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Installing a Kohler Whitehaven Sink

March 4, 2015 By BrightGreenDoor

How to Install a Farmhouse Sink into Existing CabinetsI 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:

Replacing Kitchen Sink for Undermount

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.

Kohler Whitehaven Farmhouse Sink

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.

Broken Porcelain Sink

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.

Repaired Farmhouse Sink

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.

Farmhouse Sink Cabinet Conversion

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.

Old cabinet for new farmhouse sink

Then we wood puttied and painted it.

Existing Cabinet Base for Farmhouse sink

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.

Farmhouse Sink and Backsplash-8

Once the counters arrived it was a PERFECT fit around the sink and it couldn’t have looked more GORGEOUS.

Farmhouse Sink with Quartz Contertops

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!How to Install a Farmhouse Sink into Existing Cabinets

To see how we installed an Ikea Domsjo sink in a different house, head to this post.ikea domsjo sink

 

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Comments

  1. Karen @ Karen's up on the Hill says

    March 14, 2015 at 4:28 pm

    Totally worth the hassle! It’s beautiful and totally changes the room! Beautiful kitchen!
    I would love for you to stop by my blog and join our Something to Talk About link party Monday’s – Thursday!
    Have a great weekend!
    Karen

  2. Stacey says

    September 8, 2015 at 7:55 am

    How did you address the cabinet doors beneath the sink being too tall after moving everything down? Did you just get new doors?

    • BrightGreenDoor says

      September 8, 2015 at 9:12 am

      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!

    • Dorothy Maccarone says

      September 26, 2015 at 8:49 pm

      is this the short apron or long apron whitehaven?

    • BrightGreenDoor says

      September 26, 2015 at 10:30 pm

      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!

    • Dorothy Maccarone says

      September 27, 2015 at 6:44 am

      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!

    • BrightGreenDoor says

      September 28, 2015 at 11:22 am

      Absolutely! Thanks for your comment!

  3. Rachel says

    June 9, 2016 at 7:34 am

    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

    • BrightGreenDoor says

      June 10, 2016 at 9:21 am

      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.

  4. Megan says

    February 8, 2017 at 8:21 pm

    Do you recall how you had the dishwasher installed? What was it connected to?

    • BrightGreenDoor says

      February 9, 2017 at 3:28 pm

      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

  5. Terry says

    April 1, 2017 at 6:32 am

    Can you share how you clean the sink- those pesky marks/black marred areads. Thank you

    • BrightGreenDoor says

      April 2, 2017 at 6:36 pm

      For me soft scrub and bar keepers friend always did the trick! Hopefully that helps!

  6. Erik says

    April 23, 2017 at 7:05 pm

    How did you secure it to the brace and keep it from sliding on you?

    • BrightGreenDoor says

      April 23, 2017 at 9:56 pm

      It wasn’t secured, but we built it very snugly so there was nowhere for it to move. Hopefully that makes sense? Thanks.

  7. ELeee says

    September 21, 2017 at 8:46 am

    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??

    • BrightGreenDoor says

      September 21, 2017 at 11:20 pm

      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!?

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