Odd little door on stair landing going into bedroom
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Little sinks in bedrooms (post-1900)?
Comments (7)Most older homes were fortunate to have one bathroom, to be shared by the family. There was no opportunity to hog it for primping, and not always convenient and unoccupied for morning and nightly routines like toothbrushing, or freshening up with a face wash or shaving for the fellows, getting a drink of water or taking medicines. Having a sink in the master bedroom comes in very handy and it didn't offend sensibilities then like it would now, especially if put in a dressing area. Many hotels and motels will have one, if you notice, in the area where one stacks their luggage and hangs their clothing and this is in addition to a full bath with another sink. Having a sink in a bedroom would also be handy if caring for invalids for sponge bathing and other care. In fact, when we remodeled a small room to accommodate my elderly mother, having only one bath we also installed a sink. It came in very handy. As for the 'bedpan' most homes if needed used chamber pots, particulary those with old folks, outhouses or little children whom you would not want to have to navigate by themselves up or down a flight of stairs. Quite often what is in a chamberpot cannot be flushed down a sink and most women, particularly back then would probably not even consider using it for urine disposal. I knew a lot of elderly gals who would scrub their sinks out daily and bleach or use lysol on them. Many loos smelled of chemicals back then....See MoreDon't know what to do with unused door in bedroom
Comments (19)Thanks for all the comments and suggestions everyone! I was afraid that we would be pretty limited on our options because of the placement of the door. I do like the making it a bookshelf idea, but if we were to close off the outside , I think we would just wall it off completely if we went that route. No railing is sort of a concern for us if we do decide to have children... but when i say "balcony".. its more like it goes out onto the roof of the kitchen. Its odd to say the least. I wish there was an old picture of how they had it set up with the apartment upstairs. It is pretty drafty and we chatted a bit with the renters before, and they had children in the room and they said they had to keep the temp turned up fairly high to keep them warm enough. We live in Minnesota so it can get cold! I never thought of the historical district part... its a smaller city, and the neighborhood we're in has a mix of old an new houses... but this house is definitely one of the older houses on the street. I suppose it wouldn't hurt to check up on that....See MoreWhat are the pros and cons of having all your bedrooms up stairs?
Comments (53)Condos, senior neighborhoods etc. I'm 47 and I would never want to burden my child with rolling out my trash (and doing a lot of other things) when I could move to an area with better services as I need them. When my parents were in their 50's they moved to their ranch house and used to say the same thing to us. However when it became clear they were no longer able to live in their house without assistance, they started balking at the idea of moving to something with better services. As they aged they didn't quite realize how much more help they needed, even after we got my Mom full time help during the day. (Mom had parkinsons and started to lose her ability to think clearly, while my Dad kept his facilities till the day he died) So would it have been better to drag my parents out kicking and screaming to someplace else, or better to help them to still live in their home. And since Dad was "clear of mind" I doubt a court would have allowed it. Once my Mom passed away, my Dad moved in with my sister. But that was his choice because he realized he couldn't maintain the house himself and he was afraid at his age of living alone. Trust me when I say the decision is never an easy one on either side of the fence....See MoreUpdating Rustic Bedroom Help- Odd windows and paint color ???
Comments (43)OP, as I said, the "drapes" wouldn't be nearly as overpowering as the photo I showed...and they don't need to be so full or high... If you don't have room to move the armoire, then it's staying, so how about that small area with the octagonal window becomes a "dressing" area...you could have a cheval mirror in front of the window (won't cut off all of it I imagine) and the wall could hold scarves/necklaces/purses. OR you could have a dressing/makeup table under the window and a little fancy chair...in other words, give that spot a purpose so that the window doesn't look like the odd man out......See MoreRelated Professionals
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