In my account of tearing out my bathroom furniture, I didn’t mention the glass sink that was attached to it. I didn’t have with me large enough pliers to remove it, so as soon as I got back, even before removing the whole thing from the car, I set about and…clink! The glass sink removed itself.
After 15 years, the connector couldn’t handle the shear stress when I turned the cabinet on its side. Well, I thought, that is not exactly a replaceable piece of hardware. So what to do with a round glass sink? Birdbath? But how to plug the hole in the bottom? Things to think about later. For now, just park it on the table outside.
And then it rained.
Problem solved?
Actually, no: the sides are too steep for a bird bath.
So what do we do with it?
We have a ceramic sink that functions quite well as a planter with flowers on the top step going into the swimming pool. The bird bath won´t work because most birds need to have their feet on the ground or bottom while splashing around a bit. This would be too deep as well as well as the incline of the sides. Or, you could only put in a little water and make a small platform in the middle for birds to alight before the bath.
Thanks Syd – I’ll work on this.