The Master Bathroom

If you ever come by and we offer to show you our “impressive master bathroom”, get ready for a real treat. You’ll be shocked by the glamour and luxury of this spacious and perfectly updated space. You’ll want to spend hours there just relaxing away the worries of the day as if you were at an actual spa…

Ta-da! (if you haven’t guessed it, I’m kidding about he glamour, luxury, and space.)

It’s nine square feet of ugliness. Oh where to begin? The stained carpet? The RV walls? The chipping sink? the eroding faucet? the outdated light fixture? the tiny mirror? the fact that you can’t close the door while doing your business? Yep, this baby’s got it all!

I did not mention, however, in that rather negative list above, the storage space. Want to know why? Because that is one thing it actually has going for it. In fact, it has too much storage space. What do you do put in a closet like that?

This bathroom (can you even call it that? Does it even qualify?) does sport a nice little window and radiator for temperature comfort. By comfort I mean, trying to keep your legs off the heated surface, or risking the view of others by cracking the window open.

But, please, before passing judgement, take a moment to appreciate the decor. This wallpapered board not only gives a little extra….character to the room, it serves the function of being a table top.

By the way, the toilet is a real antique. It’s the age of the house if I’m not mistaken, which is pretty old for Mr. John here.

Have I gone too far? I didn’t even get into any real “bathroom humor”. I’ll spare you.

Joking aside, I actually like that Mr. Rocke, the man who built our house in 1949 was able to think outside of the conventional floor plan (something that is evident throughout the entire house) to put a bathroom in what would have been a closet above the stairs. It does have it’s practicality being right off the dining room. I have big plans for this little space. Like, a complete, gut everything down to the studs, renovation (it won’t cost that much because it’s only 9 square feet). This would include a smaller, possibly either tankless, or tank-in-the-wall toilet, drywall, different flooring (anything but carpet, a new sink and faucet, and other accessories.

So, check back in, oh, maybe a year or so, for the “after” pictures. While you wait, continue to admire the “before”.

Thanks for reading!