I hope not, we will have one installed in a couple of weeks. Ours is Toto but smaller than the Legato because our countertop isn't very deep but think we will be pleased. One thing I paid attention to was the numerous comments/complaints about a sink that has a flat bottom. Seems that water puddles in these after use and some found it necessary to wipe the sink after every use because of th puddles. There were enough comments about this that I purchased one that wasn't flat bottomed (though I liked that look). Good luck.

I checked out American Standard as countrycottageklutz mentioned above and although I'm not to fond of the one she linked (weave deail doesn't fit our style). they seem to have a couple of options. I like the Kohler one I linked though. Too bad about the overflow or it would be a no brainer for me. Heimert, what do you mean by "do you monitor them" in your post above? You asking about the kids using the sink or the overflow? I suppose once the kids are old enough to reach the faucet on their own they'll be old enough to not make it flood. We're going to use Ikea kitchen cabinets for the vanity because of price and features. Anyways, if I should be monitoring my overflows somehow, please let me know. Dan

I have a Kohler Ladena. Unfortunately, I can't give you a recommendation as its been living in the box in my garage for about 18 months. The new master bathroom didn't have space for a very large vanity so we chose one of the larger Ladenas. I've seen a few in showrooms. They are very, very pretty. None of the fussy (to me) lines of the Archers. Just clean, simple, straight lines. They look deep enough not to splash, and the sales associates in three different showrooms highly recommended them. They all said their customers are very happy with them. I've had good experiences with Kohler sinks overall in my life. Did you search old threads in Bathrooms for these sinks? When I was outfitting the new bath, I read about Ladenas on at least half a dozen occasions. It seemed a popular choice.

Wow -- thank you for the feedback! It's helpful to hear al sides of the story. Caligirl's photo (first one of the second group, all white with the black daisy) is the one I actually sent to my contractor awhile back to show him what I wanted. From what I have read, it seems that hex tile was fairly common for counters during the 20s (if you actually had counters), while natural stone was not as common as people think (too costly to get big slabs, which is why people had small marble pastry slabs on baking tables), and actually wood and linoleum would have been pretty common, too. I found a lot of pictures of hex tile kitchen counters, too. The first is one of my favorites: My built-in cabinets are original to the house, and I love them. The countertop on those was originally wood (although it currently has circa 1980s beige tile over it, which will be going at some point). My guess is that trends for built-ins vs. freestanding cabinets varied regionally because there are a lot of kitchens around here with cabinets very similar to mine (in fact, I salvaged the ones I will be using in my renovation from a friend who actually ripped hers out! I tried to talk her out of it.) Here are my original cabinets: And here is the counter space in between the sink and stove on the opposite wall that will house the new (hex?) tile. It is only a few square feet, so I think the scale of tile will be important. Because I have so little of it, this counter gets a lot of use and gets a lot of hot pans from the oven put on it.