What do you think of your walk-in shower?
Teri Deger
15 years ago
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Comments (12)bldsgal - good point about our mothers. Mine was slim and trim and up until I was in 7th grade she used a wringer washing machine and had no dryer!! And of course she never has a dishwasher and she worked like crazy in a very large garden. Flyleft - you are surely right that many labor saving devices help people remain independent as they become older. But do you think that is really a significant reason companies make these products? I think it's because human nature is to find an easier way to do things and they're intended for the masses of "young" able bodied people flocking to purchase these things as our country generally becomes more and more sedentary. For example BIL has a lake cabin next door to ours. We don't have big yards. He bought a whoppin' big yard tractor to mow "our" lawns. He's not old and he's physically able to walk around and mow a small yard. We declined having the rider mow ours - easy enough to walk it (and easier to get around the trees). Meanwhile he laments being overweight and out of shape.........See MorePlanning the shelves for my walk-in pantry. What do you think?
Comments (3)sayde, that's an interesting thought about deepening and extending a few of the shelves on the back wall. I had also considered a small wall hung cabinet similar to my spice cabinet beside my stove. rhome, no the shelves wouldn't protrude into the doorway. It's hard to tell from the photos I posted, but 5 inch shelves would just be flush with the left side of the door opening. I might think about some kind of upward lip on the shallow shelves to ensure things don't fall off. And yes, the shallow shelves would make the back shelves 29" (the 5" would still be there, it would just be blind). The doorway into the pantry is 30" wide, and the buffet on the right is shallower than the doorway by 10", so with my 5" shelves on the left, I'd still have 40" of width in which to navigate. That sounds like plenty to me, but I guess I don't know until I see it. The back shelves are 12" deep now. They work great for some things like the toaster oven and boxes of cereal, but I'm not crazy about how they work for canned goods when I only have one or two of something. If I have a dozen cans of the same thing, they're great because I know that all the cans front to back are the same thing. I keep wishing for more shelf frontage. I keep all the things I use frequently on the shelves I can reach easily, and extra inventory or ingredients I use less on the high shelves. The top shelf I've reserved for my vintage enameled fish poacher. Not my most practical purchase ever, but I like seeing it there....See MoreDo you think, and rethink, and think again about your choices?
Comments (46)I used to be much more cavalier about discarding roses but I've changed my ways. For one, it takes so long for bands to grow into ornamental plants with little rain. Besides, by now I should know better and be more discriminating in what I order. I know now that Maggie does not ring my chimes but she's staying. Charles Darwin, of which I have two, hardly lasts one day, but I hope with age that will improve. Mrs. Henry Morse is one of those early hybrid teas that take forever to put on growth so that might have been a mistake. I'll try fish solution to hurry her along. Mme. Antoine Mari's flowers are really too delicate for the heat, but there again I hope she'll toughen up with age. Sometimes I wish desperately that I could begin the whole process over again, amend the soil properly before planting, install drip watering right away and choose roses as though my life depended on it. Oh well........See MoreHow do you clean your huge walk in shower?
Comments (10)I recently watched a video on this same method of cleaning a walk-in shower. Sounds good so I will be giving it a try. I am moving from a large two-story farm house. My husband and I spent our days caring for the property mostly.We worked on a hedge row, pulling overgrown vines. He would fell the dead trees and saw them to a size he could bucket with his tractor to a burn pile. We cleared two groves of trees where,for years abandoned cars, tractors, everyday trash was dumped. Our son, daughter and a few of our grand children have had their weddings there--they love it. We both enjoyed growing vegetables, potatoes, and flowers. I did all the weed-whacking around the trees and along the hedgerow and roadside ditch. My husband and I tore down plaster walls throughout the house and vacuumed the studs. He opened up rooms, strengthened door and window headers and put in new windows. He did the work, I handed him the hammer and swept up after him. We were getting old so we decided to pay to have the dry wall done throughout the house. We completed one side of the house a year, then proceeded to vinyl one side each year. He was eighty-eight when he finally asked the kids for help. They put up a two garage and then my husband put up the siding as far as he could reach with his arms; I nailed the vinyl up as far as I could with a ladder. Finally, he had to get help from the kids to finish the upper half. We put in all new heat, air, and connected sewers, water line to the house. We loved every day! I am so lost without him and know life will never be the same, too big a house, too much land. My sisters and brothers are all retired, and are very close. I want to be with them--there are too many wonderful memories here. I can't complain, but constantly sad. I have great support from my family and looking forward to better days. Buying a house has been both scary and over-whelming, but it sure will keep me busy making it my home. Fingers crossed, I know I will be needing lots of advice (thank goodness for the Internet)....See Moresue36
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