Do you have an Ikea? I've seen these sinks done in some pretty expensive laundries and they looked great. I've seen this one done too but it has a hole already for faucet and yours appear to be wall mounted. http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/S99822037/ Here is a link that might be useful: Ikea

Nhb, that's a great thought... I'd actually be interested in a similar material (copper). :-) I know copper develops a patina -- what some folks would consider a negative -- but that's part of its charm for me. Stainless gives off a very industrial/sterile vibe, so you'd have to be careful using it, from an aesthetics point of view (in my opinion, of course, which you may or may not value, lol). Regarding operational negatives, I'd have to think it dents/scratches easily? Well, "easily" compared with a stone, anyway....

apple_pie_order, we use the iron mainly for steaming in the laundry room daily. We do use to board as well, but not daily. We currently bring the laundry in to be washed from hampers in the bedrooms, but it would be nice to have some type of hamper for misc laundry like kitchen cloths etc. I find sweaters are frequently draped over the machines so i think maybe a base cabinet with several pull out mesh drying racks might be a good use of space. I'd like to close it up when in use so i'm thinking mesh inserts on the cabinet doors would help for air-flow. see photo below:

Would it be tacky (tackier) to use a chunk of flooring there? The floor is 8x16 gray slate. I have a huge amount left over due to a GC who didn't math well, some in much larger sizes that we used in a larger room. I could cut one down and stick it up. I even have a tile saw! (I'm planning to DIY whatever I do. Our town is still pretty covidy.) Even if it weren't tacky, would a rectangle of gray in a bland whitish room stand out too much? Guess I can chop and prop one up and see. (We have so much extra we considered using it for a patio and pool deck. Too hot!) I will have to get some better photos.