Water

I'm always amazed at how important water is to me. It seems that everything I do requires alot of water. Laundry, dishes, cooking, cleaning, animals, and plants all require a steady stream of water. One of the rooms in which I use a lot of water in my house is the sunroom. But the only source for it was a faucet near the floor with a hose that had a spray nozzle attached to it. It was not very handy. So, way back in 2012, I decided to install a bona fide sink. You can read the exciting story about how I found my sink  here.

Well, as with all my projects, I had great intentions, but it took awhile to get around to actually installing the sink. In 2014 I finally got started, and succeeded in selecting the location, mounting the sink on the on the wall, and buying and installing a faucet.

Then I built a false front using old homestead posts and boards.

 

I think it turned out really cool!

 I love the "shabby chic" look.

Next, it was time to install the drains.

Levi was home on Spring break and offered to lend me a hand.....

Parts and pieces were everywhere.

Mr. Adams helped too...

Good job, Mr. Adams!

Then came the nasty job of crawling under the house to install the drain.

Well, that part was done! So far so good.

Next it was time to plumb in the water. And..........that's where I got hung up again. That was just a little bit out of my comfort zone, and Mr. Adams was busy with his own projects.....so the project got put on hold again for awhile.

Then finally, this past weekend I made a call and got someone who knew what they were doing to come over to give me a hand.

And look at this!

 

A fully functional sink with running hot and cold water........in my sunroom!

I am MORE than excited! Now I can wash the dirty eggs in the sunroom, rather than in the kitchen sink. And I can water my seedlings with warm water instead of freezing cold water from the hose. It seems like a small thing, but to me it's huge!  I love my "new" sink!