Sheep in the Bath
I've been making constant incremental changes to the master bathroom over the past 18 months. It's been a bit of a problem solving exercise. Renovating the bathroom is out of our budget, so even though I do not like the putty colored tiles or the vanity or the builder's grade mirror or the lack of storage, or the cramped shower stall, I need to make the room work.
Bit by bit, like working a puzzle, I've been discovering solutions. The latest find: a sheep for the bathroom.
It's a small metal sculpture that holds extra toilet paper rolls. Really. They make these things.
When we moved in, the room was frigid and dark. Brighter light bulbs, a space heater and a tiny under-sink hot water booster solved those problems. New window shades and a coat of white paint lightened things up too. New sinks went in -- one was cracked, the other had a broken pop up drain.
The soaker tub was impossible to recline in due to its steep back. I found a polyester contour pillow that attaches by suction cups and dries out easily. It was the perfect solution for my occasional but much relished baths.
There is no medicine cabinet or linen closet, so bottles, tubes, oddments and vials have to be stuffed in the drawers and under the sink along with cleaning supplies, towels and bulky items. Hence the sheep for extra toilet paper rolls, since there was little room to store rolls in the vanity.
Lots of creative drawer organizers and mini boxes and shelves have been employed like pieces of a jigsaw to get the junk in the vanity under control.
A tiny 6 and one half inch wide step trash can fits in the unusable slot between the vanity and wall. Precisely 6.5 inches. Did you know they make six and a half inch wide garbage cans? They do.
The room is workable now. Warm enough, bright enough, and all the tchotchkes and storage enhancements and skinny trash can and flocks of sheep came to less than $200.
I still want to gut and renovate, re-tile and repaint, but for now, baaaaa.
It's good.
Bit by bit, like working a puzzle, I've been discovering solutions. The latest find: a sheep for the bathroom.
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| Baaaa in the bath |
It's a small metal sculpture that holds extra toilet paper rolls. Really. They make these things.
When we moved in, the room was frigid and dark. Brighter light bulbs, a space heater and a tiny under-sink hot water booster solved those problems. New window shades and a coat of white paint lightened things up too. New sinks went in -- one was cracked, the other had a broken pop up drain.
The soaker tub was impossible to recline in due to its steep back. I found a polyester contour pillow that attaches by suction cups and dries out easily. It was the perfect solution for my occasional but much relished baths.
There is no medicine cabinet or linen closet, so bottles, tubes, oddments and vials have to be stuffed in the drawers and under the sink along with cleaning supplies, towels and bulky items. Hence the sheep for extra toilet paper rolls, since there was little room to store rolls in the vanity.
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| You can make your sheep "fluffier" by adding two more rolls on top |
Lots of creative drawer organizers and mini boxes and shelves have been employed like pieces of a jigsaw to get the junk in the vanity under control.
A tiny 6 and one half inch wide step trash can fits in the unusable slot between the vanity and wall. Precisely 6.5 inches. Did you know they make six and a half inch wide garbage cans? They do.
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| Simplehuman makes this narrow can and it fits. |
The room is workable now. Warm enough, bright enough, and all the tchotchkes and storage enhancements and skinny trash can and flocks of sheep came to less than $200.
I still want to gut and renovate, re-tile and repaint, but for now, baaaaa.
It's good.
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