After Series: Kitchen Sink

In an effort to follow through on my promise to share "afters" of the many projects we take on in our home, this is the first to be shared. As usual, there is no real "before" to be shared. We decided to replace our kitchen sink. The old one was a deep and wonderful white cast iron sink. The depth was great but the color was not easy to maintain. I was tired of bleaching it and Mike was tired of watching the water gather and not fall toward the drain as it should. So, enough was enough!

We went everywhere looking for the right sink and knew it had to be stainless steel. What we found is that we did have to sacrifice the depth. However, we also found it would only go best if we also added a garbage disposal. That makes sense, right? If you're going to tear the sink apart anyway, you might as well get the whole job done! It's decisions like these that make a small project grow bigger, take longer, and quickly become more expensive. So, under the sink he went. And, the dogs couldn't let him go alone. . .

 

In these kind of working conditions, a weekend project could easily last through Tuesday night and it did! The disposal is certainly what made the project harder. The easy stuff still made it take longer-counter had to be cut, everything needed re-caulked, the faucet had to be replaced to match the new sink, and the sawdust had to be cleaned up. (When I said easy, I meant easy for Mike). That is how this "weekend" project took four days! 

The crazy annoyances and outbursts many wives have imitated from years of home repair were replicated in our house during these days. Despite his agitation while attempting to follow the instructions he actually read while so many men would not have, he got it done! And the "after" is here. It's not that exciting or glamorous but it's the love and labor of my hubby in my home! 

With every sweaty home project, where the end result is not a work of art, I'd still consider it a work of heart!