I love ours (it sits on top of the counter). My recommendation is to make sure it's plenty deep and wide to contain any splashing. If you're doing a vessel that sits on top of the counter, then you will want the top of the counter height to be about 30" from the floor. Any higher and it can be challenging for anyone less than 5'8" tall (give or take and inch) to use the sink. Hope this helps!

Nope, you're not gonna get any granite guys to even attempt to "template" to that profile. Just isn't gonna happen. That's stone carving not countertop templating. There are plenty of talented folks in the stone field, but none of them are Michaelangelo carving up statues. Nor would you want to pay for them to be! LOL! And I'm sorry, but putting clear vinyl tubing and silicone on that transparent sink is gonna look like total half assery. It's a beautiful sink, but it's only suitable for surface mounting as a vessel. If you really want to semi recess a sink in your situation, pick a different sink. If you don't want to view your cabinet contents through a transparent sink, pick a different sink. You have fallen in love with something that isn't suited to the task at hand. Either change your expectations, or change your materials to fit your expectations.

The oval sink you have chosen is about the smallerst you will find in a drop in basin. I happen to like oval versus rectangular. Have you considered an undermount sink? It will give you more counter top area around the sink and you will see more of the top. Also can you get the side and backsplashes cut down to 3/8 or 1/2 inch thick? It will give you a little more clearence behind the faucet. I also think is looks proportionally better on a small vanity.

Thanks! I figured out by talking with designer #1 that the dimensions of the 17 x 14 kohler 2210 sink, at its widest point includes what she called the flange, which lies "flat" against the underside of the quartz vanity top. This is what makes it 19.25 at the largest point. The part of the bowl that goes down into the base is 17 inches wide at its widest, and she was not at all concerned about it fitting. I can only assume that this will fit based on that. So then I went to the counter fabricator and they feel that that kohler sink will fit, but they will know for sure when they come to template. In that case, if it does not fit, they would use the the smaller 15 x 12 Kohler 2209 (17" at that largest undermount area). I looked at the sink while there. So I think it just depends on how high the draw box itself is to the top of the cabinet...and I would imagine the draw box wouldn't be flush with the top of the cabinet. I have an old style top mount sink so I measured my current sink opening and it is 15 x 10 !! So even the smallest sink i mentioned above is bigger than my current, so now I'm no longer worried about that! Whew, that's a win! LOL