Farm: January 2006 Archives

"ZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz ...... " I think that just about sums it up perfectly. ******* On other more interesting news - We are off this morning to go look at a clawfoot tub for my downstairs bathroom. We are biting the bullet. My bathroom is going to be the first real renovation to get our house back to the period in which it was built. The tub is a roll rim, clawfoot, cast iron tub measuring 5ft long with the original faucets, no chipping to the porcelain. Asking price? $40. Who wouldn't take a drive and pick it up in order to save $1360 -the price difference in one around here and this one I found online? Wish me luck I really want this to be THE Tub for my bathroom. I want to bring it home and look at it every time I pass it. I want to see Steven's face when I give him the go ahead to start cracking into walls and pulling down tile. He is just biting at the bit to really get into these walls for one reason or another. We will be replacing the 1980's drywall with wainscoting. The bathtub will be converted with the shower unit and the hanging assembly from the ceiling. I love this look. Most of the houses in this area with clawfoot tubs have the shower in place and the look is just wonderful, and charming, and takes you back to another time. I have found a small pedistal sink and will buy a new white toilet. Steven will one day build me a medicine cabinet to fill the hole behind the mirror where someone ripped out the one belonging to the house. We will also be replacing the ugly 1990's floor with pine flooring planks (Why in the hell the floor was torn out in this bathroom is completely beyond my understanding. The people who owned this place before us were idiots.) I have such plans for this small bathroom and adjoining dressing room! I am soooooo excited. Can you tell?