Self-cleaning bathroom sink

Of all the household jobs, cleaning the bathroom/cloakroom sinks is one which I don't much care for. In the future, we will have by-and-by replaced all our sinks with similar items that have been made with a matching hood - a hollow plastic or melamine construction fitting perfectly with the sink bowl, where the side meeting the bowl has millions of little water jets producing the right amount of lemon cream cleaner (or bleach, etc.) accompanied by tiny tufts of cilia to scrub the surface. Since taps or mixer faucets are not fitted as standard with sink bowls but generally occupy a fairly uniform amount of space whatever the design, a moderately adjustable section of the washer hood will perform the same action, but with an optionally different detergent source (if you've got chrome taps, for example). The cilia need to be longer here, to reach into the little grooves in the taps and where the tap is grouted to the sink. They also need to be abrasive for those tough-to-remove limescale buildups (in hard water areas) but should then be accompanied by a second group of cilia (on retraction of the first) to buff the taps to a high shine.

Water and power are necessary for the washing process. One option is to fit the hood, switch on the tap and the power (suitably earthed and isolated from moisture) and leave it to work for 5-10 minutes, then come and switch it off. Luxury versions of the hood can include those with an integral timer, with internal water wells and power to warm the water (so you don't need to leave the tap on), and with optical analysers to keep on going until that sink really shines. The top of the hood can be flat, covering the hollow inside water well and power/motor/timer compartments, but leaving you more space to stretch out your makeup/jewellery, and to confuse the boys of the house, who were sure there was a sink there before. "Cleaning? what? oh."

Finally, there is the issue of storage. This will vary according to how spatially-challenged your mortgage budget was at the time of house purchase, but if you have a problem with storage, the cover might be enclosed in a box (again matching the rest of the bathroom furniture) and the water-well filled with helium to store it on the ceiling. On bringing it down (gently) to begin your sink-cleaning duties, you would be treated to a mild but pleasing helium high. This is a serving suggestion only, of course.