No. Not all farmhouse sinks are apron-style, either. The oversized farmhouse sink originated in Europe and didn’t become popular in the U.S. until the 1990s, when kitchen remodeling was all the rage. Still, as far back as the 1920s, there was an Americanized version of the white farmhouse sink: It was a freestanding cast iron version with a backsplash. Today, you can have a farmhouse sink that’s undermount, drop-in, or semi-flush, and pulled forward from the lower cabinetry.