Tuesday, May 1st, 2007

Water Runs Through It

The sink? The beautiful, 95-pound beast of a sink? Yeah – it works. I know because I brushed my teeth in it this morning. I sprayed that gorgeous polished nickel faucet with its first spattering of toothpaste dots. Then carefully wiped it because I’d like the sink to remain pristine for at least 24 hours.

running water

And how do I know it’s 95 pounds, you ask? Because we weighed it. We were debating whether I had the strength to assist in lifting it onto the wall brackets. Darwin said, “Can you lift 40 pounds?” and I said, “Of course.” But I wagered the sink weighed 150 pounds, not 80. So Darwin went and got the bathroom scale, padded it with a piece of styrofoam, and lowered the beast down onto it. 95.0.

And yes, I could lift it! My half anyway. We didn’t even have to call in any manly neighbor muscle to help.

The only thing not entirely perfect about the sink is the water lines. Darwin went to Lowe’s yesterday to buy them, but they only had 20-inch lines when we needed 24-inch. He surprised me by installing them for me this morning. What a man, that man of mine.

But the water lines do look slightly insane. They remind me of Steve Urkel’s pants.

sink

But that can be fixed in future. For now, I DON’T CARE! Do you hear me, world? My sink works! I am happy.

 

posted by K | filed under Bathrooms, Ooh, Pretty!, Sink | 9 Comments

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9 Responses to “Water Runs Through It”

  1. Greg on May 1st, 2007 4:32 pm

    Wow! What a beautiful sink. Congratulations.

    95!?

  2. jm on May 1st, 2007 6:21 pm

    Holy crow! What a gor-gee-ous sink! Do you run into the bathroom just to look at it, like, 100 times a day? I would.

  3. Leslie on May 1st, 2007 8:07 pm

    Bee-yoo-tee-usss!! I’d be polishing it every day, too!

  4. Trissa on May 1st, 2007 9:51 pm

    So very nice! I think the best part of do-it-yourself is the utter joy you get out of simple things like brushing your teeth!

  5. Carol on May 2nd, 2007 9:04 am

    Wow, what an amazing sink! It is beautiful. Great job, it looks wonderful.

  6. Jordana on May 2nd, 2007 11:59 am

    Gorgeous!

  7. kelly on May 2nd, 2007 8:21 pm

    Yup. Urkel pants. :)

  8. Kristin on May 3rd, 2007 10:33 am

    Thank you so much! I do love it. By the way, I wanted to add that we installed it at a 34-inch height, which is about 3 inches more than typical countertop height. It looked kinda funny to me at first, but now I love it. It’s the exact perfect height.

  9. 1916home.net on June 27th, 2007 11:35 am

    Great Sink! Do you find the bathroom more roomy now?

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