

What you do with your splashback will also make a big difference, those grey tiles add to the contempaory feel. I'm thinking that the grey drawers definitely need to be changed, I'd try painting some cardboar and sticking it over the top to experiment with colour. I'd be inclined to get it in place before doing anything radical, then you'll have a better feel. (I have only tried this on small amounts only, not sure how you'd go mixing larger quantities). Marilyn's comes in some made up colours or you can get the powder and add it to any colour you like. If you're seriously considering chalk paint check out Marilyn's, the Annie Soames stuff is pretty expensive. thanks for everyones was really helpful. and, as we will be gaining an island bench, I will be getting more benchspace anyway. the dirty dishes are hidden from view, instead of being stacked on the bench. we always dry the dishes straight away, and after 10 years of doing it the other way.I much prefer this new way. so we now stack in one side, wash in the other, and then drain in a plastic tub on the other bench. (I only wash the big pots and pans.everything else in dishwasher-but we are a family who likes to cook and bake, so there are still usually lots to handwash) since my demolition started, I have lost the bench where we normally stack. Our habit has been to stack dirty dishes to the bench on one side, wash in the first bowl, then drain in the second. currently, I have a double farmhouse kitchen, with no drainers. I have made up my mind, and despite the more popular option, have chosen to go for the double bowl.based on how I use them. I'll probably go with a stainless steel sink for practicality, but I will definitely be getting the largest single-bowl sink I can fit in my kitchen. I'll be redoing the kitchen soon and the sink is the first thing to go. The sink in the house I bought is a sink-and-a-half. A dishpan gives you the practicality of a double sink while being able to remove it when you want a single sink. I let silverware soak in a dishpan while I washed the other stuff. It was so easy to wash dishes because there was enough room to flip around large pots, pans, and cookie sheets without bumping into the faucet or the sides of the sink. I absolutely loved the depth and overall hugeness. Although I have to say that stainless is the most forgiving of all materials when it comes to banging pots and pans around. Also, the white is more cheerful to my eye than grey stainless. I loved the white because it was easy to see what was in the sink (stainless is darker and even in good light, is a little more difficult to see into). Not sure if it qualifies as a "farmhouse" since it doesn't have the apron-front, or if "farmhouse" sinks are just any large single sinks. My all-time, hands-down favorite was a huge, single-basin, white porcelain, deep deep, sink with integrated drainboard from the 40s or 50s. I've rented many, many apartments and used many different sinks.
