Something Beautiful: The Sink

I spent some time today looking through my photos of the summer’s home renovation project. I needed to collect a few “best of the best” photos to share with a relative, and stopped when I saw this photo.

Isn’t it beautiful? :awe:

It wasn’t an easy task, getting this all symmetrical! My house is very old, nothing is plumb, and all the modern measurements mean nothing here. So stock cabinets wouldn’t fit fin the space I had, because stock cabinets only come in widths of 9 inches, 12 inches, 15 inches, 18 inches, etc. There’s nothing like 13.75 inches. So we had to fudge a little a lot to make it all work. And it did!

I was so tempted to get an undermount kitchen sink for this counter. I just love the countertop. An undermount would have given such a sleek, streamlined look to the counters. But I couldn’t find anything affordable. That was before I knew about mrdirectint.com. They have superb undermount kitchen sinks- many of them are a fraction of what they cost at the Big Box stores. They also offer same-day shipping for you last-minutes Louies, too. I’ll definitely be looking into them when we redo the bathrooms and laundry room area. Do check them out if you need a new sink!

But I am very happy with my kitchen sink area. I think the window turned out so well (it’s a miracle!) and the cellular blinds add a gauzy, romantic feel. The only thing missing is a little color, which is in the works.