The Soapstone Sink Has Arrived!
I have been soooooooo excited!
And, today, it was put in place: the soapstone sink!
But….
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…it is not quite what I expected.
I mean, this is a VERY odd kind of soapstone.
But maybe this is the newest trend in soapstone? You know, hip stone? Maybe…hey…wait…
SCREECH!
SCREECH!
(Muffled noises.)
Whew! Hello everybody! This is Good Ross. I had to knock out Bad Ross who wrote all the above. Sorry. He gets out sometimes.
Anyway, obviously this is not the new, custom-made soapstone sink. This is the mock-up made of scrap bits. It felt important to test the scale and height.
And, I like it! The height of everything seems very comfortable. I love standing right in front of the huge window. Yes, it is very odd to partially cover part of the window but, as previously noted and shown, this was not uncommon in 1894. It is also eccentric and I am a sucker for anything eccentric.
So…drum roll, please…I am now going to go ahead and order the custom soapstone sink. Yesterday, I received another quote ($2,800 including shipping), so that now means I have four quotes, ranging from $2,200 to $3,315. I will go with the former.
While my heart lurches at the idea of spending $2,200 for a sink, the cost pales in comparison to the annual cost of restoring the Cross House. Moreover, the cost of the finished kitchen will not be too bad, particularly in light of the enormous sums people routinely spend on kitchens nowadays.
Well, Good Ross is very excited.
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Oh my goodness, you got me! I was zooming in trying to figure out what I was looking at and agreeing with you about how odd that was. 😂 I blame it on the tiny screen on my phone. Lol. Anyway….how exciting!!
That is exciting, finally narrowing down your choices to THE one. The soapstone will look way cooler than your mockup. haha
Thank you, Cindy. I’m intensely excited about the sink.
I so love that you can build something to scale like that to try it out. I can kind of fake it in Photoshop, but it’s not the same as being able to be there with it…stand and look out the window!
Exciting!
I’m reminded of Mae West, Karen:
When I’m good, I’m very good.
When I’m bad…I’m better.
Let Bad Ross out more often. When you’re bad you’re brilliant. This sink is going to be amazing. Looking forward to seeing it.
Will you be able to still open and clean the windows?
Hi, Jutta!
The windows are sealed, as are all the windows in the house. This has made a huge difference in heating/cooling.
And the kitchen double window is easily cleaned.
It looks fabulous there! And you’ll have a fabulous view of the carriage house out that window. I wish my view was that gorgeous.
You had me too! I’m going – that’s plywood – if that’s packing that’s a very thin sink! Bad Ross indeed. How exciting. 🙂
It will look great. The faucet mounts to the vertical backsplash in front of the window? Will your water supply lines have to go through the window sill to the faucet? Or can you mount the faucet on the sidesplash where the water lines can be inside of the wall?
If you’re having it custom made, why do you have to cover the window so much? I have a 60-inch cast iron farmhouse sink with a backsplash that covers the window and the wall-mounted faucets that come through the backsplash, and the faucet comes so far forward that water doesn’t even touch the backsplash, much less the window. You can just have a very low backsplash of a few inches, just high enough for the faucets to come through. And I just put potted flowers between the sink and window.
Love it!! It is so modern! 😉