There’s nothing like the feel of a country cottage…sounds of traffic are replaced with chirping birds, dirt and gravel replace fields of concrete, and cold industrial interiors are instead natural, homey, and comfortable.

If you’re lucky enough to have a home in the country, or if you simply want to create the feel of a rustic country cottage in your suburban castle, a rustic feel is just a few decisions away: colors, materials, furniture, and the topic of this conversation, beautiful and traditional copper farm sinks.

If you want to feel of a rustic country cottage, consider replacing stainless steel or porcelain sinks in your kitchen and bath with copper farm sinks. Copper is a time-honored material providing lasting beauty and several design options for the perfect finishing touch in a rustic cottage kitchen or bathroom.

Copper farm sinks look great with rustic pieces like salvaged wood doors and dining tables, country inspired cupboards, and weathered countertops. Choose hammered styles, old or new, to honor the centuries-old skills of artisans who crafted them by hand. Smooth finishes on the other hand are simple and clean, but still provide a warm accompaniment to other earthy furnishings with their rich, changing patina that only looks better with age.

Large rustic kitchens need plenty of room for preparing meals and making cleanup easy. With a copper backsplash and faucet, you’ll do it all with style. Interestingly enough, even sanitary conditions improve with copper farm sinks and accessories as germs die faster there than on stainless steel sinks. Bacteria die within hours on copper instead of days on other materials.

Although a half bath or powder room won’t accommodate the size, large bathrooms would definitely be design magazine worthy with the use of a square or single bowl copper farm sink. Who says bathroom sinks have to be small and round? A large copper farm sink would be more functional for busy households, and a striking remark on carrying the rustic country cottage feel throughout your home.