I Have a Sink-ing Feeling About This Project....
I love using things in ways they haven't been used before. And I do mean EVERYTHING. Including the kitchen sink!
I stumbled upon this way to display a vintage sink several years ago, and it's time I spilled the beans about it! Yeah, it really IS a vintage sink sitting on top of a folding wire shopping cart. The kind Grandma trundled to the grocer with.... the apron of the sink fits securely over the edges of the cart, holding it in place. Wrap the cart with burlap like I did, and it disappears - no one will ever know what's under there! And since your heavy sink now has wheels, you can roll it anywhere you want it: a store display, a flower planter on your front porch, or in the garden... heck, you can even take it GLAMPING with you!!! (if I'd thought of this back in 2009, I would have put it in the Taj Ma Tent!)
Click over to the HOMEWARDfound blog to read the story on my discovery - and see some fun ways I have used sinks in displays and decor.
I stumbled upon this way to display a vintage sink several years ago, and it's time I spilled the beans about it! Yeah, it really IS a vintage sink sitting on top of a folding wire shopping cart. The kind Grandma trundled to the grocer with.... the apron of the sink fits securely over the edges of the cart, holding it in place. Wrap the cart with burlap like I did, and it disappears - no one will ever know what's under there! And since your heavy sink now has wheels, you can roll it anywhere you want it: a store display, a flower planter on your front porch, or in the garden... heck, you can even take it GLAMPING with you!!! (if I'd thought of this back in 2009, I would have put it in the Taj Ma Tent!)
Click over to the HOMEWARDfound blog to read the story on my discovery - and see some fun ways I have used sinks in displays and decor.
Vintage sink sits on top of.... oh, you really won't believe this one!
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Vintage sink sits on top of a pedestal
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Vintage sink filled with dessert ware and plastic holiday ornament 'bubbles'
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Vintage sink sits on metal cart.
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Perfect planter in the garden: a vintage sink!
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I have the same 40's heavy ceramic sink, and have it attached and sitting low against a fence, filled with water as a dog drinking dish. Plan to tile the entire surface with blue and white glass tiles I got free, but need to be sure the glue I use is safe for birds/dogs/cats as a drinking source. Sealing with food safe granite counter top sealer may also work.
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what is the plant in ur sink; I planted some wildflowers and that plant is the only one that bloomed; thanks. Oh and by the way I put an old sink under a tree and planted a hosta in it; love that there are others who do this too.