I love to plan out everything. I am that person that plans every single aspect out on a vacation. I just can’t help it. I am also a very visual person. I need to physically see what someone is talking about; I have a hard time imagining it. I have drawn out rough sketches of bathroom layouts but I have no spatial ability so I have no idea if things would fit or not. I had purchased the beautiful 1926 antique tub that needs a little refinishing and Chad swears it weighs 500 lbs. I bought a brand-new toilet from Lowes that I has the two buttons on top for flushing depending on what you are flushing so that you flush with less water.
I used blue painters’ tape and taped down my definite bathroom plans onto the floor. Since the main floor did not have a bathroom on it, we wanted a toilet closet attached to our master bathroom. The living room in the house was gigantic so we cut the room down the middle to create 2 smaller rooms. The painters tape helped me visualize the layout and make some somewhat final decisions.
I did not what to have brand new everything in the house, I love the charm and character of individual pieces. Chad found a beautiful cabinet that had been turned into a sink in Frankfort KY on Facebook marketplace. We drove the next morning to meet them at their house. The woman was a nurse and had to work that day but we were able to meet with her husband. He was so nice, invited us into their home and went over the piece from head to toe. They had purchased it for their bathroom but unfortunately it did not fit where they were needing it to without redoing some plumbing. He helped Chad load it up into our SUV and told us about how he mows and cleans up the local cemetery. Such a nice man. The next day Chad got a message on Facebook from the person we bought the cabinet from and said that her husband had talked so highly of us and thanked us for purchasing it from her. Such a sweet message to get.
The next question on the plumbing is where does the septic pipe tie into the septic tank. Now in my head I had never really even thought about this part, but apparently it was quite essential. And apparently you can’t just start a new pipe. My dad began to make a list of the supplies we would need for plumbing but we had to figure out where the pipe was to finish the list. I wanted to get the supplies before we headed back to Texas. The kids began to dig around the septic tank to try to find the edges. This was taking forever. I’m sure probably to them it was even longer because they were the ones digging in a small space under the porch. I went to help them since it was taking so long but after hours of digging, we still did not have much of an answer. Luckily the kids knew we were taking the next day to go to the zoo for some much-needed fun. They had worked so hard without complaining too much and they deserved to have some fun. We will figure out the sewer another day.
Pink Squirrel Farmstead 