Reggie Parry
Years ago this post contained a review of the Ikea Farmhouse Sink (DOMSJÖ) with cleaning tips, installation questions answered, and how it held up. Now that IKEA discontinued the DOMSJÖ, I’ve found you some alternatives that will give you a similar look and will apply to a lot of the information in this post.
In this post, I’m sharing my thoughts on our white IKEA farmhouse sink — the DOMSJÖ double bowl.
If you’ve followed this blog for any length of time, you probably know that I love cottage and coastal style with a traditional twist.
I used the IKEA farmhouse sink fearlessly and left spaghetti sauce sitting on its pristine surface for longer than I should. A few years in, we experienced the dreaded “gray marks” we were warned about in the comments of this post.
True to the discussion in the comments, Barkeeper’s Friend works great to get the scratches out and made the sink look like new. We occasionally had rust rings left behind from some of my soaking pots and pans, and my trick was using Iron Out spray.
I simply sprayed it on and let it sit a few minutes and then scrubbed with a utility brush.
Is the white porcelain hard to keep clean on a daily basis? The truth about white in our homes: It doesn’t get dirtier than other finishes, it simply shows the dirt sooner… which allows me to see it and clean it up. I scrub the sink out with a dish brush and soap daily after emptying it, and I “deep clean”, including the grooves, weekly.
The one thing I will say is that the grooves at the back of the sink are not as easy to keep clean. I use a sponge or scrub brush to get the junk out, but the grooves pose a slight challenge.
It had the general feeling of the antique-style faucets I liked but met the requirement of being an all-in-one unit, since the IKEA farmhouse sink only has one hole.
In the small side you couldn’t lay down a normal-sized dinner plate.
The stainless steel was scratched and stained after only being installed by the previous homeowners a year before. In fact, when we later fully renovated our kitchen, I opted for the Shaws undermount farmhouse sink (In case you’re wondering, I packed up the DOMSJÖ and moved it with us for future use — but no, I’m not selling it!
I originally chose the DOMSJÖ because we were trying to save the granite countertops for budget reasons, but we hated the kidney-shaped sink. We added a thick piece of wood to the back wall and attached it to the studs to provide extra support for the substantial weight of the sink. We attached the metal support bar that came with the sink to the front of the cabinet.
How did you cut your granite counters to install the Ikea Farmhouse Sink (DOMSJÖ)? The message was pretty clear: after a countertop is already installed , no one wants to accept the liability of cutting it in place. I will give you the link to the video we used in a moment, but I want to say first: Our countertop DID chip.
This project would have resulted in needing to purchase new counters if we were trying to install a different style of farmhouse sink. I was also willing to take the risk because I half-hoped the purple-brown granite would be wrecked (because I’m not a big fan of it).
So I can’t recommend this method, because I can’t be responsible if thousands of dollars in counters get wrecked.
If you’ve found this post, chances are that you already know that the DOMSJÖ IKEA farmhouse sink was discontinued. Please remember though — I’m not IKEA and I don’t sell the sink, so there’s no point in emailing or commenting with customer service issues! I’m guessing from the volume of comments I received over the years about cracking that there may have been quality issues that eventually led to the IKEA farmhouse sink being discontinued, although I didn’t experience any problems myself.
Miracle Method is a popular chain, and there are often more local mom-and-pop companies that you can choose to support. My only recommendation for getting a direct replacement for the IKEA D OMSJÖ is to continue to check Facebook Marketplace, eBay, and Craigslist. Of course, it isn’t identical, but it has the double bowls, an apron front, and it’s drop-in style. Although it’s an investment, I love my Shaws sink, and when a company has been around for over a hundred years, it’s much less likely that you’ll be left high and dry.
