I DIDN’T WANT anything conventional,” said interior designer Kathryn Scott of the kitchen sink in her Brooklyn townhouse. The showstopper she chose, made of grigio adige marble, met her two key criteria: It could pass for a vintage find and telegraphs distinguished personality. “It needed character,” she said.
Once reserved for specialty spaces like wet bars and powder rooms, basins made of fetching alternatives to stainless steel and white porcelain are migrating into the kitchen. Copper, granite, concrete and marble are...