The Rachiele® Journal

A corner sink is the right call only in some kitchens. Here is when it makes sense, how to choose diagonal vs L-shaped, why butterfly double bowls fail, and how a single-bowl workstation restores prep space.

Twelve years ago I filmed a short video of a sink I was very proud of. It was called the Evolution, and it had two working steps built right into the bowl. At Rachiele®, it was my answer to something cooks kept telling me: the sink only gave them one place to work.

Owners love the look of zero radius corners and often hate cleaning them. Here is why most square sink corners trap grime, how a properly welded and polished corner is different, and what to check before you buy.

A mid-1940s Chambers range and oven set the brief. We reverse-engineered the copper-to-stainless joinery and built it into a Rachiele Paragon farmhouse workstation in 316L and domestic copper.

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.