Cement Sinks?
11 April 2008“Purple Cow Redux”
As part of our mission on this site, we are constantly looking for things that are new and different, and sometimes it is a chore. The problem, of course, is that there are only so many ways you can make a kitchen cabinet—or anything else a body may care to present as an example.
Shades of Barney!
This particular sink, because it is so different, caught my fancy and here ventures onto our site. One of life’s joys is doing is something no one else has done. The one problem, though, for those of us who work in cabinetmaking and its many related fields, is coming up with something functional that is still, somehow, different from what has gone before.
State of the Art Stone
Art and Maison Inc. is a company that is very much on the cutting edge with the work they have done. Their material of choice is concrete, which is being used in more and more kitchens and baths these days. For reasons that the picture above makes clear, Art and Maison have taken poured concrete into a different direction altogether.
All In The Mix
They have added enough things to the product itself to warrant a new name, Caemenstone®. Unlike granite, it is said to be warm to the touch and harder than most stone. But the main feature, of course, is its versatility as a building material.
Concrete is a countertop material that has a lot of features. Because there are no grout lines, it is easy to clean. And unlike, say, granite, it lends itself to a myriad of shapes that is limited only by the creative imagination of those who use this material. And you can also color the material to suite your taste.
The sink in the first picture, because of its color, struck us as the most unusual on their website, but, really, what makes it stand out is the shape of the sink itself and the fact that it is integrated into the countertop. It’s the sort of thing that makes it immediately obvious that it is one of a kind and innovative—with the cachet that applies to that sort of thing. But what really makes it shine is that it is a most creative solution to an age-old problem, making common fixtures, but making them decidedly uncommon.
Joseph
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