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| I have a gorgeous antique marble top with a gilt patterned sink. It has wonderful brass and cut glass faucets. I was told it was removed from a 1920's brownstone in NYC.
I'm trying to figure out what would look best to support the top. It has a piece of marble for the backsplash, but no apron pieces. I'm toying between sink legs. If antique, they would need a drawer between the tops of the links and the marble top, to add enough length, since they are usually 25-27" high. A new set of console legs (metal) would be the correct height. Then of course I could convert a small piece of furniture. I'm trying to avoid that option, as this is a small powder room and I'd like to keep things as open as possible. Any ideas would be appreciated! |
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| Photos please! Sounds very nice. If you haven't, try posting also on the bathrooms and (especially) home decorating forums. |
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- Posted by anitabloom (My Page) on Fri, Jul 8, 11 at 12:23
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| Umm. Can I have that?
I would think you'd want to put a plywood base under it to support it completely, just in case someone sits on it. Nice turned wooden legs, small apron trim to hide the plywood? Do you NEED a drawer? Matching metal legs to the faucet will be tricky, but you could go totally vintage with a skirt to hide the legs and plumbing. It's a little too elegant for that though. Can you tell how it was mounted originally? |
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| It might have had a decorative steel open steel base (meant to look like wrought iron). |
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- Posted by Caddidaddy55 (My Page) on Fri, Jul 15, 11 at 10:21
| You may want to try an old washstand, the kind that were used with a bowl and pitcher and remove the top and replace it with your beautiful sink. I found a couple of nice washstands on Craigslist, refinished them and mounted vessel sinks on them. I did have to modify the top drawers to clear the plumbing though. |
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