Go Hug Your Kitchen Sink

That sink is now in my garage, waiting for a new home at a nearby architectural salvage company.

So, if my sink is gone, how am I cleaning dishes these days?

It looks a little bit like this…

We load the dirty dishes into a plastic bin (seen on top of the clothes dryer) and haul them down to our Blair Witch basement, where I recently killed two centipedes. I then fill the bin with soapy water, wash the dishes, rinse them in the utility sink and set them in the drying rack…

…which is conveniently resting on our washing machine so the water from the dishes can drain right into it. Don’t worry, there aren’t any clothes in there.

But there are typically dirty or clean clothes sitting on top of the dryer by the dirty dishes. In this photo, the large pile by the dirty dishes are clothes waiting to go in the dryer.

This inconvenient set up actually has some perks. For example, if I splash water all over myself while rinsing the dishes, the dryer is right there to help. Or if I splatter myself with food particles, I can just throw my shirt into the washer…after the dishes have dried, or course.

Also, the overhead lights no longer work in this part of the basement, so I have an old study lamp set up. I find it adds ambiance to the room, softening the fieldstone walls and making the cobwebs look like plush gray moss. Plus, the light is just dim enough where I can’t quite tell if the dark blob in the sink is a chunk of food or a spider.

Needless to say, it’s pretty awesome. I’m debating if we should even install a sink and dishwasher in the new kitchen. Or perhaps I’ll just move this whole set up, washing machine and all, into the kitchen. It will add a very unique design element and offset the shiny stainless steel appliances quite nicely.