It's mostly dirt...a little rust, but not in the sink area itself.

I was going to clean it, when my nephew brought it out...but it looked like we were going to have a downpour! I took a quick picture and ran for the door. Hopefully, the rain will get the first layer off, then I can clean it up tomorrow after work :)

Can you float it on two (15"?--18"?) drawer bases, and build a platform for the undersink area, just to keep stuff off the floor. You're planning to use a curtain anyway? You could use wood pieces to span the gap, and provide support.

I have a similar potting sink that I placed on top of an old table frame (one of the science lab tables), so maybe building a frame is an option.

Love those old sinks. I have a different style but I love the drain rack.

Doors and upper shelves are being installed tomorrow.

That is a great idea MamaGoose. I built a shelf across the desk knee hole and use or used it as a kitchen island. It was pretty easy to do it.

Darling sink LL.

Lass, when I lived for a year in a friend's old Riverhouse, the kitchen had a huge sink very similar to that one, with the faucet mounted on the wall beneath the window. I never took a picture of that side of the kitchen showing those details, I don't think. But, I'll look. Seems I did snap a pic of a parrot sitting on the faucet....... That side of the kitchen was mostly the sink and had base cabs at either side. The middle span was cabinet also, but had 2 doors opening to reveal the plumbing and just "stuff" for cleaning kept down there. I could ask the friend to take a picture of it for me. It was a really heavy sink, enamel over cast iron. What MamaGoose says makes good sense. Even a tension rod in the middle would hold a curtain across the open area between two base cabs supporting it....just don't make the span too open.

I have the twin to your sink in my basement. It's very useful. We tried every which way to Sunday to work it into the new kitchen plan, but with the cabinet layout I need, it just would not work. So in the basement it stays. It's plumbed, and we use it a lot.

According to her grown Grandson, the original owner of this house was so pleased when they finally got the old ceramic-over-iron sink down in the basement and replaced it with the much smaller, double pan, stainless steel sinks in the kitchen. Now, I want to toss the too-small stainless sink and bring the iron maiden back up to her original glory.

Quick update on our kitchen remodel...mostly replacing base cabinets and putting down new subfloor, due to some water damage. Now that we're staying, we need to make it pretty :)

Still planning to use our vintage sink, too. Thank you for all the great advice!

lavender did you find a solution for the sink cabinet base? Your kitchen layout looks very nice. I like your use of free standing pieces. It is something we have considered doing.

I'm thinking about 12" cabinets on each side and a little curtain in the middle. I'll probably have to build some plywood structure to connect the cabinets and hold up the sink, but I think it will be really nice :)