Accessorizing

The kitchen sink in our new house is just shy of 4 feet long. It features dual ledges that accept sliding accessories. Jeanine and I visited the website where we purchased the sink and she identified the most useful add-ons. Rather than shell out +$400 for these items, I made them all and then some for less than $75. For the top ledge, I built two bamboo chopping boards (one long grain and one butcher block style end grain) and a high-density plastic chopping board. For the lower ledge, I purchased a roll-up drying shelf ($7) and a collander/bowl combination ($22) which I fit into a second high density plastic frame ($23). Also pictured above at the back are two thick bamboo butcher block cutting boards I fashioned from wood scraps I generated while building the kitchen cabinets.