the soapstone sink.

Our grand old house came with a grand old soapstone sink in the basement.  It was actually hooked up to the fresh rain water cistern in the yard at one time.  My dad's cousin Janice Sanderson, who lived two houses down the street back in the day, told me that it was fashionable for the young girls to wash their hair with the rain water to make it softer.

We knew we wanted to keep the sink and put it back to good use.  Mike made a very sturdy stainless steel stand (the thing weighs a ton) and also secured it to the studs.  Mike is busy "polishing" it with a sander before we give it a coat of mineral oil.  The mirror that will be above the sink from original to the upstairs bathroom.  The sink will find lots of creative uses where it sits in Mike's workroom in the basement, even if we never wash our hair in it.

Note: In honor of this grand sink we are putting soapstone on the island in the kitchen as well.