I Have a Sinking Feeling....

OK....I made a sink.  All it took was a bamboo place mat from Target.  Some patterned silk ribbon and a stainless steel mini bowl.  It was the largest one in a set of mixing bowls.  Oh, and the extra set of Chrisnbon faucets that I had.

I cut the bamboo place mat cross wise to the measurement of the circumference of the bowl, below the lip.

I got lucky there.  I didn't have to cut the bamboo lengthwise.  The bowl just happened to be the right size to fit an even number of the slats.

I cut another piece of wood to cover the inside back seam of the place mat.  I glued it into a tube and let it dry.

I then glued the bowl into the top of it.  I banded it with lengths of ribbon to cover the weaving on the mat. The glue in the front is still drying...Oops! It will not show when dry.

Then I put the faucets and a drain in place with super glue.

When I put it in the corner, Tessie was standing by with paint on her hands. 

"We have to test it!"  She was so excited that I put some water in it...Yes.  It actually holds water!

I am not going to show you what she did to it next.  It now is a dirty stainless steel sink...Does that sentence even make sense?  Dirty and stainless at the same time?

Anyway, we now have water in the cottage...

 I am still trying to get the formula for the shrinking potion...So far no luck...Thus, the sinking feeling....

See you tomorrow.