ANOTHER TRIPLE FEATURE -- Upstairs Bathroom / Main Floor Bathroom / Downstairs
Who wants to talk about bathrooms? If you raised your hand, it might have to ask you to please leave my blog and never return. They're a necessary part of the house, for sure. And we spend more time there than we probably realize. Plus, our house has 4 of them. Yes, when we get home from a long road trip, we can all run to the bathroom at the same time! If that's not living it up, I don't know what is. I've covered the master bath, so today we'll cover the other 3.
The upstairs bathroom is doomed to a life of elastic bands and blonde hair all over the floor. This bath has the only bathtub in the house, and a fair amount of drawers and storage space. (Like hot sauce and winter weather, descriptions of the size of storage space has as much to do with what you're used to as it does with what you have.) There is some potential dead space in the back behind the tub that has been utilized with some glass shelves that go from wall to wall (it's only 2 feet or so) which is a nice use of space. The mirror is big and nice, and the lights dim, so you can set the right mood for forcing your children to brush their teeth.
One thing that the previous owners apparently didn't believe in is toilet paper roll holders. Neither this bathroom, nor the one on the main floor had one until this morning. While willing to leave the TP homeless and left to a nomadic life sitting on the counter (not entirely fair from me here; the previous owners had a free-standing TP holder) the bathroom does have a very important blow dryer holster mounted to the wall. I'm not sure why suspending the blow dryer 3 inches above the counter is better than setting it down, but surely there must be a reason. The hook total keeps climbing in this room, with 6 mounted on the back of the door for towels and whatnot.
The main floor bath is just a little half bath which hides behind a pocket door. I don't know what, it is about pocket doors, but I've always liked them. This bathroom has a medicine cabinet as well as a small wall-mounted shelf, which helps make up for the fact that there is no enclosed storage underneath the sink. Whatever you put down there the whole world has to look at.
I really like the water-pump style faucet. We need more reading material in there, because I can tell you that the paint job is mediocre. All the bathrooms in the house are equipped with exhaust fans, but this bathroom has one with an additional built in light! Oooooh!
In our first trip to the basement on the tour, we'll take a look at the oft-forgotten 4th bathroom. (I imagine this tour being done in the style of "Clue" (the movie) with us all running from room to room in whatever random order I'm choosing for this tour.) This bathroom has a shower and is fully functional, though clearly not all that nice. But, it does have a TP holder, and a hook for a towel.
I have yet to use the facilities down here, and in the month we've been in the home we've probably only used it once or twice. I've found a few spiders down here, which isn't surprising, and doesn't make me want to start making any regular visits. The purpose of this bathroom is just to save us from an accident when some kid is playing downstairs too long and suddenly realizes that they've got to go RIGHT NOW. In a few more years, I'm sure there will be some sleepovers down there, and we'll be able to lock the kids down there and hopefully not hear from them all night long.
Best thing: The faucet in the main floor bath just manages to beat out the pocket door.
Worst thing: Spiders!
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