Believe me, I am not making fun of the people who built this house. The house is 17 years old. They’re way younger than we are. When I was the age they were when they built this house, and we had built a couple of houses by that time . . I wasn’t anywhere near as astute at planning out a house as they were. In fact, I probably still couldn’t do nearly as well as they did way back then.
And, speaking of how nice those people are – they have their own home they’ve just moved into, have a million things to do there, have full time jobs but he just picked Vince up with his pickup and trailer and they’re going to Nevada, MO on a Saturday evening to pick up the rest of our furniture out of the apartment so we can have our bed and love seat!
But back to the funny thing. Remember .. they built this house 17 years ago . . the little toilet room.
While I’m not in the habit of showing toilet pictures, this plug right next to the toilet cracks me up. I love it for charging the phone or notebook. How many times do I grab my tablet to run to the bathroom and it has a dead battery? Often!
Also, there’s a double light switch just above the toilet paper holder. One of those turns on the light above the shower and one turns on the main bathroom light. It’s not very far to the switch just outside the door that turns on the main bathroom light. Vince and I were trying to figure it out. Do you go in there while it’s still light and stay so long that it gets dark and you need to turn the light on, or do you fall asleep and want the light off without having to get up. Not sure and not going to ask.
See the blank plate? A phone! They had a phone in the bathroom. What I wouldn’t have given for a phone on the wall in the bathroom back in the day of house phones.
Also, see the little door just to the left of the toilet and by the window? You can put about 24 rolls of toilet paper in there! That’s probably six months or more worth of toilet paper! I love that!
The window is on the second floor from the ground (main level but walk out basement below) so don’t worry about the sheer-ish curtain. They didn’t even have a curtain on it and even from our deck, because of the angle, you can’t see anything through that window but I felt better with a curtain.
Every day we find more to love a out this house. I hope their new home is as perfect as the one they left behind.
Kathleen R Robin says
You could go in that bathroom and lock the door and sit in there for hours and hide from the world.
Chris says
We have a plug-in next to our toi-toi too, and we have a nightlight plugged into it. Nice for visitors who aren’t familiar with our house and also, now that we’re older, we use it so we don’t go bump in the night!!
Nelle Coursey says
If there is room you could put a little table near the outlet to lay your tablet on while you are doing other things. LOL
Tee says
We put a telephone outlet next to our toilet too and it drives me nuts since it has been empty from day 1 in the house. We put it in before we realized that it would cost way too much to put a house phone in and who has one now anyway?
Judy Laquidara says
I think I’m going to put a cute little shelf over the phone outlet cover so I don’t see it, keep a notepad and a pen on it. That’s where I’m always thinking of things to add to my grocery list, or things to add to Vince’s “to do” list.
Katherine says
That plug next to the toilet would come in handy if you wanted to get a fancy Japanese type heated toilet seat. They are so nice in cold weather! I don’t have one, but have used them.
Diane in CA says
How about using that plug for a Bidet toilet seat? I bet a heated toilet seat would be nice in the winter.
Judy Laquidara says
No! I grew up going to an outhouse at my grandmas. I can handle a toilet seat in a heated bathroom. 🙂
wanda jordan says
It’s funny to hear about some of the things you have in this house. My hubby and I built our house 38 years ago and we put in some of these same things. We had phones in bathroom plus every wall in rest of house. We also tv cable outlets/internet wire ( before cable/internet was everywhere) on each wall . Plugs for lights 2-3 on every wall and even had them in the floors in big rooms.. Have sewer clean outs on every drain inside the cabinets and under toilets and showers. We have light switches that turn outside lights on in the Master bedroom walls by outside door ( for fire escape) in kitchen and front. We ended up with 7 miles of electrical wire in attic Also put foam 1 in thick in wall along with fiberglass so our light bill be low and still is. We’ve got walls that can be taken out without any problems just knock out. Cabinets(kitchen and bathrooms) are 39 in high so you don’t break you back. Yes we thought it all out . Never thought we would have to move from that house. But we have had to move next to daughter due to health problems. But loved that house.Thought outside of the box so when we got old. Even had 36 inch doors and 40 inch halls for wheelchairs. So keep looking there might be more good things in your house these people were smart and ahead of their time too.