Thanks Poohpup! Is your current sink under mounted? What about the round one? I really like the looks of the round sink. It sort of softens all the square lines in my kitchen plan, but was not sure it would be quite as useful as a square. (Washing dishes, clean up, draining kettles etc.)

We've got a round secondary sink with an interior diameter of about 15". Because of its location, it's usually used for making tea/coffee, filling pitchers, rinsing veggies for salads, etc (the main sink is the one nearest the stove, so that one is used for serious prep and meats). Our biggest colander fits in it very nicely; other than that, I don't think it'd make a difference if it were round or square/rectangular. It's just fine for dumping pasta water if somebody else is using the big sink; it doesn't seem small at all. And it's much easier to clean the corners of this one than our zero radius main sink. Because it doesn't have any. [big grin]

We have wood countertops, so ours is a drop-in sink. I didn't pick it because of the price, but I didn't argue about it either. ha. (The strainer we put in cost about as much as the sink...) The thinner gauge works just fine for us and frankly I can't tell the difference in gauge with our big sink. Anyway, I like the round shape just fine and I don't think it really makes much difference other than aesthetics -- as long as you can fit a colander in it.

Here is a link that might be useful: Ikea round sink

I know this thread is many months old but northcarolina if you are still on the site I would like to know what the depth of your ikea round sink is. I could not find that information on their website.

Still lurking from time to time. :) It's 6" deep.

Thanks, northcarolina.