Comments on: It’s Back to the Drawing Board with the Beach Cottage WC

By: dkzody

dkzody — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 04:13:05 +0000

I love the fabric. I have a great couch cover in a beige version. It’s wearing out and I would love find a new one, but it seems if I like something, they quit making it.

By: sunny

sunny — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:20:55 +0000

You might try having the cover you made come up and from below and attach BEHIND the lip of the sink. It will hang much straighter from there although I don’t think it looks all that bad. I can tell from how you wrote, though, that you will never be happy with it…

By: ramonasradiantlife.blogspot.com

ramonasradiantlife.blogspot.com — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:41:48 +0000

Sarah, I adore your little sink. If it were mine, I’d just switch the plumbing to chrome or copper and let it show. Of course, that may be on the pricey side; I’ve never actually done anything like that, so I’ve no idea.

Your blog is so beautiful, thank you for sharing your wonderful home.

By: sush

sush — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:54:21 +0000

if it makes you feel better, i am actually reno-ing an unfinished bathroom reno…
yep. Designed & built a bathroom/mudroom addition on our place – i’m talking poured a concrete slab, rough plumbed, framed , sheathed and roofed it,then ran out of cash, so it has sat for 3 years frozen in time, half used-( think wearing your parka and carrying a highbeam flashlight & a stepstool when you want to do laundry, then think crawling 50 ft under the house when you have to clean out the dryer lint trap… but i digress from the true lunacy…
which is that all this time the bathroom has been sitting unfinished, uninsulated, semi o.k. in summers, appalling in winters, i have had way too much time to brood on the errors of my original design… god help me, and in a spot of deluded optimism? we have begun tearing out and changing things a wee bit (picture happy hubby with a jackhammer rented for the afternoon) …
& while it is a tad further along there is a big family reunion bash looming at the end of november at our place… will it be ready in time?

By: Isee

Isee — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 03:14:39 +0000

paint the plumbing white, it will look like a sculpture (or not)

By: Gretchen Gerg

Gretchen Gerg — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:11:04 +0000

I think your skirt looks great. I may have missed it, but did you use Velcro or hook & loop to attach it? I also love the pleated look.

Gretchen

By: bj

bj — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:33:54 +0000

I am thinking the plumbing things would be great painted white to blend in with the walls. Much cleaner look, to, I’d think. And no hassels at all.
If you’d rather have the skirt, tho, velcro is good. Anything is going to be hard since the curve of the sink….oh, wait a minute. Can Mr. BC build a wooden frame around the sink someway..then adding a skirt would be awesome…If the sink isn’t right up to the wall on one side, seems it could be enclosed someway. Shoot, I don’t know, sweet Sarah…you are much better at figuring out things like this!!
Good luck..
xo bj

By: Roberta

Roberta — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:48:40 +0000

Sarah, How about a drapier fabric that will have a softer feel? Yes, velcro is the answer and perhaps a finished ribbon edge.
xo Roberta

By: Alison Gibbs

Alison Gibbs — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:41:13 +0000

The skirt looks fabulous as is.
Alison

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www.google.com/accounts/o8/id?id=AItOawm9KPJvrIC2w2o-7vKlLcJ92Wgy_caP7UI — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:00:32 +0000

I’ve followed your blog for some time now and had an ah-ha moment. What would it be like to cover the pipes with a (wide)fabric cord cover? Do you know the kind I mean? Just a looooong length of fabric, velcro (I think they make a soft kind now)on both long edges and wrap it around the pipes sort of scrunched up. Not the easiest task but hey, I’m not having to do it!!!

Really enjoy your blog!