What makes a sink an apron front
An apron-front sink, the shape most people call a farmhouse sink, leaves its front wall exposed. On a stone version that wall is part of the same block as the bowl, so the color and veining of the marble or travertine show on the face of the cabinetry instead of staying under the counter.
These sinks come from GMSTONE and are made to order in marble and travertine. Most are classed as rectangular farmhouse or apron shapes; the Tundra Gray model is listed as a farmhouse vessel, a compact bath basin that keeps the apron profile. Because the stone is worked by hand, two sinks of the same model differ in veining and tone.
Marble or travertine
Marble farmhouse sinks: Carrara, Botticino, grays and blacks
Marble is the larger group. Carrara gives a soft white with subtle gray veining, European white marble a white ground with natural veining, and Botticino a warm beige. Tundra Gray is a cool, neutral gray with fine veining, and a second gray marble shows striations and shifts of tone. Two models are cut in black marble with natural veining for a dark front.
Marble finishes here are polished, honed and semi polished, so a similar color can be chosen bright or soft. More bowls in the same stones are in marble sinks, and the dark ones are gathered in black marble sinks.
Travertine: Troia light, beige and Noce brown
The travertine group is warmer and more muted: Troia light travertine and a dense beige travertine in beige tones, and Noce travertine in brown. Travertine forms with small natural pits, and these sinks are listed as honed and filled, so the pits are closed with a color-matched filler and the face is matte. Travertine basins for the bath are collected in travertine sinks.
The models side by side
Sizes are written W x L x H in inches. The L is the length along the cabinet front, the W runs from the apron back toward the wall, and the H is the listed height of the piece.
- Carrara marble, 18x36x8, double bowl, kitchen
- Botticino marble, 16x32x10, double bowl, kitchen
- Troia light travertine, 18x36x7, double bowl, kitchen
- Troia light travertine, 18x30x10, single bowl, kitchen
- Beige travertine, 18x30x10, single bowl, kitchen
- Noce travertine, 18x30x10, single bowl, kitchen
- Black marble, 16x24x6, single bowl, kitchen or bath
- Tundra Gray marble, 16x19.5x5, single bowl, bath, prep or bar
- Black marble, 13.5x21.5x6, single bowl, bath or small kitchen
- Gray marble, 12x18x6, single bowl, kitchen prep or bar
- European white marble, 12.5x18x5, single bowl, wet bar, island or kitchenette
Single bowl or double bowl
The double bowl models are the long ones, and the Troia 18x36 is split into two equal bowls. The 18x30 travertines are the largest single bowls, one open basin with room for a stockpot or a roasting pan on its side. Their listings give the overall height of the stone, not the basin depth, with one exception: the Noce describes a basin 10 inches deep.
The split follows how the sink gets used. A double gives two working zones, one to soak and one to rinse, while a single keeps the whole length free for bulky cookware. The full kitchen range is in kitchen sinks, and all sinks are in sinks.
Kitchen sinks and bathroom sinks
The product titles say where each piece is aimed. The larger kitchen models run 30 to 36 inches, the black marble 16x24 is a single bowl titled for kitchen or bath, and the bath pieces are the compact 5 and 6 inch tall Tundra Gray and black marble models. The 12x18 gray marble is described as a compact kitchen sink for a prep station or bar area, and the 12.5x18 European white marble for wet bars, islands and kitchenettes where a full length sink will not fit.
Each product page lists the W, L and H of its model. GMSTONE lists custom sizes, shapes and finishes on these models for layouts the standard sizes do not suit.
