Kitchen Sink Replacement

[Silver Gaia]

5. So far, I'm liking Kohler's Langlade cast iron sink a lot.

It has double bowls but a low center divider (they call it Smart Divide) to give the advantage of a single bowl as well. It has good reviews. It's a bit pricey for my pocketbook right now, but might be a good long-term investment nonetheless.

Some of the composites look nice and are much cheaper, but reading the reviews scared me off those. Some reviewers reported cracking. One reviewer of a model that says it's heat resistant (up to like 550 degrees, I think) said that the bowl cracked in half when she drained potatoes in it. Sheesh! That's ridiculous. Who wants a sink you can't use to drain potatoes or pasta? Others said they developed small cracks over time and leaked, and some said they scratched easily. I don't want to take a chance on something like that.

I'm rethinking stainless steel as well, though. It might not look as bad as I think. One of the reviewers had a picture of it with a Venetian bronze faucet, and it didn't look bad at all. We do have some stainless steel small appliances that it would coordinate with, and it would be cheaper. Kohler has a sound-shielded, heavy-guage stainless steel one I like that has good reviews. It's called the Staccato. This one has unequal double-bowls and does not have the lower divider of the Langlade, but the larger bowl will easily accommodate larger items. It also has centered holes for the faucet, which I need for aesthetic reasons since the symmetrical backsplash design behind the sink is a focal point of the kitchen.

Still thinking... all input welcome!