Thursday, November 13, 2008

Vintage Sinks

By Sinky Fishern

I was in the market for sinks. My kitchen, my 4 en-suites and the main bathroom, all required sinks. The reason for this is because my personal en-suite bathroom had come under attack from the cowboy fitter who installed my cabinet above it. He didn't secure it well enough, and it came down one night on the sink, breaking it in two.

If I just replaced the one sink, the other sinks would not match anymore and to be fair my OCD would drive me to replace them all eventually anyway. I am ashamed to admit that, everything has to be right. I feel sick, I know I am sick. I throw up bits of last nights dinner into my dry mouth every ten minutes. All the sinks in my home have to be the same, the same old great style.

It was a huge task replacing all the sinks. Most people would just replace a sink with any old new sink. Not me. My sinks were special, they had been passed down from generations. My oldest relatives had installed them when she lived here years ago, to me they were simply priceless...

So you can see how torn I was. To give in to my obsessive compulsive disorder and change all the heirloom sinks, or let my grandmothers legacy live on through her sinks?

It was tearing me up inside. I couldn't eat, I couldn't play with my kids, and I couldn't sleep. I kept thinking about sinks. Over and over again.

I had the perfect image of the sinks I wanted. I decided the best place to go to get them would be the biggest bathroom retailer in England. So off I trotted, tail between my legs , for I knew what I was doing disgusted me deep inside. As luck would have it, they did not have what i was looking for. i had come this far, i was not gonna give up and settle for the regualar syle of sinks that were on offer.

the search engine google saved the day in the end. My life was TRANSFORMED when I found a company who promised me they would get me the sink I wanted when I needed it. I told them the spec and they went ahead and created a special design for me using expert software. It was so immense thati wanted to kiss the young man who helped me.

the fantastic company came round to my house and even fitted the sinks for me, they did a fabulous job, with minimal mess and fussing. My sinks were beautiful and matching once again! The nice old plumber was even a dab hand at fitting cabinets, and put a new one up for me after a warm cup of tea.

The old sinks are in the attic catching dust, at least the new ones can someday collect the same value for others generations in our family. I want everyone to enjoy them! - 15252

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