Our sinks were built in, but their cabinets were low and bending hurt my back. I determined the cabinets could be raised by adding a horizontal board just above the place at bottom that is indented for your toes. It added about five inches, bringing the counters up to the height of our kitchen counters. The board was stained to match the cabinet and is right under where the cabinet doors open. The line of the board is hidden by a length of wood trim. This raising up did require adding pipe to the water lines under the sinks to fill the pipe gap; moving the very large mirrors (no breaks or chips!) upward and moving the lighting above the mirrors up, as well. Took one day of work by carpenter and helper. Well worth the cost.

I have just put one into our holiday home as I've always loved the look. I've always fought shy of having one in our main house as friends and relatives tell me that theirs have chipped relatively easily. I'm being very precious with my new one, but hope that I can keep it unchipped! Personally I'm not a fan of stainless steel belfast sinks as I prefer to have a traditional looking as opposed to a very contemporary kitchen. I do agree though that they can look wonderful in the right environment. Apologies for the picture being the wrong way round, never mastered the digital photo...

We currently live with only a single sink and it is terrible! When we renovate the kitchen there will definitely be a double sink (either a 1.5-1.75). So handy for when u are washing up, but need to tip something down the sink (eg. You have had something soaking, but forget to empty it before filling the sink to wash in)

I'm glad this question was posted a was something I considered asking myself. The thought of brushing teeth in earshot of the other is... ewww!, but quite right, a his and hers bathroom is the dream as who uses the room at the same time? If I could have my bathroom with a bath, and he has his own with a shower, I would. I'm gauging this on "women with makeup", and "men with stubble" as the key issues with couples as well as who is the tidiest. I love lots of sinks, even have one plumbed outside, double in the kitchen, plus one in the laundry, but in the bathroom I think it would be more of a show of appearance more than use. Maybe the second sink is far more practical actually in the dressing table in the bedroom or dressing room... an old idea but perhaps worth revisiting.