The Angelico Copper Bar Sink: Designing with the Sink in Mind


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The American Craftsman style of interior design is making a significant comeback. This architectural style, popular from the late 1800s to the 1930s, also influenced home interiors. It’s seen in bungalows, cabins, lodges, and farmhouses, often featuring bay windows, gables, turrets, and breakfast nooks. Notable architects like Frank Lloyd Wright and Bernard Maybeck designed homes in this style. Inspired by the English Arts and Crafts movement of the 1860s and oriental wooden architecture, it emphasized craftsmanship over industrial production. Sinkology celebrates this heritage by continuing to hand-make copper and fireclay sinks.

A classic Craftsman-style house with blue siding, white trim, and a prominent brick chimney, surrounded by a well-maintained garden and trees.

They include wide doors, fireplaces, and numerous windows. Natural elements such as stone, brick, glass, and tile are also common. The perfect home for another natural material: copper. While copper complements nearly any interior design style, it fits particularly well with the American Craftsman style. The earthy tones of copper, hand-hammered finish, and handmade nature of our products make it perfect for a Craftsman-style bungalow.



a living room and dining room in a Craftsman Style home


The Angelico is the perfect bar sink for a house like this. Many of these houses have large dining rooms and spacious kitchens. A perfect place for a prep sink, but also a perfect place to introduce a wet bar; especially if your house has a perfect little nook that these homes are known for. The style that we have put together for the Angelico copper bar sink includes many natural materials that would integrate perfectly into an American Craftsman style home.



A top view of a hammered copper sink with a dark faucet, copper accessories, fabric swatches, and design samples laid out on a rustic wooden surface, creating a coordinated kitchen design setup.


Not only is the copper material ideal for this space, but the drop-in design helps you keep true to the craftsman approach of DIY. This copper bar sink will easily drop in to any pre-cut countertop. For this design, we chose a granite with a slight green to it and flecks of browns and blacks. Many of these homes favor oaks stained to a dark tone, so we chose brown cabinets. Another option for the bar top could be a piece of antique wooden furniture, like a buffet table, from the early 1900’s that would feel right at home in a home designed during the same time period. For our faucet, we selected this Pfister faucet in a Rustic Bronze finish to complete your perfect bar sink.

For the drain on this bar sink, we recommend this new basket drain from Sinkology. With a removable basket, this drain is perfect for a wet bar where the mixologist likes to garnish her cocktails with twists of lemons, orange slides, cocktail onions and more. This little drain, designed to fit Sinkology bar sinks, is the perfect first line of defense against wiggly little pimentos and maraschino cherries that are trying to clog up your drain.

To accessorize the space, think about rough-spun fabrics like these bar napkins, earthy paints, and natural materials for your light switches and outlet covers. But if you really want to finish the space in the perfect copper style, add some copper Moscow Mule mugs, copper shot glasses, and a copper ice bucket. While the Moscow Mule wasn’t popularized until the early 40’s, these mugs look perfect in any rustic or classic setting. Made from pure, solid copper, these mugs are bigger and heavier than most out there and would be perfect for a classic American party in a classic American home style. For a recipe for this classic American cocktail, check out this video.

Whether your home is architecturally designed in this style or not, many of the elements of an American Craftsman style can be pulled through nearly any style of home. Focus on natural materials, woods, handmade products, ornate decorations, eclectic furniture, and rough fabrics to make this style come to life in your home.

A close-up of a hammered copper sink with two copper pieces and a striped cloth draped over the edge, highlighting the rich texture and warmth of the materials.

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A close-up of a hammered copper sink with two copper pieces and a striped cloth draped over the edge, highlighting the rich texture and warmth of the materials.
A classic Craftsman-style house with blue siding, white trim, and a prominent brick chimney, surrounded by a well-maintained garden and trees.
A top-down view of a hammered copper sink with a dark faucet, accompanied by copper mugs, fabric swatches, and design samples, all arranged on a rustic wooden surface.
A copper sink with a dark faucet is accompanied by copper mugs, a small bucket, fabric swatches, and design samples, all set on a rustic wooden surface, showcasing a warm and coordinated kitchen design theme.
a living room and dining room in a Craftsman Style home
A copper sink and faucet set on a rustic wooden surface, accompanied by copper mugs, a tray with fabric swatches, and kitchen accessories, creating a warm and earthy kitchen design aesthetic.


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