Sunday, September 1, 2013

My little 1950's house

I like my little house.  I'd love a bigger house and a bigger kitchen, but I don't want a bigger mortgage.  There are a few things you have to deal with in an older home.  Windows.  Windows aren't made the same size any more, so sometimes finding window treatments is hard.  Sometimes you just have to sew. Electrical problems.  Biggest problem here is the lack of outlets.  In the 1950's people didn't have tv's in every room, clocks were wound, not plugged in, there was one phone in the house, not in every room and it plugged into a jack, not cordless with the need for an electrical outlet.  I could go on and on.  A few of the rooms in my house have had extra outlets added, but not my bedroom.  I have a whopping two outlets.  And then the funny thing with an older house that has caught my attention lately.  The bathroom.  Now, I'm not talking about my pink 1950's bath tub, which I hate, but the built in toilet paper holder.  These days sometimes at the store you can only find jumbo, large, extra large, or MEGA rolls.  While they fit into my holder, when you first hang one it doesn't really roll properly.  You get about a square at a time.  Funny and yet somewhat annoying.