I have another home project post for you today. When we moved in this house over 4 years ago (geez, has it been that long already?), the sink in the kitchen was a beautiful, pristine, spotless, stainless steel, double-basin sink.
As you can imagine, it has seen A LOT of washing, soaking, staining, etc. in the last 4 years. For a long while, after trying to clean it and not seeing great results, I just turned a blind eye to it. I HATED the way it looked but I just got over it.
Well, the time approached when I could no longer turn a blind eye and I quickly became beyond embarrassed by how it looked, and pretty much done with it. I told my husband that and within 2 seconds (true story.), he was asking me what I wanted (what kind, what color, how big/deep, single or double basin, etc., etc., etc.).
My husband? He's a problem-solver. :)
I had a problem with my current sink, so he was going to fix it.
So over the course of the next few months we saved our pennies and began thinking, researching and looking for a new kitchen sink. And faucet. Of course we'd have to have a new faucet because the current faucet was also part of the ghastly sink.
Jeff found an AWESOME set that included, along with the main faucet, a hot water faucet, a purified water faucet and a soap pump (which I'm not sure I'll use much but whatever -- it came with it) on clearance.
Love that word: clearance.
We ended up with a really pretty brown colored, deep-set, composite granite, double-basin sink. I didn't even know they made sinks in a brown color but it goes perfectly with the color of our countertops in the kitchen.
Again, the before shot is always SO embarrassing, but to really appreciate the end result you gotta show it:
Like night and day, huh? I love the new deep basins because I can put dirty dishes in there and you can't even see them! :) And the new faucet is fabulous because 1) it has the stream or spray option with the push of that black button you see on the nozzle, 2) the nozzle pulls off from the faucet to be able to use as a sprayer and 3) it swivels SO much easier and nicer than the other faucet.
I am so happy with my new sink. This project was a success due in very large part to our good friend, Matthew, who has mad skills in the plumbing department. He and his wife and little girl live in Wake Forest but they came down for the day so we could put him to work installing our new sink. Sweethearts, those Seerings. :)
Oh! I also got an outside shower out of the deal! That was my brilliant husband's doing. He decided that if we, er, I mean, Matthew was going to be down there messing with the plumbing due to the sink install, we might as well get an outside shower put in, too. Something he's been wanting and that just makes sense around these (beach) parts. :)
Jeff pretty much took care of this project, except for the plumbing part of it, of course. But the design of the shower is his:
