A Word About My New Sink (and Breathing a Sigh Of Relief)

After writing yesterday’s post, and admiring my beautiful countertops in the pictures, I was suddenly struck with panic. In the pictures, my new sink looks so incredibly small.

See how small it looks? If I didn’t know better, I’d think it was just a little prep sink!

But still having not used the sink (I’m waiting to call the plumber until the countertops dry fully), I began to think that perhaps I had made a huge mistake with my selection. So I hurried into the kitchen, rooted around in the refrigerator, and pulled out my largest pot–my 8-quart–still full of soup. Holding my breath, I placed it into the sink. And then…a sign of relief. I was pleasantly surprised, and realized that in pictures, that sink looks deceptively small. There’s nothing small about it! My 8-quart pot looks tiny sitting in there:

And as you can see, the very top of the knob on the lid comes to the top of the sink, but NOT the top of the countertop. And again…that’s an EIGHT-quart pot! It’s the largest one I have.

Now compare that to my old sink. The old one was about seven inches wider overall, but because it was divided into two basins, each one was incredibly cramped. And, the sink was very shallow! Here’s that same pot sitting in the old sink. If I put it in normally, the handles catch on the sides, and the bottom of the pot is about one to two inches above the bottom of the sink. It’s just floating there!

So I had to put it in there diagonally, but even then, the pot stuck up above the sink about two inches, and with the lid, it sticks up about four or five inches above the sink.

So there you have it. I’m very pleased with the new sink. I’m confident that it will work out perfectly.

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