The kitchen sink which you choose for your renovated kitchen should not just be about the functionality of it. This is of course an important factor to bear in mind when you are choosing a new sink, but that is not to say that style shouldn’t feature at all. Because of the size of a sink, it lends itself to becoming a central part of the overall design of the kitchen and that is why making the right choice will impact both the style and functionality.

Kitchen sinks offer two main choices in terms of the layout, a double bowl sink and a single bowl sink, and here is why the double bowl option is the smartest choice to make, assuming that you have the space to install one.

Multi-Purpose

One of the most compelling reasons as to why the double sink is better than the single is that it can be used for different purposes at the same time. For example, you can comfortably use one side of the sink for food preparation whilst using the other side for washing dishes. When you place dirty dishes into a single bowl sink, you then lose the chance to use the sink for anything else until those dishes have been washed. With a double bowl however you can still have access to washing, rinsing and food prep options, even if you do have some dishes which need to be washed. Even if you are washing up, you can use one side to soak dishes as you are washing and rinsing others.

Contamination

If you are thawing some meat to have for dinner then the last thing that you want is to get your clean dishes mixed up with the meat, as there is a clear contamination risk. With a double bowl kitchen sink however you can have your meat defrosting on one side and then still have another sink available to carry out washing, rinsing or preparing other foods.

Protecting The Glassware

Breaking a delicate wine glass in the sink is a common problem when you have a single sink, yet with a double, this no longer needs to be a risk. Storing more delicate items on one side and the more robust stuff on the other is the perfect way to ensure that all of your dishwater is safe from breakage.

Impact on Style

When we weigh up the qualities of a double bowl sink versus the single kitchen sink it is clear that the double is better in terms of function, it also delivers on style. Because of the extra size of the double sink, it really catches your eye and as long as you install the right taps for the sink and for the overall theme of the kitchen then this becomes a really key part of the design of the room.

As you can see, when it comes to buying a new sink for your kitchen there is no better choice than a double sink. This ticks the boxes in terms of style and functionality and as long as you have space, this will be the smart choice to make.