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Fess Up Friday - All About the Bathroom

By Selina Hoit
I know, I know.....
It's a bit of a scary title for a Fess Up BUT, I promise it's all rated G ;-)
Let's just start out with this:
Fess Up Friday - All About the Bathroom
WHY oh WHY do my children do this to their toothpaste?  A week ago I cleaned it all up and came back the following week to see it looking like this again.
Fess Up Friday - All About the Bathroom
Another pet peeve is when the toilet doesn't flush like it should....you know, FAST, EFFICIENT and all that jazz :-)  So, I took it in my own hands to fix it right that minute even though it was on a school morning. (Who tries to be a plumber BEFORE you have to RUSH to get kids to school?)
All to say, in my complete lack of knowledge hurry, I completely SNAPPED the entire lever off the back and now had a non working toilette.
UGGH!
Fess Up Friday - All About the Bathroom
So after the kids were dropped off I went to Home Depot to look for a new lever.  I saw one that said "Just Snap Together" so of course I choose that one.  Ummmm.....it was NOT a "just snap together" project LOL!
My husband came up a few times to check on me (I was determined to do it myself as I was the one to break the darn thing!) He was "kind" enough to say I looked "hilarious" and kept referring to me as "Hey Plummer Lady":-)
But in the end, LOOK AT MY NEW HANDLE!
(yes, you all know by now it's the little things in life that make me very happy!)
Fess Up Friday - All About the Bathroom
I know, I couldn't resist making it an Oil Rubbed Bronze finish :-)  Happy Decorating Selina :-)
It actually only cost $11.00 more than the $7.00 plastic white one.

Fess Up Friday - All About the Bathroom

OLD white one that I broke!  Much better in ORB anyway :-)


And while we're on the subject of cost - did you know you can buy a completely NEW TOILET SEAT for under 15 bucks!?  I'm not talking about the flimsy plastic ones but the white Enameled Wood ones.  I know, WHAAAAAT?!!!!
Fess Up Friday - All About the Bathroom

All these years I have been scrubbing the living daylights out of them (without a lot of success) and I could have just bought a new seat every 6-12 months.
YES, this is my design tip for you guys - BUY new toilet seats when they just won't obey the bleaching. (Hey, for that matter, even if you didn't break your flusher, upgrade to an oil rubbed bronze handle!  I will not FESS UP that I do a little happy dance every time I get to push the handle now - hee,hee.)
Fess Up Friday - All About the Bathroom

Did any of you know about the cost of getting a NEW toilet seat?  What do you think of the Oil Rubbed Bronze upgrade?  Worth replacing the standard white flusher in a guest bathroom?
Till my next decorating/life adventure!  Remember, you can see all my Fess Ups by entering "fess ups" in the search this blog bar on the right. :-)

Have a great weekend, I can't believe it's already May1st! :-)


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