Well, I see this has been going on for a while, not sure if you got your question answered, but as the proud new owner of one I snagged from a guy off CL (it was his Mothers and there was a whole history that went with it!). My house is a 1930 custom brick Craftsman and the sink I snagged is a 1933 farmhouse sink with drainboard. He also included the hardware. It will be going in a space that used to be a back porch, and up until this week had been being used as a pantry, and is now becoming a bathroom for the deck and pool. The sink itself was a dusty dirty mess, having sat for sometime after being removed from a property across the street from his home, that was now a commercial location and auto shop. By the looks of the sink, it too had been used and abused by men! No woman would keep a sink in THAT condition, without kicking the life out of her man! So here it is, in its dirty rough diamond state, its getting a cleaning and its present, but not complete transformation into creamy soft beauty! I am still a ways out from having it installed, but expect by Christmas, to have in not only in and working, but to be drooling all over it with everything from washing my Italian Greyhounds in it, to rinsing
off my dirty mitts in it! I also have already purchased the restaurant style faucet to go on it for a little twist of style. As you can see, the sink has progressed, still needs more work, but I find myself slipping out side and removing the tarp covering it to just touch it.....its getting smoother and feels like butter! Its shiny on the front, despite claims of it getting all scratch in front, it seems to have the least damage there! Most of the serious damage actually seems to the bottom and sides of the sink. Every couple days, I go out and give it another round of cleaning, preferring the slow, meticulous polishing to glory, to make this baby shine! If there are any complaints, it is in that this is a beast of a sink....taking two grown folks to lift and carry, who have been working out and eating their wheaties! The bathroom will be a simple affair of scavenged tiles, gleaming white subway tiles, some limestone tiles and a bit of tile for the floor. It is a small space it is going into, but will be a workhorse room off the deck, off the kitchen, and off the area that is presently working as a laundry room and housing the fridge! When one has one of these, it isn't so much because its all the rage, its partly a nod to old craftsmanship, to sturdy materials, to being built to last forever! And even when abused, to be able to rise up like a phoenix from the ashes, to live again! My plan includes a little white bead boarding, simple fixtures, all chrome and shiny metal, and like I said, some subway tiles, scavenged from my Moms kitchen redo, along with other tiles saved for this very project! My one hope is to have a full bath with shower in a no threshold bathroom, but because the floors are wood, I may not be able to manage the whole room as the shower with a drain in the middle of the floor like a school gym shower might be. If I can, I will, and I will bite the bullet money wise, if it is in reach just to have a full, rather than a half bath. Either way....I cannot wait! This is a love for the materials, the house and for something solid! Its cool surface beneath my fingers, its round corners, its soft lines on the drain board, its curves....its just a beautiful thing!
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