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Ideas on multipurpose sink for hard-working powder room?

4 years ago

We typically enter our house from the garage. A 5-foot entryway hall leads to the kitchen. There’s a powder room 52”x59” on the right side of the hall and a 59”x70” mudroom/laundry room with wonderful storage cabinets on the left side. I‘d like to replace the powder room sink with something deeper and more multipurpose, seeing as the laundry room has no utility sink and the family most often cleans up at this sink after playing and working outside. It would also be nice to use the sink to occasionally soak dirty dishes at big gatherings. The current sink is 21“ front to back and 31“ side to side. We can go a little deeper front to back but need to stay close to the current side to side measurement. We are fine with replacing the entire vanity as well as the hardware. Any suggestions on a style, make, etc.? FYI: We do not want another sink to the mud room/laundry.

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Nancy in Mich

4 years ago

It sounds to me that you want a Utility Sink.

Don't be discouraged at the first few plastic or metal ones, keep looking for the cool old-school porcelain ones. There are also some nice modern ones that are simply larger and deeper than ones you normally see. One of the ones with an integral backsplash will make washing up (and bathing small dogs or cats) a lot less messy.

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enduring
4 years ago
HU, what is your budget? Nancy linked a lot of options with wide price ranges. You could have a soapstone sink too. These cast iron and soapstone options are beautiful options, though expensive.
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What do you mean, "worried about the business"? OH, I think you meant being too busy? My master is fairly large yet not giant by any means, but do have two windows which AM light is good, and that's it. I originally put in three lights that had frosted glass and they didn't offer enough light. Mine are sconces as you probably know now and not over vanity lights. The lights I replaced were long cylindrical lights and took 2 torpedo bulbs per light. Horrible lighting 80 watts total per light and there were three... to be honest I wasn't fond of the lights at all, but got them as my husband liked them as I did the whole plan for decor for the room so let him pick them thinking, "meh"... glad they didn't work :) I think if this is a powder room you might consider this. Look at lights, then bulb sizes so the length doesn't exceed the glass fixture. They do have different bulb sizes. If you are an Amazon member look up the light I copied and pasted and look at some of them. This is not a bath that one would be applying makeup, shaving.... correct?
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If you decide to have the underside of a wall-hung sink visually exposed and want it looking neat, check out Duravit.com. Duravit sells matching pedestals that do get in the way, but also ”siphon covers” that hang on the wall and hide the plumbing behind a porcelain cover that only goes halfway to the floor. They also sell countersinks, in which there is a sink in the middle or one side or the other of a large porcelain countertop, all one piece. A larger, deeper one of these can give the litterbox more cover. You can also get a cheap vanity and cut a cat door in the side of it and use a tray with higher sides to try and capture litter that escapes the box. With two doors on a frameless front, you should be able to pull out the tray to brush it off and wash it. You could also look into furniture pieces that are made to hide the litter box and could look nicer. An activated charcoal filter hung in there and changed regularly could make a cabinet cat box smell better without adding perfume that the cats probably would not like. That works pretty darn well in the Toto deodorizing toilet seats.
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I like Artemis78 suggestion of a 30” vanity with 2” fillers on the sides. You can never have too much storage! I purchased Bertch USA vanities for my bathrooms, great quality with soft closing drawers. Check out their website. For the vanity tops I purchased remnant quartz pieces from a local stone yard. Best of luck in your renovation journey!
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chiflipper
4 years ago
Call salvage yards and rural resale / flea market shops, "slop sinks, concrete laundry tubs".

Concrete tubs can be repaired.
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jwvideo
4 years ago
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This won't work if you are just looking for a sink to drop into an existing cabinet but, if you would be willing to swap out the existing cabinet, a friend with a somewhat similar design problem just found a cabinet-sink combo for her laundry/ powder room project at our local Costco. It also is at Costco's online site so you could have a look at this link to see if it might work for your place. ETA:there is a similar unit in the catalog in Nancy's link, so you it seems can get these elsewhere if you are not a Costco member.
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Lyndee Lee
4 years ago
I would use a stainless steel single bowl kitchen sink. If you are using it for a utility sink, I would not suggest a granite composite sink if you might use it for cleaning paint brushes and roller sleeves. I still have some paint residue in my kitchen sink where a paint brush cleaner did not wash out the sink when he finished.

My combo powder room, laundry room has a vintage porcelain one piece vanity top. It works great for washing out clothes or hands but classic bathroom sink profile wouldn't work for soaking dishes.
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girl_wonder
4 years ago
Here's a farm house style utility sink. I think these are cute. One downside is limited counter space, but maybe you can install a cute glass shelf somewhere.

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Rejuvenation has some stylish utility sinks

https://www.rejuvenation.com/catalog/categories/bath/sinks-vanities?Sink%20Size=Utility
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Heidi M
Original Author
4 years ago
We're pretty much sold on the Costco recommendation. The other options all have their merits, too. Thanks for everyone for sharing your thoughts and ideas.

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