Color Help / Short Apron Front Sink Regrets??
I’m doing some kitchen upgrades and after much indecisiveness finally settled on my countertops which was the biggest struggle for me. I really love the look of the Farmhouse sink but am limited due to my existing cabinets. Currently looking at the Kohler Whitehaven self trimming sink. Short Apron is 6 11/16” (tall apron 8 13/16”) and would work for me, the tall apron would require a modification to my cabinet doors which I’d prefer to avoid. I have seen photos with short apron and think it looks fine, just curious if anyone ever regretted that choice or felt it looked odd. My alternative is to just do a standard under mount. Not sure why the 2nd photo keeps rotating.
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burtnyks
3 years agolast modified: 3 years agoThank you @Joseph Corlett, LLC Since you seem to be the Houzz farmhouse sink expert based on several posts I have seen......I should go with a 32” wide vs 29” correct? The measurement between red lines is 33”.
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3 years agolast modified: 3 years agoSo I think I’m going for it!! I threw a towel in the area so I could get an idea of the size and if I will have any issues with the dishwasher being close (will be getting a new dishwasher so not concerned with color of that). Now my dilemma is deciding on color. I don’t have a sample of my countertop, but it’s a lighter version of what you see in the photo, similar color family. I am more concerned how the sink will look against my cabinets since that is what you will see. I also threw in a few sample tiles I picked up just to play around with (not deciding on that till later). I’m leaning towards sea salt or biscuit.....white is a bit too white, and while cane sugar and almond are pretty, I think they appear to yellow. Which would you pick?
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3 years agolast modified: 3 years ago@RedRyder This is the countertop (close up is from another slab in the same lot). I really don’t think pure white will work. I wanted to make sure my eye wasn’t tricking me when I picked the counter (it photographs gray to me) so I had a cream scarf and a white sheet of paper. It definitely looked a lot better with a creamier color which would be the biscuit, but I do think the sea salt could work too because it’s not stark white. I had also considered dune but I’m not sure that it goes with the cabinet color.
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