In my former house, I had an old sink that originally had the separate spouts. At some point, someone converted it to a central spout and used the extra hole to attach a nifty ceramic soap dish. Nust have been an old time solution.

Any, thanks for all of the advice. Your sink looks great!

In chicago, there is the Faucet Shoppe (http://www.thefaucetshoppe.com/) which is a small place with lots of old sinks and sells tons of old and new Chiacago faucet parts, assemblies etc. They can pair a faucet with almost any spacing you can find. They are very nice and super knowledgeable. I like Chicago Faucets (it’s a brand: http://www.chicagofaucets.com) because they are built to last for 100 years (and have) and are found in 99% of older buildings.

The only tricky part is deciding what kind of fixture you want on the sink. That is probably the way to start. Once you decide on the fixture, you know what type of spacing to get and you can go from there. We knew we wanted 4″ spacing since we already had the faucet, so finding an old sink with that size was harder since most sinks have either the two seperate hot and cold faucets or an integrated spout with specially spaced handles. The Faucet Shoppe sells new pieces for almost any sink, and can rebuild old faucets if you are in love with something you already have.

Pipes were no problem. Most home improvement stores sell 1 1/4″ drain pipes for the older plumbing. Post back if you need more help!

we did just fine with 1-1/4″ pipes. the folks at the salvage shops could probably give you good advice on that sort of thing.

seems to me there’s more of a difference in faucet spacings. 4″ and 8″ are the most common now, but we only came across a couple of sinks that were drilled for 4″ faucets. most had separate spouts for hot and cold, and some had an integrated spout that only needed the handles added on.

but be encouraged — it really did turn out to be an easy job.