There’s no question in my mind that selling our previous home was the right decision for us. That doesn’t mean I don’t miss little things about it though. One thing being the smart setup we had under Handy Hubby’s side of the double vanity in our master bathroom. From the outside all closed up, it was average enough.
I never did get around to painting the mismatched, orange-y stained oak. See how the doors were more of a golden brown and the cabinet frame was more orange tinted? That’s how the kitchen cabinets looked before we painted them too. If only we had lived there another month or so, I think I would have worked my magic on that vanity. Anyhow, the vanity itself is not what I’m missing these days {far from it} but what was inside. Don’t judge a book by its cover…
Do you see what I see? Look past the manly toiletries to the electrical outlet on the upper left hand side of the cabinet.
That outlet came about after I complained for months to Handy Hubby how much I disliked seeing and cleaning around his electric razor and electric toothbrush that he displayed on the sink countertop. {My razor and toothbrush are manual and tuck away nicely into drawers.} I can’t blame him too much. The nearest electrical outlet for charging the personal hygiene machines was located right above the vanity next to HH’s sink. I don’t know if it was my endless nagging or HH’s engineering mind that finally turned the tables, but eventually HH came up with this neat little charging setup for his razor and toothbrush. It was a win-win project. I got the unsightly devices off the top of the vanity and HH had fun rigging up his own charging station. He simply added the outlet and tied it into the existing one. It worked great for us. And I miss it more than I ever thought I would. I’m sorry I took you for granted little under-cabinet electrical outlet.
Because now I am greeted by this getup every morning in our apartment bathroom.
Behold. The electric razor and toothbrush have made another countertop appearance. I’m not crazy about it. To make things look a little tidier, I placed HH’s razor and toothbrush in a wooden Goodwill tray that I primed and painted white. Yes, that’s my pot o’ cosmetics but, in my defense, it’s just there to disguise all the manly devices. It’s not doing a very good job, is it? Oh well. It’s temporary. Because when we get to taking on the master bathroom at the Underdog I fully expect us to come up with another creatively functional way to stow HH’s electric razor and toothbrush. It’ll be a challenge. The Underdog’s master bathroom is not master-ish at all.
{BEFORE}
A teeny single vanity is all there will be room for. But I’m confident we’ll think of something.
Think, think, think…
images: Dana Miller for House*Tweaking
budget decor, DIY, organization