tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post3087677813367246749..comments2024-03-28T17:53:43.541-04:00Comments on DarwinCatholic: Bathrooms of the Rich and FamousDarwinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08572976822786862149noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-57240169263716716432018-10-19T10:10:39.585-04:002018-10-19T10:10:39.585-04:00Melanie, THAT is HILARIOUS!!
(I'm jealous y...Melanie, THAT is HILARIOUS!! <br /><br />(I'm jealous you got to visit them - I'd love to visit with either of your families! I guess that would be one perk if we were uprooted and moved to the East Coast area....)mandamumnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-91719688488397079942018-10-17T10:36:39.850-04:002018-10-17T10:36:39.850-04:00This post came in handy this morning as the Bettin...This post came in handy this morning as the Bettinelli children took a break from school work to discuss the Important Topic of How Many Bathrooms the Hodges have. II was amused that I could satisfy their 'satiable curiosity by looking it up on the all-knowing internet.Melanie Bettinellihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12557248434888642114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-55262857557305594542018-09-14T23:21:19.233-04:002018-09-14T23:21:19.233-04:00Yay! Pictures! So much to love -- see rapturous ol...Yay! Pictures! So much to love -- see rapturous old house comments above -- and so much to fear. Bathrooms really don't age well, do they?Finicky Cathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06096968677045137455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-4845647713529828192018-09-10T19:55:31.105-04:002018-09-10T19:55:31.105-04:00Love it! Thank you!!!Love it! Thank you!!!entropynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-28902027465861267722018-09-10T17:25:37.471-04:002018-09-10T17:25:37.471-04:00Alrighty, it's taken me a week, but here is ph...Alrighty, it's taken me a week, but here is photo evidence!MrsDarwinhttp://darwincatholic.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-72773348984353835772018-09-09T12:50:36.643-04:002018-09-09T12:50:36.643-04:00The second time my father pulled the soap dish til...The second time my father pulled the soap dish tile off the wall, he broke it... and of course, there's no matching a 1950's blue soap dish tile. Still, there is a "gold" water tap and the bathtub is still blue. And you have to love those "French" style cabinets. All vintage 1950's. The half bath, unfortunately, looks more 70's. <br /><br />If I or my husband were "handy," we might now have time to adjust some of these little features, but we are hopeless instead. Maybe one of our sons or daughters will turn out to be "handy" and have pity on us during a vacation... we are hesitant to impose on our son-in-law, who has plenty to do with his Craftsman house in Oakland.<br />scotch meghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07807462913187483331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-69058419532781045372018-09-06T04:12:47.159-04:002018-09-06T04:12:47.159-04:00I loved this post! Certainly an original version o...I loved this post! Certainly an original version of the American Dream - but the fulfilment is there, surely. Any Middle European can easily relate...Agneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00047890626000373572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-46416978475007352192018-09-05T15:48:47.282-04:002018-09-05T15:48:47.282-04:00Well, I did for many decades in the past nurse a p...Well, I did for many decades in the past nurse a painful longing for an old house -- the character! the beauty! the history! the charm! the atmosphere! -- that "past" apparently being all my life before reading this post. Thanks for the reality check. But I agree with Entropy: we need photographs!Finicky Cathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06096968677045137455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-74516944307067488792018-09-04T09:03:10.134-04:002018-09-04T09:03:10.134-04:00I love this post. The rundown in our 1923 house:
...I love this post. The rundown in our 1923 house: <br /><br />(1) horrifying wall-less toilet and shower in the basement. We shut off the water to the toilet two years ago, when the town contacted us to say "You are using so much water that we think you must have a leaking toilet somewhere" -- and lo, they were correct. I am still seeing water stains around the toilet, even though that should not be possible. Should it?<br /><br />(2) mint green upstairs bathroom with a distinct 1950s vibe and a water-stained ceiling. The tile around the toilet is mint green with a bronzy overlay of stubborn pee stains, perhaps an inevitable result of accommodatin g four boys during the bad aim years. (Or perhaps a sad commentary on my housekeeping skills? Who can say?)<br /><br />(3) downstairs bathroom with the DIY remodel put in place by the previous owners. The floor isn't level, or square, so the tile doesn't line up, leaving grubby glimpses of the 1950s linoleum below. There's a spa tub but the jets are broken and the battle against orange mildew is enduring. There is a pretty stained glass window but the frame is in need of some wood putty and the shower curtain is in need of some bleach.<br /><br />Love those old houses!Jamiehttp://mostgladly.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-22200966801498659612018-09-03T22:44:27.105-04:002018-09-03T22:44:27.105-04:00Gee, we only have two bathrooms, and just one bath...Gee, we only have two bathrooms, and just one bathtub/shower! However, the bathroom with the shower did start to leak into the kitchen ceiling just a few days before my younger son's wedding! In spite of frantic emergency replacement efforts, we were all showering at my mom's house that weekend. Good times!Ladyhobbitnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-14385166356804963472018-09-03T17:37:28.742-04:002018-09-03T17:37:28.742-04:00Take heart in the knowledge, though, that your toi...Take heart in the knowledge, though, that your toilets come from an age when they were expected to actually flush instead of what passes for a toilet nowadays.Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13472686909226073213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-87766126276677449452018-09-03T12:26:58.115-04:002018-09-03T12:26:58.115-04:00Sounds fabulous! We need pics.Sounds fabulous! We need pics.entropynoreply@blogger.com