for over a year now and we absolutely love it! It was the first sink I was drawn to while looking at the very beginning, then I decided I wanted a Silgranite low divide and spent many months planning for the Silgranite. Then when I went to place my order for all the plumbing stuff I saw the Orca in person and ordered it the next day. Even though it was twice what the Silgranite was and I had thought that was already expensive! Anyway...we do use the bottom as well as left side grid all the time. We did not leave an upper ledge available, but we do often set strainers over the sink on the counter. With the two different sizes, you have a lot of flexibility in finding things that are compatible, and are not necessarily locked in to original (expensive) manufacturer accessories.