IKEA Farmhouse Sink Review
What to know before buying the Ikea farmhouse sink Domsjo- how well it cleans, how functional it is, and if it’s the right investment for your kitchen.
As we’re getting closer and closer to having this house “done” (okay, really… is a house ever actually done?), I’ve been thinking I should write posts every now and then answering a lot of the questions I usually get about some of the decor and furniture and fixtures we have already in our house.
The other week, I shared all about our jute rugs (and how super fabulous they are but they’re not for everyone). But I get a lot of questions about our IKEA Domsjo farmhouse sink too. I figured, since we’ve officially had it for 4 months and given it lots of test drives by now, I’d spill my thoughts on it.
I’ll tell you point blank. I LOVE THIS SINK!!!
I mean… it’s not hard to compete with what we had before.
But I’m officially convinced that I want this sink in every house we ever have forever and ever.
It is so much easier to wash dishes in, especially with the high neck Pfister faucet we have with it, because it is so deep and wide and practically like a small bathtub on the kitchen counter. (It almost makes me ready to have another baby just so I can give baby baths in it.)
So far, we’ve had no scratches or staining on this sink. And we’re not at all easy on it. We scrub pots and pans in it every single day. That’s not to say scratching and staining isn’t possible, but we’ve had no problems in our experience.
The IKEA farmhouse sink that we have in particular is, as far as I could find, the cheapest farmhouse sink on the market at $312. And that’s hardly more than a cast iron drop-in that’s usually about $200, so to me, that’s worth it.
The tricky part was definitely installing it, but I found this handy dandy video that helped a ton when Robert and his dad cut out our formica countertops and wrangled it in place.
For keeping it clean, I generally can scrub it down with some Comet cleaner about once a week, and it’s sparkling white. But it rinses very easily between cleanings.
Since it is porcelain, cracking is possible, but so far so good for us. The only downside is dishes can break easily in it, which we didn’t have that problem with our stainless steel sink. The other day I broke our coffee pot accidentally and had to go an entire day without coffee. The humanity!
We also found out this summer that it’s the mack daddy accessory to backyard veggie growing.
Basically, I puffy heart love this thing. In case you haven’t figured that out by now. IKEA isn’t sponsoring this post or anything like that; I just thought it would be good to pass along how things are going with it.
If you missed our kitchen makeover a few months ago, you can see the full kitchen reveal here.
I’ll be sharing a couple more status updates about some of the other items around our house that I often get questions about. Want to know about any others? Do you have a farmhouse sink too? Do you absolutely love it as much as I do?
We put in one of these double Ikea farm sinks a couple of months ago now. I love the sink and can’t imagine every wanting to go back to another type of sink! There is so much room in each side and it is very easy to clean with Bar Keepers Friend. I like the back ridges to set things on to dry. I had a stainless steel sink for years that I never liked. Water was always running over the back lip and around on the counter top. This sink has never done that. The faucet is so far away from any edges that it would hard to have that happen. We installed this with wooden butcher block counter tops that we bought unfinished Menards, to stain, and then coat with several layers of matt finish polyurethane. I love the look of them with the sink in our vintage 1930’s kitchen. I would certainly recommend this sink!
Yes! I feel the same way about it, Sharon. The butcher block with it in a vintage 1930s kitchen sounds like a dream!
What’s your opinion on the back of the sink? Do you like the ridges? Do soap bottles and sponges sit on them easily? Also, I’m afraid of the only one faucet hole… I’m so used to a separate sprayer from the faucet. I love the look of this sink, but I’m just scared of some of the changes!
I really love it. The ridges can be annoying to clean after a while, but they’re not bad at all. And they do help to keep water off of my countertop by draining back into the sink. I keep dish soap and sponges on the back of it all the time and don’t have any issues with them falling over.
What kind of counter top is that in picture?
It’s a concrete countertop. You can read about how we did it here: http://www.blesserhouse.com/2016/05/diy-feather-finish-concrete-countertops.html
We bought this sink for our previous home and loved it! Honestly it help to sell the house. We did have some little scratches along the way but they were not very noticeable and we used it heavily with 5 kids (and I never tried the baking soda trick mentioned above). We are currently renovating a farm house built in 1900 and will be buying another one of these sinks very soon (hopefully this week)! I appreciate the link to the faucet because I like it better than the ones at IKEA. I will say that one of the draws to this sink is the fact that the counter tops can butt up to the sides making cuts easier for a do-it-yourselfer (even hard surfaces like granite). We used the faux butcher block from Ikea in the previous house… As as far as it being used as an undermount sink I think that it would be difficult under a normal width countertop because the sink is so big and it does stick out beyond what a normal countertop would, so unless it was installed somewhere like an island with a super wide counter I don’t think it would work well. For the money I don’t think that you can get a better sink. We plan to live in this new house a LONG time, so I plan to invest in some of the coordinating accessories to help protect it!
I’m right there with you, Amanda! We absolutely love ours, and I think I’m convinced I’ll want one in every house we live in from now on. Congratulations on your “new” home! A 1900 farmhouse sounds like an absolute dream!
I have a small standard 1980’s 10×10 kitchen and I really want the double sink. We don’t have an Ikea nearby yet, so I can only go by measurements and online pics. When I took out the tape measure and saw what 37 inches wide looked like it seemed HUGE. Wondering if it will seem overwhelming in the space? Is it really enormous?
Hi Karen! I will tell you it is definitely larger than your average sink, and yes those measurements they list on the site are correct. I was afraid it would feel like a bathtub on our countertops, but I absolutely love it. In a 10×10 kitchen though, I think I would go with the single basin sink. A double might overwhelm the space.