Is there any purpose to that sink? Would you ever use it?

If there is no other running water available, it might be OK. For laundry, for me, it's useless. Don't waste your money.

My kitchen is on the other side of my wall, so it's not a real necessity for me to be that close. Just thinking about making my laundry area more functional. I need a place for ironing and folding, so I'm thinking going back to side-by-side, full counter on top and ironing board on the back of the door.

Cedric you said it..making your laundry room more functional...how functional will that sink be for you? You won't be able to soak clothes or wash a pet in it. You probably could rinse out the liquid detergent caps. So what would you personally use it for?

I'd be getting water all over that counter ALL the time :/

Better than NO sink, and no running water in a laundry room. It is enough to rinse the detergent tray out...and that is important!! I could NEVER have a laundry room without a sink. I use it multiple times a day!

If the detergent tray fits in that sink; otherwise see Enduring's comment.

I think it would at least give you a spot to fill a bucket or a tub with that pull out faucet, and then pour the water down the sink again. I do not like to rinse out my mop buckets, for example, in the kitchen. And I am forever adding extra water to the cycles in my washer. So, yeah, if that is all the space I had for a sink, I would put it in. I had a laundry room for 18 years with no sink and no drain, and it drove me nuts.

Now that I think about it, I wonder if you could put something like this on top of the counter, and use the cubby cabinet below just for the drain and supply lines? http://mtibaths.com/products/sinks/vessel-semi-recessed/MTCS-734/

Lizzie I didn't think of that but ya if you need extra water in your washer you would be set.

Part of it for me is that my laundry is upstairs with the bedrooms. Still, even with the kitchen so close, I'd want that little sink, I think.

Lizzie, that's actually a pretty cool idea, but as I ponder that idea more, I realize that I'm not losing counter space, which in actuality is the most important thing in there for me.

• I think using the faucet to fill a bucket to soak clothes in, in there, is a great idea.
• I usually toss my detergent lids into the washer with the clothes and pull it out before drying. (This is for lids that come on spigot bottles)

Although small, it would be convenient for those times you need some water instead of having to go elsewhere.

If it was the only option than better than no sink. Not very functional though. I use my laundry sink a lot.

I just unstacked my W/D and they're back to side by side. I literally have 8.5" inches between the two. I think the sink idea is out and I should just do a slide out cabinet.

A slide out cabinet might even be too big for that space. Can you move the set over to the left and mount something on the wall on the right? You still have very little space, but you'd only have to accommodate one machine in sizing the rollout.

something like this, mounted to the wall. Then you buy the baskets to hang on the side mounted rack.

http://www.kitchensource.com/cabinet-organizers/ha-996b.htm

Enduring, that's the form of pullout cabinet I was referring to. I just thinking think about how it would mount in the middle. Moving to the wall would work. Thanks for the alternate location idea.

Removing the trim around the floor should actually gain me another inch or two, so I may be able to do a 9" cabinet.

If you stick a cabinet in there you will loose about 2" of width. I wonder if you can just mount this on the wall and leave it as it is? You would need a door front to the unit, or maybe that wouldn't work. Some of these pull outs allow you to mount a door front onto the front of the mechanism, but I'm not sure about the side mounted one.

You could post this problem over on the kitchen forum and they might have an idea or 2.

I took the liberty to post about the roll out option, over on the kitchen forum. Check it out

http://ths.gardenweb.com/discussions/4551914/recommendation-for-a-very-narrow-base-cabinet-type-pull-out?n=2