Posts Tagged: Sink

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Jul 10

Bathroom Remodel 6: Almost Finished

After finally installing a proper toilet, I set about hanging the beadboard on the walls. I had been dreading this step because of all the intricate cuts that were involved. It would’ve been easy if it was just a matter of measuring and drawing lines; but as I’ve said before, nothing is plumb in my house. Beadboard is like graph paper; it’s easy to see angles on it. I was worried that even if I cut everything perfectly, it would still look bad as I lifted corners to make the seams fit snugly. I decided to start by lining up the two light switches. I’m a nut for symmetry. I took it as a good omen that the first piece of paneling only need to be trimmed once to fit.

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8
Aug 09

Patio Drink Station

I’m such an idiot. After we remodeled our kitchen, we had no use for our old sink (pictured here). It was a white, porcelain coated, cast iron, double-well sink. I’m sure it was pretty expensive, but we had no use for it anymore. You could say I’m the opposite of a pack rat; I hate holding onto anything that has no use or hasn’t been used in a couple of years. So I put our sink on the sidewalk in front of our house and it was gone in a couple of hours. A few days ago, I ran across this article and it hit me that I could have made a drink station like this out of the old sink:

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Seriously, how cool would something like this look on your back porch?

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