The Rachiele® Journal

Kitchen & Bath Design News awarded Brickmoon Design's Woodlands kitchen Best Kitchen Over $250,000 – Gold for 2026. The write-up names a Paragon sink from Rachiele among the project's standout details.

Most people think they are shopping for a sink. What they really need is a kitchen that works the way they live. I start with your floor plan, not a catalog.

Most sink companies sell sinks. I spent 22 years designing the rooms they go in. Four layout decisions worth getting right before your plans are finalized, including where the sink belongs, which side the dishwasher goes on, and one challenge involving Google Images.

Most people assume deeper is better when it comes to kitchen sinks. It isn't. After 27 years of designing ergonomic custom sinks - and hearing from customers who wish they had listened - here is what the industry will never tell you about sink depth.

Dishwasher placement is one of the most overlooked decisions in kitchen design. Small mistakes in location, traffic flow, and handedness can create daily inefficiencies that last for decades. This article explains how proper dishwasher placement improves workflow, comfort, and real-world kitchen functionality.

Kitchen designer Dino Rachiele founded his custom sink company in 1999 and introduced the workstation sink in 2010 - born from decades of frustration with poorly designed sinks that ignored how people actually cook.