Vote for our kitchen sink

Here's another voting opportunity!  Brad and I have differing opinions on our kitchen sink. Yes, that's right...we disagree on everything including the kitchen sink!   I originally wanted a copper sink.  Not only would it be a focal point in the kitchen, but I think it is period appropriate?  Someone please correct me if I'm wrong.  I haven't been able to find much information on 1860s kitchens.

I said I originally wanted a copper sink.  While getting water on the counter top for the millionth time when washing dishes, I decided a drainboard sink is a better option.  I also would have to sell a kidney to afford a copper sink.  And since we never fill one side of the sink and rinse in the other, but I often wash extra large items, one big bowl (rather than two smaller bowls) seemed the most appropriate choice.  I really do not want a white cast iron, because it is difficult to keep clean and gets black scratches every time a pan is washed.

I've learned there aren't many choices in drainboard sinks.  White or some composite something-or-another. I like the first one, as I think it's the most period appropriate, but of course, Brad doesn't like it.  I also like the second one, but it is crazy expensive.  The third is the cheapest option, my least favorite.  Brad would like ta standard stainless steel sink, which would be the cheapest option.  Ahhh...what would Nicole Curtis do?

Here are the three options I found....

White Farmhouse with double drainboards

790 (sink) + 276 (faucet) + 44 (additional costs are for basin rack & drain basket) = $1110

White Apron front with drainboard

 1193 (sink) + 125 (faucet) + 276 + 44 (additional costs are for basin rack & drain basket) = 1638

Beige drop in with drainboard

536 (sink) + 125 + 169 + 27 + 44 (additional costs are for basin rack, drain basket & soap dispenser) = 901

Help us choose our exterior color

As some of you know, at our daughter's birthday party we asked our guests to vote for our exterior house colors.  Guests were given the choice of two color schemes: many different shades of blue with yellow accents or khaki greens (one more gray and one more sage) with rust (one choice was more orange and one was more red) accents.

It was very close, but Water's Edge/yellow barely beat out Escape Gray/Flower Pot.  When I was preparing a small section of the house on which to test the colors, I realized we really need a third color.  So I went to our local Sherman Williams store and got some color samples.  I got the Water's Edge, but also another very similar color called Meditative and the Butter Up. I picked a bold blue for the third color in this scheme.  I also got Escape Gray and Flower Pot.  I chose Dried Thyme as the third color in this scheme.  The small containers of paint are really too big for what we needed, but thank goodness I bought them!  When I tried out the paint on the house, we didn't like any of the colors!

The yellow was much more lemony than the swatch.  The two blues (Water's Edge and Meditative) were okay, but in hindsight are similar to our next door neighbor's house.  The accent blue was just down right ugly.  The Escape Gray was not what we were hoping for...we wanted more of a khaki green.  Dried Thyme was okay, but didn't thrill either of us and is probably too dark for the main color.  Flower Pot was true to its swatch, but is a bit too bold for our bigger accents, like the window trim.  Although, it is fine for smaller areas, like the accent trim above the window.

Below is a picture of what we aspire to with our renovation.  It's unlikely we will have the time or the money to get our house to look like this, but we can dream....we even kind of like the color scheme.

So, it's back to the drawing board.  I should note that, as I alluded to, our next door neighbor's house is a blue/gray color with white trim.  There are quite a few historic homes on Somonauk with the khaki/burnt orange combination. Although, none have a house color of green khaki...they are all tan/beige with burnt ourange.  There are also quite a few yellow houses on the street.

We're looking for suggestions please.  Thanks!