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I've always liked the look but not entirely sure of the practicality compared to a drop or undermount re: water spillage around the vessel and keeping things clean easily. Anyone?
This one is tres cool:
KENROKU PETRIFIED WOOD VESSEL SINK
http://www.signaturehardware.com/med...essel-sink.jpg
Check out this site too:
http://www.signaturehardware.com/bat...sel-sinks.html
Pretentious. Not you, the whole vessel sink thing.
I thought this was going to be a thread about a boat.
sunk sinks are better
truly a dentite fixture
vessel sinks are for folks who can (and want to) keep their bath rooms clean, usually with someone employed to keep them that way
nothing different about their utility tho
just usually require more cleaning effort since the exterior of the bowl is exposed...and usually with a tight inner corner to reach into to clean
i'd say they are a little easier to use for adults since they sit up above the counter
don't like the one in the OP, tho...and totally unmatched with the faucet
If I'm spending more money than I would for surface mount, I'm getting an under mount. Easier to clean.
sinks of gandy
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The first time I stayed at the Royal Suite at the Hôtel Plaza Athénée in Paris, I was astonished to find it had undermount sinks. For $25K a night I expected vessel sinks and told them such. Upon my next visit to the hotel, they had replaced the pedestrian undermount sinks with vessel sinks made from the finest Carrara marble.
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So yer sayin' the EF and Titanic sank because it had over-mounted sinks?!?
This changes everything!
Think of the center of gravity difference. They were top-heavy!Quote:
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Fucking bourgeois French.Quote:
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It's a little advanced but credible theory.Quote:
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Where do you mop the excess water that will land outside the sink?
Looks like a cleaning nightmare
some folks look beyond the cleaning as their criteria for sink selectionQuote:
Originally Posted by MTT
unfortunate :nonono2: ...carrara is pretty pedestrianQuote:
Originally Posted by Timberridge
have your secretary send them a hand-written note and suggest calacatta or a specialty stone so that everyone will know they were custom
If you have a limited amount of vanity space the right kind of vessel sink is awesome - you can end up with more room to put shit on the countertop.
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It takes like 10 seconds longer to clean than a normal sink
time to clean the baseboards there ^^^
If a sink isn't sunk is it really a sink?
Hah, that was during construction.Quote:
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That's why they aren't called sunks.Quote:
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looks like a god damn cereal bowlQuote:
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tacky
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Originally Posted by scottyb
This particular installation reminds me of a rehab facility in Malibu that I once spent 30 days in. Limited counter space and lack of mirrors made it more difficult for the cocaine user to get a quick fix.Quote:
Originally Posted by adrenalated
but did they have carrara marble vessel sinks?Quote:
Originally Posted by Timberridge
That looks one container away from being Pio'dQuote:
Originally Posted by PNWbrit
I didn't know Indira Gandhi had such a wide ass.
Wiat KQ--is the sink for you or for the horses? Cool if it's for the horses.
I saw the Edmund Fitzgerald once--I cast it off from the ore dock at Great Lakes Steel on Zug Island--the August before it sank.
Oh, that's what those things are called.
I always feel like you know when you're in a swanky place when their bathrooms have those.
A buddy of mine cast her own out of concrete which sounds wierd (altho not as wierd as the name of this thread) but it went in a strawbale house with clay floors
Har. I guess in a way the horses already have vessel sinks but sadly they are not marble, just plastic:Quote:
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Thanks for all the feedback and the funnies (LOL! I was so focused on sinks aka basins that I never saw the dbl entendre). I've always wonder about how they stood up to everyday use. Cleaning is a consideration for me - I like a tidy vanity that is easy to keep wiped down so I'm thinking under mount is probably better suited to my taste. I agree they do seem a bit pretentious but at the same time I can see their application when space is a consideration. Also, might be interesting in a main floor guest powder if you had such a home which I don't.
We have this type of sinks in the second bathroom (kid bathroom). I don't see any real advantage or disadvantage. Kinda pretentious way of making a sink, and they're probably going to look ridiculously out of style in another 10 years.
They came with the house, so whatever.
pretty sure stone can't be pretentious.Quote:
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For cleanliness, you really can't beat a nice pedestal sink.Quote:
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Hate the whole vessel sink thing. To each their own I guess. It makes it hard to wipe blood into the sink from the counter.
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Lol. No. I inherited from my dad a weak blood vessel in my left nostril that also routes in an inconvenient place. Runs in the family. My sister has it too. And one of my kids got it. I get nose bleeds very easily if I don't keep on top of hydration and then blow or pick my nose too vigorously.Quote:
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Egad - what a movie!Quote:
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Makes it tough to dismember kidnapped hookersQuote:
Originally Posted by riser3
kitchen counter/sink or bathtub. nobody uses the bathroom vanity for that shitQuote:
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Hey Paul!Quote:
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