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I have had a sink nightmare recently. I was getting sinks for my 4 en-suites, the main bathroom and kitchen. My old sink in my personal en-suite got smashed in two after a cowboy builder fitter failed to secure a bathroom cabinet to the wall. I needed to replace every other sink in the house, 5 in total. Ensuites to bathrooms, i needed new sinks, FAST.
I say ’sinks’ in the plural term, as if one sink is ruined, it would mean that they would not all match anymore! All my sinks in my house needed to be the same style. I am ashamed to admit that I have a small case of OCD, and therfore have a tendency to need things not only done a certain way, but also look a certain way. my sinks was one of those things. the fact that i now knew my sinks would not match was making me throw up in my mouth a little every 10 minutes
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?
over and over in my head I would have debates, as to weather I should keep the sinks or not. It got to the point where I couldn’t eat sleep or drink without thinking about sinks.
I decided I would have to get new ones. I went to the biggest bathroom retailer in England; I had a specific design in my head for the type of sinks I wanted. But I could not find it anyway. Again my OCD took over and I could not/would not settle for anything less than what I wanted.
google came through for me in the end, I struck gold on a company that promised to make for me from scratch, the perfect sinks I had in mind. I told them the specifications, and they went ahead and made me a mock up on their special design software. It was exactly what i wanted. i could have kissed the spotty young man who emiled me.
The sinks took next to no time in being constructed, they even came out to my house and fitted them in for me. The nice plumber after a cup of tea even fitted me a new cabinet! Hopefully this time it will hold!
I don’t think I will be able to face the drama of getting new sinks for my house ever again. I want to pass these sinks on to my great great grandkids!!
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