Our New Renovation

Newsletter 2020-11-23

Nothing in this world is forever—except for the shower in my hallway. It's been there since the dawn of time, give or take a few years. A former owner who was born in this house and lived here until she died had the shower installed on the first floor when she became too old and frail to make it up the stairs. At least that’s the story we heard. It’s also possible she had the hallway shower built at a much younger age because she was just lazy. As someone in his mid-thirties, I can confirm that stairs are the worst. When my wife and I bought the house, we thought it was weird that there was a random shower in the middle of the high-traffic corridor between the dining room and the kitchen, but we figured we would have it removed soon enough. That was twelve years ago. We’re finally having it taken out tomorrow. Maybe. We’ll see if the contractor shows up.

The hallway shower didn’t make it this long simply because I put off dealing with it. I mean, that’s a large part of it. Procrastinat…