Just the kitchen sink

Obsession of the day: the kitchen sink. We hate our current sink, a double bowl white enamel sink. Looks very cute and vintage, but drives us crazy. The bowls are too small to fit a large pot, so washing up can be a hassle, and metal pots and cookie sheets leave scratch marks on the enamel, so cleaning up actually produces a mess that needs to be cleaned up--not fun. It is definitely on the list to go. We also don't like how water gets trapped between the tiny space between the back of the sink and the backsplash--impossible to clean. We were thinking a stainless, undermount, single bowl sink, but with the drain offset to one side to make it a bit more flexible and functional for us. Franke makes several in different sizes. High quality but definitely with the accompanying high price, but probably worth it to get what we want. A trip to a local Franke dealer is in the near future, but I haven't been able to fit the time in yet with the holidays. We thought it was pretty much a done deal, unless we came across a similar design for a lower price.
But then the obsession developed. Got a book about "green" kitchen design: Good Green Kitchens by Jennifer Roberts. One of her suggestions to reduce raw material use is to buy a used sink. The thought had never occured to me, so I did a quick search to see if you really could do that. On ebay, there were a few old farm sinks, most were pretty pricey, especially if we had to pay for shipping. But on craigslist, there was a totally cool 1940s kitchen sink...regular countertop depth, single bowl, drainboards on each side and with a backsplash that would just fit below the window above the sink. Just like an undermount sink (because of the drainboards) but with vintage style. Of course, it was white porcelain/enamel over cast iron, but in a big single bowl sink, we shouldn't have the same issues we have now. And, best of all, the price was only $50. I WANTED that sink! Hubby thought it looked cool and understood the attraction (although he was more attracted by the price tag.) However, once we measured the kitchen, we realized that it wouldn't really fit in our space--we would lose too much counter space and there would need to be a transition between the sink and the countertop right over the middle of the dishwasher. Spending only $50 on a sink and then spending a thousand dollars to redo the cabinets so it will fit does not seem to be the most budget-wise move, so we'll have to pass on this sink, ( I do keep checking the listing just to look at it, though. ) So then I thought that maybe there is a similar sink but in a different size (one that would fit just right.) so the obsession began. I searched ebay multiple times--hoping that slightly different search terms would make the magical perfect sink show up. I also searched historichouseparts.com. They had some really cool sinks, but they were not selling any of them for even close to $50. There was one that was beautiful and just as cool as the one I wanted, but it came with the whole kitchen and was $1800--definitely not in the budget! This architectural salvage business seems like a good profitmaker. We have an old bathroom sink in the basement--maybe we can sell it and pay for the kitchen. I am still waiting for the perfect sink to appear--if I check enough places, maybe I'll find it....or maybe I'll just get on with the rest of my life (but I'll still be thinking about sinks!)