Kitchen Makeover: Farmhouse Sink Madness

So about two weeks into the makeover we got our beautiful sink delivered. We stared at its beauty in the box, touched its smooth surface, and were just so stinking excited to get it in! One problem.

We never took it out of the box. Notice the plastic wrap in the background that is there to keep the dust out of our living room.

This cracks me up at how excited I was..over a messed up sink! It definitely didn’t deserve a thumbs up!

So fast forward about a week or two, and finally the day for installation has come! There were many things that had to be done in order to install the sink (making sure we had a good drain service like https://fsdrainage.com/drain-unblocking-services/ for a start), and there were even more things that couldn’t be done {measuring for granite, cutting granite, oh you know, just little things;) } until the sink was in.

Of course I love farmhouse sinks, and of course farmhouse sinks require special cabinets. Cabinets that if you want to fit perfectly for the sink, need to be specially made. Of course J was beyond not willing to pay up towards $1,000 for a cabinet for the sink. After all, this sink is totally my baby, my love, my treasure, not his! We had to get creative then if we didn’t want to pay a fortune for a cabinet. If you know that you’re not a creative person and have a feeling that trying to make your own cabinet will only end in disaster, it may be in your best interest to do some research into aspects like finding the best material for farmhouse sink and also the prices too, so you can start with your kitchen renovation as soon as possible.



J created in his mind a situation where we could use the doors from an above sink upper cabinet. The cabinets we were using did not have a farmhouse style cabinet, and we wouldn’t be able to match the doors if we went to a cabinet maker. So we purchased the above sink cabinet, and took the cabinet that we previously had in place under the sink and used its sides. We added a heavy duty base using 2X4’s to support the sink which weighs almost 100 lbs, and luckily we did otherwise the sink could’ve fallen through and busted all of the pipes beneath it, and we would’ve been looking for an emergancy plumber Dallas (or one more local) to come and sort out the mess! We added a MDF board on the front and are planning on painting white to match. Now for the exciting part, putting the sink in!! But wait..whats going on with THAT?! The sink was crooked.


Not just a little crooked, it was totally crooked. The front left corner sunk down lower than the rest, and the back left corner went wayyy higher than the rest. It also didn’t have a flat bottom. Oh.M.G. Not only were we upset because the sink was messed up, and of course it was an online only item, but also because we knew that this would set us back at least a week. Ah!! How we wish we could have considered building Custom Concrete Trough Sinks to have an easy-going touch and give it a rustic aesthetic look.

We finally got the new sink in, and it installed beautifully. Now, just waiting for those pretty counters! Soon enough, soon enough. On a random note, I can’t tell y’all how many recipes I have lined up to make. I have been going totally mad over here not being able to cook at all. Waistline beware..

Hooray for farmhouse sinks!

<3,
Adri