Beachside Bungalow Kitchen- The Sink

 

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If I sound a bit “off” in the video I had a bit of a headache most of this last week.

This kit is part of the Kitchen Collection by Houseworks which can be found here.

So this week I decided to paint the sink for the kitchen set. I could have left it the white color it came in but I wanted to change it up a bit. Since all the appliances are white so far I decided to go with a “stainless steel” look.

The one thing that I can say I am not really thrilled with in this sink is the fact the surface is textured as you can see in this photo. I would have preferred it to be smooth. But we will just go with it and it will be fine.

Since the faucet that I purchased only needed one hole centered on the sink and the sink had 2 holes dealing with that was the first task. I filled the holes with some caulking and drilled a new hole where I wanted it. This all worked fairly well. I did have to dig out my Dremel to drill the hole but that is not really an issue. I could have filled the holes a bit more than I did but I am okay with the slight dents, I'll probably have thing setting in those areas anyway. I just didn't want the holes to be there. The dill bit I used was 1/16” and it is a tight fit.

Next up was to glue the two parts of the sink together. If you wanted to paint the rim and the basin part in different colors I would paint first then glue together. I am painting mine all one color so I wanted it to be a single unit to make painting easier.

I used a base coat of black craft paint followed by a coat of Brushed Metallic in Brushed Silver. This makes a nice dark metal color that will look lovely in place in the dollhouse.

I added just a bit of black paint in the little drain area that was molded into the sink bottom to make it look more like a drain, totally optional step but I usually do this when possible.

I sealed my sink with a coat of mat Mod Podge, this step was probably not completely necessary but I prefer the finished look it gives the piece.

After all was dry I stuck in the faucet to see how it looks. At this point I am going to leave it just in the sink and not glue it. It fits very snugly and I think it will be fine. If I find it slips out at all I will glue it in place.

Here is a picture of the finished sink placed in the cabinet where it will eventually live.

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