I have 5 sinks in the house, 2 in the studio, and not one is what I have dreamed about when I think about sinks. Admittedly, I don't think about sinks all that much, but when I run across them in Home Depot or Lowe's or at someone's house that's much nicer than mine, I covet a cool sink. Perhaps it all stems back to being raised by a compulsive hand washer, but I want sink like this:
This sink looks completely impractical and I'm not even sure how it works, but desire isn't a strong enough word for how I feel about it. This is like 10th Commandment covet.
And it's only $1790, so it's a bargain, too! And on closer inspection it looks like it could double as a urinal. Hmmm.
This is a sink that I'm not really sure I like, but it's $7000+. $7000 for a sink seems like a bit much, but $7000 PLUS? I'm trying to wrap my head around that one. Plus what? Your first born?
I love, love, love glass. So it only makes sense that I would love a sink that looks like this:
or this:
and who couldn't love this:
This, as you can probably tell, is not a sink, it is a faucet. A totally awesome and impractical faucet. Why does "awesome" often pair itself with "impractial?"
This is a stunning design, but I just have to ask, Who actually uses these sinks? I'd be flooding my house everytime I wash my hands (and remember, that's often). And how do you clean a wood sink? Sandpaper?
For some reason a kitchen sink doesn't have the same design style that a bathroom sink does (what's up with that?) but I've found some I like:
Again, I've found a sink that leaves me confused. How many things can you drain in one sink? And isn't that what a colander is for? But I like it.
This is a sink I can actually see myself using:
If I had to.
Don't ever fall for this one:
The faucet will end up in the middle and water will be all over yourself and the floor. Don't say I didn't warn you. I have experience with this.
If money is no object:
I think this one is $11,885. Could I feed a small village in Africa with that money?
Here's where I get preachy. Because I've been thinking about the cost of this sink all night. When I wasn't sleeping. And I'd like to think that if I had $11,885 I wouldn't spend it so frivolously, that I'd spend it on a village in Africa. And then I think, hey, I've got running water! I've got Lake Michigan out my front door, and many, many people in this world don't even have running water. Every day they walk miles just to get water to drink. And it magically comes out of my faucet. Granted it falls into my ugly, hard-water-stained stainless-steel sink, but it's water. And then I remind myself to be thankful for what I've got. Even this:
Or...I could send $10,000 to the African village and spend $1,885 on a new kitchen sink.



