When remodeling our kitchen four years ago the current sink design trend was large single basin sinks or farm sinks touting that all your pans and cutting boards can easily be cleaned within the one large basin. Shortly after using this large single sink we realized the huge waste of water and energy to clean this sink regularly is excessive. Since then we recommend the newer smart divide sinks as the solution to one large sink. A double basin sink with one smaller sink for easy tasks and one larger basin for when needed with a low divider allows easy cleaning of larger pans or cutting boards when required. Kohler was first with the low divide sink in porcelain with graceful curves as pictured above and one of our favorite clients loves her new sink. We think this is one of the prettiest and most functional sinks available today.

Stainless Steel option we used in our home, nice curves for easy cleaning, entire sink must cleaned every time.

Stainless Steel sinks are wonderful for ease of maintenance and longevity and are now being manufactured with smart divide options, however we have not found them with small and larger basins, just equal width basins. The current design trend for sinks are 90 degree corners or zero radius; it boasts a newer avante-garde styling – just looking at these square corners is distressing. Kitchen sinks clean easier with gracefully curved corners – the cleaning brush travels around the corners. The thought of hitting a square edge corner is not comfortable. Our belief is that zero radius sink trends will be short lived once homeowners start cleaning these sinks and realize they get stuck at the corners.

The kitchen sink is used non stop daily for many tasks and functions. Selecting the right shape, size and number of bowls is personal and subjective to your design sense and how you would like it to function. Using a single large basin for every task is wasteful of precious water resources and the energy expended to heat the water. Cleaning the sink is a non stop activity – curved corners makes your life easier. Having used zero radius sinks in a church setting preparing homeless meals our belief is these square edged designs should remain in commercial applications and homeowners should consider all aspects of cleaning, water and energy usage before they finalize their selection.

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