Fix’er Up…
Submitted by My Garden Spot Blog
My sister is still working on getting her new house in a better condition. It’s a solid house, but needed a lot of work, after having been neglected for the past 10 to 15 years.
It was amazing how many of the original fixtures were still in the house. I think it must have been built as one of the “houses of the future” style homes from the 1960s. As such, it was high end for the time. Since then, the futuristic aspects have become quaint, but nonfunctional, and had to be replaced. Had it been me, I’d probably have tried to save a few of the quirks of the original kitchen, but modernizing only makes sense, and indeed…when you think about it…really keeps the original premise of “house of the future” alive better than keeping the non functional bits.
One of the rooms I do envy my sister is a kick ass laundry area that’s big enough to probably double as an office space or even craft area. I’d want to warm it up a bit, if I were going to make it a double use space, and not put in too many steel colored fixtures. I think I’d put in a deep, double sink near the washer, for hand washable clothing and for washing things that are just too big for any thing else. I miss having a sink like that.
I’d put in another little snack/wash up area as well. Some place to keep sodas cool and someplace with something like copper kitchen sinks, that would let me wash out brushes or just wash my hands. Copper would be warmer and prettier, if a little more expensive. After all, it’s not my house and I can day dream about what I’d do with a free pocketbook.
Dunno if my sister would agree, though. She’s more practical and less dreamy than I am.
