I had a Belfast sink in my old house and it was one of my essential requirements for my new kitchen. It is simply fabulous for transforming and sealing your wooden furniture and comes in four shades – Clear, Browning, Defining and White. Also I like to have hot soapy water ready during cooking so I can wash and clean as I go, but still drain eg pasta water away. ve been up there three times since I moved to the North-East from Cumbria in 1995, and the weather has been the same on each occasion ?

I shall keep an eye on your blog, as always, and I shall expect to see a Belfast sink in the corner of one of the pictures. There was a zinc bath hanging from a nail in the wash-house, but it was never used because all functions were performed at the sink. At which point an unforeseeable blanket of inpenetrable mist (4-5ft visibility – no more) appeared quickly, and from no-where, and spilled over the sides of the ‘cut’ leading downhill.His greatest achievement, though, was the reinvention of New Labour from a prototype knocked up out of plywood and panel pins at the behest of Tony Blair. So now I'm looking for solutions to raise my washing up bowl a few inches from the base of the sink since that is mainly what I will be using it for, not having a dishwasher. Ikea does shelf inserts for kitchen cabinets, they are probaby plastic, so should be easily cleaned if necessary?

Most of my stuff goes in the dishwasher, but I have a few treasured items that I feel happier washing by hand. This entry was posted in Barry Bucknell, Belfast sinks, Charles Darwin, Climbing, Environment, Geology, Hiking, History, Industrial archaeology, Life, Mountains, Ranting, Walking and tagged Mining History, outdoors, Pennines. What we do is use an upside down plastic bowl ( identical to the one which is filled for washing up) beneath the full bowl. Eventually, they'll get a nice patina and therefore, much like a really fine wine, will only get better over time. If you have ever been in a commercial kitchen you will notice that there is usually a tiny sink on its own for washing hands.BigBertha1, I don't have a washing up bowl (don't need one) but the 'study' of bacteria, widely published in the press a few years back was, at best, misleading. My friend has one of these and has a rack thing she puts across one to do the draining of the odd bits she washes in them. Generally get about 10 years out of a decent plastic washing up bowl, so consider that pretty good value. We had a new kitchen recently, I can't comment on a Belfast sink but would like to say how pleased I am that I chose corrian worktops .

I hope this link works, its a really really small camping table, if I've got the measurements right it will fit into a sink and it will raise your bowl up. English student living loans will once again rise by less than the rate of inflation, the Government has announced. It is made from handmade fireclay and is naturally hard wearing to withstand tough use in the kitchen and complementing your modern kitchen perfectly. I love my big utility room as it removes a lot of things from the kitchen such as vacuums, mops, washing machine, dryer, dog bowls etc. We just can't decide what to go with at the moment as I'm all for practicality and OH just likes the look they create.I trained as an Infection Control Nurse which role included inspecting kitchens and pantries all across the Health Authority and was taught all sinks should be stainless steel and no bowls. We arrived at that point of human development with a perfectly acceptable, fully functioning, completely practical, utterly simple and thoroughly hygienic item of kitchen equipment that fulfilled our requirements. Our superior synthetic flat brushes are fantastic, while our wax brushes offer a shorter, firmer bristle, which is ideal for getting into all the ‘nooks and crannies’. A large sink with a small half-size one for slops next to it is a good option if you don't have space for a decent double.