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Installing a Kohler Whitehaven Sink

March 4, 2015 By BrightGreenDoor 17 Comments

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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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  1. 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

    Reply
    • BrightGreenDoor says

      April 2, 2017 at 6:36 pm

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

  2. Erik says

    April 23, 2017 at 7:05 pm

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

    Reply
    • 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.

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