I loved that there was a little ledge on the top of it so you could put your toothbrush (or whatever) on it, and I thought those little legs it stood on were pretty cool. We also wanted to try and reuse as much of the original bathroom as possible.
Sadly, that was not the case.
On the list of putting the bathroom back together was trying to figure out how to make the sink work in a new bathroom with new plumbing. Needless to say, after some research and a trip in my car to a local plumbing place... (sorry parentals, I was driving while I took this pic, but it was on a really empty street!)
...we found out that trying to save the sink would be really difficult (and EXPENSIVE).
The first problem was that we would have to figure out how to remount it to the wall (those legs aren't really very strong and only one side on the back has a bracket to attach it to the wall - neither of us could remember how it was even attached to the wall in the first place...I know, not very responsible of us).
And the other problem would be trying to find newer faucets that would work with the old plumbing. When I took it to the plumbing place (an ACTUAL respectable plumbing place, not Home Depot), and the guy came out to my car to check it out, the first words out of his mouth were, "I would NOT try and reuse that sink." We talked about it for a while and discussed what it would take to try and reuse it and he said that even if it were him (and he really likes vintage plumbing and fixtures and tries to always reuse them), he would NOT use it and would instead go with something new (both for the price and the headache of it all).
Sadly, the sink is now sitting in the backyard waiting for me to take it to Urban Ore so it can find a new home
But, we still needed to figure out what the hell we were doing about the sink. The sink was holding up what faucets we needed for it, and the sink faucets were holding up what shower faucets we needed (we wanted the same manufacturer so the oil-rubbed bronze finishes matched), and ALL the faucets were holding up the rough plumbing.....so we were in a little bit of bathroom limbo.
I convinced Chris to drive around to a bunch of plumbing showrooms yesterday (Sat.) in the hopes of getting AT LEAST a sink (and if we were super lucky, the plumbing to go along with it). I didn't want to go to Home Depot because I wanted something a bit more exciting than what they had to offer (especially because we were going with a wall-mount because the room is a bit tight), even if that meant spending a BIT more.
After going to a few places we landed on a solution (after some buyer's remorse, a minor Meryl freak out, and a purchase switcheroo). Enter, the BEAUTIFUL Porcher Sapho II Wall Mount Lavatory 
(ours DOESN'T include the faucet pictured)
I LOVE LOVE LOVE it. It's a little modern, which detered us at first. But ultimately, we really thought the towel bar in the front was practical, the amount of surface space to put your soap dispenser or set down a hairbrush or toothpaste is awesome, and it just looks super cool! It cost a little more than I would have liked to spend....but hey, when you save money doing things yourself, aren't you allowed to splurge every ONCE in a while?
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