I just shared our amazing wood countertops, now I’m hopping over to the other side of the kitchen to share about our Kohler Whitehaven sink. This was the old aluminum sink that used to be in the space:
For a long time I’d been eyeing the Kohler Whitehaven sink, but for almost $1000 I knew it just wasn’t going to happen *Contains Affiliate Link*. I scoured Ebay until one day I won an auction for my dream sink for only $300 with shipping! Then it arrived…broken.
I contacted the Ebay seller who refunded my money and told me to just keep it because it was too expensive to ship it back to him. That’s when my dad remembered there’s a Minneapolis Company that does ceramic repair. I called them, text them a pic, and they told me for $250 they’d have it repaired in a week! So I sent my 200lb sink with my dad to the Twin Cities.
One week later my dad pulled back into North Dakota with my beautifully repaired sink! So in the end it set us back $250 with some hassle… still worth it though. You also can’t even tell where there was a repair.
Before they could measure for our new countertops, we had to have the sink installed. This was no simple task. First we removed the existing counters and sink. Then we had to form a brace for the new sink.
Next we had to fill the gap where the sink wouldn’t cover. We also had to lower the cabinet doors under the sink by just a bit.
Then we wood puttied and painted it.
Finally we were able to slide the new sink in. For the next two months we lived with this rigged set up so that we wouldn’t be sink-less while we waited for our counters.
Once the counters arrived it was a PERFECT fit around the sink and it couldn’t have looked more GORGEOUS.
I’ll be back with another post tomorrow to share more about those beautiful counters and that backsplash that you can see a peek of!
To see how we installed an Ikea Domsjo sink in a different house, head to this post.
Totally worth the hassle! It’s beautiful and totally changes the room! Beautiful kitchen!
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Karen
How did you address the cabinet doors beneath the sink being too tall after moving everything down? Did you just get new doors?
No I just lowered the hinges a bit. Although they are slightly lower than the cabinet to their right it isn’t noticeable at all. I also considered cutting an inch or so off the top of the door. If you look at the “after” pic at the bottom of the post you can see how they are lower than the pan cabinet next to them. Thanks!
is this the short apron or long apron whitehaven?
It is the long apron. The short apron would have made things easier but I got the great deal on this one so I made it work. Thanks!
Thank you for your response. I really appreciate it. I’ve been looking at this sink to put into preexisting cabinets for a while now. I LOVE IT. Your kitchen is just GORG!
Absolutely! Thanks for your comment!
Hi! How did you modify the cabinets? Can you send me details about the process you went through & demensions you used? It would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks
Rachel
I’m sorry but I don’t have the dimensions and we’ve moved out of that house. It would likely be different for every sink though.
Do you recall how you had the dishwasher installed? What was it connected to?
Ours was a typical dishwasher install, attached to the drain pipe and disposal under the cabinet. Even with the compactor we had room for a disposal. Here is the link to a tutorial, similar to how we connected: https://www.thisoldhouse.com/how-to/how-to-install-dishwasher-0
Can you share how you clean the sink- those pesky marks/black marred areads. Thank you
For me soft scrub and bar keepers friend always did the trick! Hopefully that helps!
How did you secure it to the brace and keep it from sliding on you?
It wasn’t secured, but we built it very snugly so there was nowhere for it to move. Hopefully that makes sense? Thanks.
How did you install the faucet!? I see you have a board with the faucet and lived with that until the countertops came. Did you take that all out when they installed the countertops and then re-install the faucet? There is no board brace under that little piece of countertop with the faucet is there??
Yes we took everything out when they installed the counters. Then once the counters were installed we just installed it right through the hole in the counterop. It was tight crawling under there and reaching up to the faucet. No reinforcement necessary. The quartz is VERY stong. Hopefully that makes sense!?