New Homeowners Anonymous? …

Posted by on Thursday, January 29, 2004 · 1 Comment 

As a general rule, Rick and I try not to watch very much TV, and we have been quite good about sticking to “educational” (renovating/decorating, cooking, or nature shows) or sports programs. However, lately I think our TV-viewing has gotten out of hand. I mean, one can only watch so many home decorating programs.

Earlier this week, we were watching a show about redesigning a master bathroom. One of the proposed floorplans had the toilet in the middle of the room, between the sink and the shower enclosure. While the homeowners kept mentioning that they wanted the toilet in a separate water closet inside the main bathroom, they also kept repeating the phrase: “light and airy.” All of a sudden my vivid imagination combined these requests and I couldn’t help giggling madly to myself. Rick looked over and asked, “What’s so funny?”

“A See-Through LooTM!” I replied. “A little glass enclosure around the toilet in the middle of the bathroom. You see, that way, you get the enclosed space without blocking the light! Your personal time on the potty will be aurally and olfactorily blocked from the rest of the room, but you won’t feel like you’re confined to a little box!”

Hi, my name is Sarah and I am addicted to home decorating programs.

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One Response to “New Homeowners Anonymous? …”
  1. Darren says:
    February 6, 2004 at 7:08 pm

    Heh! Just wait until you see Holmes on Homes… if you’re not already paranoid about the construction of your house, you will be after watching a few (very well done, and entertaining to watch) episodes.

    We’re also of the “new home owners” kind, having bought a nice place in Edmonton’s Southwest. I can’t tell you how much home improvement we’ve done since then:

    * Renovating (gutting and restoring) the main floor bathroom
    * Waterproofing the foundation
    * Replacing the shingles
    * Upgrading the electrical from 60amp to 100amp
    * Painting the main floor (the crackmonkeys who redecorated the place in 1989 did a salmon pink, teal, and black combination throughout the house.

    And now, we’re currently in the process of restoring the upstairs bathroom and putting a shower in (it had a tub set in under a sloped ceiling — sloped just enough that I can’t stand and take a shower!)