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A surround includes a first piece including a basin, a second piece having a second piece back wall and a second piece side wall attaching to the second piece back wall for being disposed horizontally atop the first piece, and a third piece having a third piece back wall and a third piece side wall

A surround includes a first piece including a basin, a second piece having a second piece back wall and a second piece side wall attaching to the second piece back wall for being disposed horizontally atop the first piece, and a third piece having a third piece back wall and a third piece side wall attaching to the third piece back wall for being disposed horizontally atop the second piece back wall and the second piece side wall, wherein the first piece, the second piece and the third piece form a package wherein one of the second piece or the third piece is disposed about the basin and an other of the second piece or the third piece nests behind the one of the second piece or the third piece.

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1. A surround, the surround comprising: a first piece including a basin,a second piece having a second piece back wall and a second piece side wall attaching to said second piece back wall at a second piece corner, said second piece configured to be disposed horizontally atop said first piece,a thir

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A surround, the surround comprising: a first piece including a basin,a second piece having a second piece back wall and a second piece side wall attaching to said second piece back wall at a second piece corner, said second piece configured to be disposed horizontally atop said first piece,a third piece having a third piece back wall and a third piece side wall attaching to said third piece back wall at a third piece corner, said third piece configured to be disposed horizontally atop said second piece back wall and said second piece side wall,wherein said first piece, said second piece and said third piece form a package wherein one of said second piece or said third piece is disposed about said basin and another of said second piece or said third piece nests behind said one of said second piece or said third piece such that said second piece corner and said third piece corner are aligned with each other, andwherein the first piece includes a skirt, and wherein, when nested, the skirt faces down on ground level, the one of the second and third pieces is slid in a first direction to surround the basin and abut against a back of the skirt, and the other of the second and third pieces is slid to completely surround and abut against the one of the second and third pieces. 2. The surround of claim 1 wherein said one of said second piece or said third piece is disposed under said basin and said other of said second piece or said third piece nests behind said one of said second piece or said third piece. 3. The surround of claim 1 wherein said one of said second piece or said third piece is disposed around said basin and said other of said second piece or said third piece nests behind said one of said second piece or said third piece. 4. The surround of claim 1 further comprising: nesting shelving units. 5. The surround of claim 1 further comprising: a seal disposed between said first and second pieces. 6. The surround of claim 5 wherein a top surface of said first piece is ramped downwardly from back to front whereby water may drain therefrom into said surround. 7. The surround of claim 6 wherein said top surface is ramped at greater than a 2° angle. 8. The surround of claim 1 further comprising: a ledge disposed about a top of said basin. 9. The surround of claim 1 further comprising a skirt disposed at a front piece of said basin. 10. The surround of claim 1 wherein said second piece and said third piece each have an additional side piece attaching to said back piece to form a U-shape. 11. The surround of claim 1 further comprising: an alignment feature between one of said first, second, and third pieces and an adjacent piece of another of said first, second, and third pieces. 12. The surround of claim 11 wherein said alignment feature includes a projection and a recess in which said projection is received in said adjacent piece for aligning said one piece and said adjacent piece. 13. The surround of claim 12 wherein said projection is a pin and wherein said recess is a hole. 14. The surround of claim 1 wherein one of said first piece or said second piece has a flange extending upwardly therefrom to attach said first piece or said second piece to a wall and to create a dam to prevent water from migrating behind said first piece or said second piece. 15. The surround of claim 14 wherein said flange attaches said first piece to said second piece during manufacture of said surround. 16. The surround of claim 14 wherein said flange extends from a top of said first piece or said second piece and a ratio between a length of said flange and a width of said top is not greater than 2:1. 17. The surround of claim 1 wherein said second piece and said third piece have a narrowing trapezoidal shape to aid nesting of the second and third piece with each other. 18. The surround of claim 1 wherein one of said second piece or said third piece is smaller than another of said second or third piece to enable nesting of said other piece behind said smaller piece via said second and third piece corners. 19. The surround of claim 1 further comprising a slippery layer disposed between the first and second or second and third pieces to enable a user to remove any of said first, second or third pieces from a box. 20. The surround of claim 1 further comprising a flange extending upwardly from each of said first piece and said second piece to minimize water leakage between said first piece and said second piece and between said second piece and said third piece. 21. The surround of claim 20 wherein said flange extends upwardly from said first piece and is disposed behind said second piece. 22. The surround of claim 1 wherein said second piece and said third piece have mating decorative portions. 23. The surround of claim 1 wherein said second piece and said third piece have mating decorative portions if one of said second piece is flipped relative to said third piece. 24. The surround of claim 1 wherein one or more of said second piece or said third piece are separated vertically. 25. The surround of claim 24 wherein one or more of said second piece and said third piece have a vertical depression disposed therebetween for separating said one or more of said second piece and said third piece wherein a section of said depression is disposed behind another of said second piece or said third piece upon separation of the pieces. 26. The surround of claim 1 wherein one or more of said first piece, said second piece or said third piece are separated horizontally. 27. The surround of claim 26 further comprising: one or more of said first piece, said second piece and said third piece have a horizontal depression disposed therebetween for separating said one or more of said first piece, said second piece and said third piece wherein a section of said depression is disposed behind another of said second piece or said third piece upon separation of the pieces. 28. A surround, the surround comprising: a first piece including a basin,a second piece having a second piece back wall and a second piece side wall attaching to said second piece back wall at a second piece corner, said second piece configured to be disposed horizontally atop said first piece,a third piece having a third piece back wall and a third piece side wall attaching to said third piece back wall at a third piece corner, said third piece configured to be disposed horizontally atop said second piece,a package to receive said first, second, and third pieces for shipping, wherein one of said second and third piece is disposed about said basin and the other of said second and third piece is disposed about said one of said second and third piece such that said second and third piece corners are nested relative to each other in an overlapping relationship to form a nested assembly that is enclosed within the package, andwherein the second piece corner of the second piece comprises a pushed-in corner defined by a first dimension, and wherein the third piece corner of the third piece comprises a pushed-in corner defined by a second dimension different than the first dimension such that the pushed-in corners of the second and third pieces are completely nested relative to each other to form the nested assembly. 29. The surround of claim 28 wherein said first piece has a top and said second piece fits under said top. 30. The surround of claim 28 further comprising: an accessory disposed in said package. 31. The surround of claim 28 further comprising: a slippery layer disposed between one or more of the first, second or third pieces to enable a user to remove said first, second, or third pieces from said package. 32. The surround of claim 28 further comprising a flange extending upwardly from each of said first piece and said second piece to minimize water leakage between said first piece and said second piece and between said second piece and said third piece. 33. The surround of claim 28 wherein said flange extending upwardly from said first piece is disposed behind said second piece. 34. The surround of claim 28 wherein said second piece and said third piece have mating decorative portions. 35. The surround of claim 28 wherein said second piece and said third piece have mating decorative portions if one of said second and third pieces is flipped relative to said other of said second and third pieces. 36. The surround of claim 28 wherein said second and third pieces are separated vertically. 37. The surround of claim 36 wherein said second and third pieces include a vertical depression disposed therebetween for separating said second and third pieces, and wherein a section of said depression is disposed behind another of said second piece upon separation of the pieces. 38. The surround of claim 28 wherein said first piece and said second and third pieces are separated horizontally. 39. The surround of claim 38 further comprising: a depression disposed between one or more second piece and said first piece, said one or more second piece and said first piece having a horizontal depression disposed therebetween for separating said one or more second piece, said first piece wherein a section of said depression is disposed behind another of said second piece upon separation of the one or more second pieces. 40. The surround of claim 28 wherein a user may choose between a plurality of second pieces. 41. The surround of claim 28 wherein a user may choose between a plurality of first pieces. 42. The surround of claim 28 wherein said second piece may include an accessory. 43. The surround of claim 28 wherein said second piece may include a decorative portion. 44. The surround of claim 28 wherein said second piece and said basin form a roughly rectangular package. 45. The surround of claim 28 wherein said second piece and said basin form a roughly triangular package. 46. The surround of claim 28 wherein said first piece is disposed on an edge thereof. 47. The surround of claim 28 wherein said first piece is disposed between side edges of said second piece, and one of said second and third pieces is nested within the other of said second and third pieces to form a triangular package. 48. The surround of claim 28 wherein said second piece has a u-shape and third piece is separated vertically to form a first segment and a second segment. 49. The surround of claim 48 wherein said first segment overlaps said second segment. 50. The surround of claim 49 wherein said first segment does not overlap said second segment. 51. The surround of claim 28 wherein said second piece is separated into one or more vertical segments. 52. The surround of claim 51 wherein said segments are stacked about said basin for shipping. 53. The surround of claim 1 wherein the second and third pieces are slidable into abutment with each other when nested to form a nested assembly. 54. The surround of claim 1 wherein the one of said second piece or said third piece is in abutment with said first piece when nested to form a nested assembly. 55. The surround of claim 1 wherein the second piece side wall and second piece back wall are angled inwardly toward the basin, and wherein the third piece side wall and third piece back wall are angled inwardly toward the basin such that when assembled the second and third pieces form a trapezoidal shape having a greatest dimension at an uppermost portion of the third piece and a smallest dimension at the basin. 56. The surround of claim 1 wherein the first direction comprises a horizontal direction relative to ground level and wherein the one of the second and third pieces is slid in the horizontal direction such that the back wall faces a bottom of the basin, and the other of the second and third pieces is slid in the horizontal direction such that the back wall of the other of the second and third pieces completely overlaps the back wall of the one of the second and third pieces to form the nested assembly. 57. The surround of claim 1 wherein the first direction comprises a vertical direction relative to ground level and wherein the one of the second and third pieces is slid in the vertical direction such that the back wall faces a side of the basin, and wherein the other of the second and third pieces is slid in the vertical direction such that the back wall of the other of the second and third pieces completely overlaps the back wall of the one of the second and third pieces to form the nested assembly. 58. A surround, the surround comprising: a first piece including a basin,a second piece having a second piece back wall and a second piece side wall attaching to said second piece back wall at a second piece corner, said second piece configured to be disposed horizontally atop said first piece,a third piece having a third piece back wall and a third piece side wall attaching to said third piece back wall at a third piece corner, said third piece configured to be disposed horizontally atop said second piece back wall and said second piece side wall,wherein said first piece, said second piece and said third piece form a package wherein one of said second piece or said third piece is disposed about said basin and another of said second piece or said third piece nests behind said one of said second piece or said third piece such that said second piece corner and said third piece corner are aligned with each other, andwherein the second piece corner of the second piece comprises a pushed-in corner defined by a first dimension, and wherein the third piece corner of the third piece comprises a pushed-in corner defined by a second dimension different than the first dimension such that the pushed-in corners of the second and third pieces are completely nested relative to each other to form the nested assembly. 59. The surround of claim 1 wherein the second piece includes at least one first shelf extending inwardly from one side to form a first recess in an opposite side, and wherein the third piece includes at least one second shelf extending inwardly from one side to form a second recess in an opposite side, and wherein one of the first and second shelves is nested within the other of the first and second shelves to form the nested assembly. 60. The surround of claim 28 wherein the second and third pieces are slidable into abutment with each other when nested to form a nested assembly. 61. The surround of claim 28 wherein the one of said second piece or said third piece is in abutment with said first piece when nested to form a nested assembly. 62. The surround of claim 28 wherein the second piece side wall and second piece back wall are angled inwardly toward the basin, and wherein the third piece side wall and third piece back wall are angled inwardly toward the basin such that when assembled the second and third pieces form a trapezoidal shape having a greatest dimension at an uppermost portion of the third piece and a smallest dimension at the basin. 63. A surround, the surround comprising: a first piece including a basin,a second piece having a second piece back wall and a second piece side wall attaching to said second piece back wall at a second piece corner, said second piece configured to be disposed horizontally atop said first piece,a third piece having a third piece back wall and a third piece side wall attaching to said third piece back wall at a third piece corner, said third piece configured to be disposed horizontally atop said second piece,a package to receive said first, second, and third pieces for shipping, wherein one of said second and third piece is disposed about said basin and the other of said second and third piece is disposed about said one of said second and third piece such that said second and third piece corners are nested relative to each other in an overlapping relationship to form a nested assembly that is enclosed within the package, andwherein the first piece includes a skirt, and wherein, when nested, the skirt faces down on ground level, the one of the second and third pieces is slid in a first direction to surround the basin and abut against a back of the skirt, and the other of the second and third pieces is slid to completely surround and abut against the one of the second and third pieces. 64. The surround of claim 63 wherein the first direction comprises a horizontal direction relative to ground level and wherein the one of the second and third pieces is slid in the horizontal direction such that the back wall faces a bottom of the basin, and the other of the second and third pieces is slid in the horizontal direction such that the back wall of the other of the second and third pieces completely overlaps the back wall of the one of the second and third pieces to form the nested assembly. 65. The surround of claim 63 wherein the first direction comprises a vertical direction relative to ground level and wherein the one of the second and third pieces is slid in the vertical direction such that the back wall faces a side of the basin, and wherein the other of the second and third pieces is slid in the vertical direction such that the back wall of the other of the second and third pieces completely overlaps the back wall of the one of the second and third pieces to form the nested assembly. 66. The surround of claim 28 wherein the second piece includes at least one first shelf extending inwardly from one side to form a first recess in an opposite side, and wherein the third piece includes at least one second shelf extending inwardly from one side to form a second recess in an opposite side, and wherein one of the first and second shelves is nested within the other of the first and second shelves to form the nested assembly.