Something tells me that some of these sinks aren't original to these locations - Could it be the PVC pipe drains?

The sink in the first picture looks like the teeniest sink ever. It looks like I could barely fit my hands in it! Really like the simple deeper sinks in pics 2 and 4.

Great title.

Funny. I never see the brown sea-shell-shaped fiberglass sink/counter combo in these. I guess I'm just gonna have to replace it.

Bepsf, they could've just replaced the 50-100 year old pipes and left the sink. I used to live in a place that had the 1940s sink and PVC pipes put in in the 90s.

The teeny blue sink is about all that would fit in my bathroom. I wish I could find another like it, but I'll just have to settle for the small IKEA Ann sink like Anna at Door Sixteen.

LOVE!

where is it implied that these sinks are original to these locations? it looks more like a post about old sinks in general, whether they are original or salvaged.

my favorite is the first photo. really not sure how that would be function-wise from day to day but it looks really adorable. actually, now that i'm looking at it more ... maybe the photo just makes the sink look smaller then it is? i can see a small listerine bottle in the three shelf cabinet so it can't be all that small i suppose.

I like #2, 3 and 4. Looking for a paint color like #2 very pretty for a small bath with white fixtures.

To Sissy-
Many many end up at places like
http://www.buildingresources.org/index.html

Here is a full list of salvage places in the Bay Area, I love going to them.
http://www.ohmegasalvage.com/Showroom%20Pages/salvage_list.htm

I found a great chair for 15.00 that now looks like a $300.00 chair.

See, old sink? 80 years later, you are the belle of the ball, cracks and all!

One major problem (trust me) with old sinks with genuine old hardware like #s 5 and 6 is having separate faucets for hot and cold water. When washing my hands, I do like the choice between frigid and scalding...

I kept the original (well, original to when plumbing was installed!) sink when I renovated my bathroom. It's a teeny-tiny cast iron corner sink. Perfectly designed, perfectly sized. It was rusted and pitted, so I had it sandblasted and powder-coated, which is far more durable than epoxy.

I did replace the old separate taps with a combination faucet, though. Like CaliHome said, that hot/cold choice is no fun at all! Vintage Tub has a huge selection of faucets with all different spreads to accommodate non-standard sizes.

Here's my cute little (old) sink!

p.s. I did replace ALL of the plumbing, however. It would have been insane not to. Unfortunately, plumbing doesn't last forever.

p.p.s. Actually, the 100-year-old cast iron drain pipe in our house probably will last forever. Everything else was lead, though, and we changed it all to copper.

Why would anyone want to hold on to a sink that lacks a center mixer? I have a friend who kept her two-spigot model and there's no warm water, just freezing and scalding hot. It's like washing up in Little House On the Prairie.

I like Anna's sink.

These are great!

Anna, your sink brings me back to my grandma's! She had a sink just like that.

we have a corner sink like Anna at D16, but ours is a two hole faucet (there is no middle hole in the sink) with a 6.5 inch span between the spigots. The Faucets are in bad shape and need to be replaced, preferably with faucets with a bridge mixer but all we can find is 4 , 8 or 12 inch spans on the Vintage tub site. Does anyone have any idea?

Great post Geoff! I work for Kohler Company (as you can imagine, we love sinks) and I posted this to our Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/kohler

I'm a big fan of rustic sinks. I've got an old farmhouse-style one in my kitchen and everyone that comes over comments on it. Plus, there's plenty of room to do dishes!

Glad to see others love em as much as I do :)

I want to like the first one, I definitely like the pieces individually and the color combination. However, together it looks like a nightmare. Disproportionate and not very ergonomic.