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I think the pros of putting the sink plumbing (pipes) under cabinets that are hard to reach anyhow is a huge advantage, as well as not using counter space in the center of the counter for the sinks.
People tell me there are disadvantages.
If you have your sinks in the corner, are you happy?
If you know anything about kitchen design, what do you advise people?
I have my sinks in the corners of my U-shaped kitchen area.. working out fine for me 🙂
(tried to make a diagram, but it wasn’t coming out).
Will one or both of these sinks be used for ntilas yadayim?
Especially on Shabbos or Yom Tov, and with lots of guests, you should consider putting at least one of the sinks as close as possible to the entrance to the kitchen. That way, if you are working in the kitchen, and people are coming in to wash, they are not in your way.
Also to consider.
Do you spend a lot of time at the sink (washing dishes, washing vegetable)? Will you feel fenced in staring at a corner?
Do you have countertop appliances that you like to leave on your counter for easy access? A corner appliance garage keeps appliances at hand, and neatly out of sight.
There are going to be many tradeoffs in whatever design you choose. Make sure your contractor gives you computer printouts of what your finished kitchen will look like. And, if you can, make cutouts – three dimensional, of your kitchen and all the cabinets and appliances. Your husband might think that you are nuts, your kids will suspect that you are just playing with arts and crafts, but it definitely will help you avoid major mistakes.
Hatzlocho Rabba!
PS. I remodeled my kitchen 18 years ago, and have been enjoying it tremendously ever since. Despite my mistakes – I did not put in a broom closet, and have regretted in since.
Friends of mine have put their sinks on an angle in the corner and they seem to be OK. I put mine on the 2 branches of the L of my kitchen and put a cabinet with a 2-section door that opens 180 degrees in my corner. Some people suggested to put a lazy Susan type device instead of just a shelf in such a corner cabinet. I had never seen one before I designed my kitchen and unfortunately was not advised on such a device. It might help, but I do find that I have pretty good access to the depths of the cabinet. It also worked out nicely because they are very tall shelves because obviously no drawer can fit on top of them, so all of my tall pots can go on those shelves. Enjoy your new kitchen!!
nechomah i had a lady susan in my corner cabinet which is on top of my corner sinks and i took them out i found it took up soo much space. i have corner sinks i dont have a problem with it. because i have counter in between so sinks are not on top of each other
I love the lazy susan’s, great for spices.
One drawback of the corner sink – it’s hard to reach into the corners in the back of the sink to clean them. You have to lean very far back (not to mention trying to cover the counters for Pesach).
I have 2 corner sinks, they take up the least space that way. One has a backsplash behind it, that one is hard to clean, the other is facing the eating area, so there is no wall behind it. I just walk around the peninsula to clean it.
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