Me, I wanted to know whether the sink had a single or double basin. That was the subject of a raging debate at my house. My husband, DC, and I ─ now in the too-late-to-turn-back stage of a kitchen remodel ─ had drawn the lines.
I wanted a kitchen sink with one big basin. He wanted a sink split in two. This difference had devolved into an arms-crossed, nose-in-air, leave-the-room kind of dispute.
We were a house divided over a divider. Our current 20-year-old stainless steel kitchen sink, which came with the house, has two basins, a small one on the left with a disposal, and a larger one on the right. DC likes that arrangement.
He can scrape and rinse on one side, wash in the other. I’d rather one big tub that can fit a turkey roaster or a small dog. “Look,” I argue, “even the richest, smartest man in the world has a single-basin sink.
” The video clip indeed showed the quirky Chief Twit, as Musk calls himself, carrying a single-basin sink around the San Francisco headquarters, saying, “Let that sink in!” “I’m sure Elon Musk doesn’t wash dishes,” DC said, alluding to the fact that though I cook, he does most of the dishes. So there’s that. Kind of pulls the plug on my argument.
Nonetheless, I seek out second opinions. I ask, without bias, the designer I am working with, the stone countertop installer, and two plumbing supply salespeople, who collectively have installed a bajillion kitchens, what they recommend. The result: 4-0 in favor of one basin.
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