Powder Room - Part 1

Planning a new powder room is both exciting and time consuming with so many choices in sinks, toilets, lighting and tile. Determining the floor plan for the new room in an old space means one of the zillion closets will have to go. The luggage closet, a two tiered 4 foot by 3 foot closet adjacent to the front hall will lose the luggage and gain a toilet and sink. To make this powder room large enough to accommodate those in need of "powder," four feet from an adjoining closet will be adopted, so the configuration becomes an "L" shape, with the toilet in the lower right side of the "L," and the sink in the corner left side of the "L." The third side of the room will be built on a slight angle, widest where the sink and toilet live, and narrowest at the entry. The new room will be a long narrow triangle, with the sink visible from the doorway, and the toilet coyly slightly hidden from view.

Large 18" X 18" Italian porcelain tiles will continue to flow from the foyer into the new space, adding continuity and lightening the space. White crown molding will highlight the ceiling, and wide white trim will connect the walls and floor. Wall colors are being evaluated but one thing is clear: light colors seem to make a space larger, and dark colors often make a space appear smaller. Since painting the room a light color in hopes of making it seem larger is absurd in such a small space, a deep dark dramatic color will be selected for the walls. a Merlot, deep red, chocolate or dark blue will be used. As of today, the reds are winning.

An ADA Kohler tall elongated white toilet will be added. The problem is the sink: the space requires a sink of 24 inches, max, either as a pedestal sink, corner, wall mounted, or vessel sink. Always a lover of natural materials, granite or marble needs to be added to the room, somewhere, on the walls behind the sink (?) or as the base of the sink (?) as seen in the photo from Southern Living. Stay tuned as the powder room adventure begins the end of September and decisions will need to be made. Any suggestions? I'm listening.

Photo attribution: Southern Living

Volvo 'Venture

So there we were, me headed north in the roadway outside of T.J. Maxx, and her deciding to back out of her parking space. Into me. Boom. Her red Honda Accord appeared to be fine, but the driver's side of my Volvo XC 90 SUV door took the hit and will need some work to remove the wrinkles. Not a lot of work -- but in car terms, probably around $2500 to $3500 worth of work. On her dime, not mine.

And the good news: no one was hurt and no bags were deployed. Since this happened in a "private parking lot," no tickets were issued. To get to the moral of this story, pick one of your four choices below:

1. Don't go to T.J. Maxx on Sunday afternoon,
2. Don't go out of the house on Sunday afternoon,
3. Drive a big car, or perhaps
4. Look before backing out of a parking space into a vehicle.

Note: This photo was taken prior to this Volvo adventure.
Photo attribution: somewhatfrank