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a new old sink
Inspired and motivated by last month's Domino "green" issue, we have made a new commitment to trying to use as many vintage items (ie recycle) as we can in the course of this renovation. With that in mind, we (my husband Josh and I) took a trip over the weekend to a marvelous and mysterious place called Olde Good Things. Thanks, Jesse, for the recommendation.This cavernous store, right in the middle of Manhattan, is two huge floors of every type of thing you could possibly imagine. Hundreds of light fixtures, architectural details, hooks, vintage screws, you name it, they have it there. And if it's not there, it's in one of the fields at their huge home base in Scranton, PA. I've put some photos of the types of things they have after the jump, if you care to check it out. We went in looking for a sink for our upstairs bathroom and came out with a beauty, though it needs a little TLC. It's the one with the little "sold" sticker on it:
What's especially nice about it, besides the sea shell soap dish which I love, are the brackets that attach it to the wall. I will add a photo of this feature later when I am reunited with the sink, now residing in the trunk of our car until we find someone to refinish it for us. Does anybody out there know of a good refinisher? We need to find someone who can do the job at their place, or who works out in the Hamptons, and can do the work once the sink and tub are installed.
This morning, we took the sink in to this great plumbing supply place called George Taylor, down in Tribeca, for a little consultation. Another amazing place full of super knowledgeable people. No website, of course, but no one we are working with seems to have one, so whatever. We were happy to discover that the sink doesn't need any specialty plumbing work, plus they helped us start to think about fixtures that will work with it. All in all, a good morning.
Click below to see some more pictures of the cool stuff at Olde Good Things...
Here are just a few of the incredible things that this place has to offer. It's not super cheap, but compared to the prices out in the Hamptons, everything feels like it's free.
We were overwhelmed by how many door knobs there were, and saddened by how little we know about what kind of hardware we actually need. We both made a pact to get smart about this stuff quickly, so that we can do some intelligent shopping.
Too many to even begin to consider...
This is about half of the bathroom sinks they had laying around.
This section made me want to have a crazy bathroom with wooden walls where I could hang all sorts of towel bars and hooks and cup holders... Luckily, we'd parked at a meter, or we would have stayed in there all day playing with the toys. As it was, we left with the sink and the following goodies: hooks, a latch and these really cool door hinges that don't go with anything in our place at all. See them photographed below, and please excuse the horrible lighting. Lets see if we actually use them all:
That sink is great - look forward to seeing the brackets when you are reunited with it. In the interest of making what's old new again, I wanted to mention the 'ReStore' as a great (and cheap) resource for salvaged materials. As far as I know they have them scattered around the country & most of them are affiliated with Habitat for Humanity where the profits go, so - it's win-win. There's one in W. Mass where I live - here's the website with links to other re/use stores:
http://www.restoreonline.org/links.htm#others
Their stuff is really great. They have everything. They even have decorative objects, like mirrors and paintings on old tiles and things at the upper west side flea market on sundays at columbus and 75th. It's a "must stop" for us.
Thanks, both of you, for such helpful comments. We've just lined up a plumber, so I'm going to be doing a lot of sink-type shopping in the next couple of weeks. I'll keep both of those places in mind!