Oops. What I was going to say was please change the outlet to a GFI. And, I absolutely love everything about what you've done!!

Wellllll... I personally don't think I would do it, but I know several clients who have. I even had a customer (a rock 'n roll musician) request his and hers side-by-side toilets. Modesty wouldn't be my objection to a tub in the bedroom, though. It would be puddles. I'm an exuberant bather and wouldn't want to have to worry about "soggy socks". In theory I would love a tub in the bedroom but I'd rather it be a pool set in a grotto with a fountain.
The wine porch sounds great. I'm thinking rustic Italian, but the veldt or the outback would be great too.

Design Details - If I were doing the luxury reno -a Roman style bath in th floor with a glass panel at one end for the massage led light shower fittings and a marble wall at the other with an overflowing fountain...that you could turn off at night...or I may need a his and hers tiolet as well...Dream on girl...But Ya gotta LOVE the bath in the bedroom! As for wet socks - can't see a problem that has no creative solution...like that deluxe carpet used on yachts that soaks up the water, we use bath nats in a bathroom so why not a large water-carpet near the bath in the bedroom. I'm sure the creative designer of this has though of that!....Enough of this people. The bedroom bath is a GREAT idea and hope the daughter has hours of soaking pleasure! Bet knewart didn't expect this thread to be a perpetual...stream!! What is it about water that excites everyone so much?

To knewhart...the BATH lady...! You sound like me with your gutted house down to the studs. I was 41 when I took on this 1924 miner's hut and all alone in the world determined I would make a go of it and have a home. Didn't have much money but the cottage had 100 year old Aussie hardwood "bones" so. I didn't have to gut it because the walls are all Queensland Hoop pine and solid...not lined with anything except externally, and then the joinery is all mortise and tenon so not likely to fall apart. The internal walls had never been painted and today they look lovely oiled and polished. The builder helping me with my ideas was intrigued and remarked that if anyone tried to do this kind of joinery with the timber available today the place would crack apart in 10 years...we took photos! As for finding a contractor who can "see" your ideas, good luck with that one!
I became so frustrated that I went to the library and took out all the DIY books that looked interesting and went on a self organised building study course. I learnt how to use power tools and made myself familiar with all the tools that..."do great things"...and went to the GYM to strengthen my body.. For the really heavy work I engaged "Odd Jobbers" because I had the tools..AND the know how so I directed and they did it...and they learnt!
One fellow asked to work on my project so he could gain some skills and didn't want to be paid, figuring that it was training for him.
Today he hires himself out as a Handyman whereas before he had no skills....so GIRLS CAN DO ANYTHING...especially girls with IDEAS!! Don't think that ideas are nothing....they are the best part! Go for it girl!
Just thinking back...this place must have looked like an ant hill when it was under construction...men with heavy steel hammers wearing leather pocket pouches full of big long steel nails crawling all over it...built by hand, every single bit...so if they could do it then it can be done today...We may not have the heavy timbers that last centuries...but then the softer ones combined with power tools make it possible for girls to get into the work.
GOOD LUCK! This old house sat here vacant for five years...nobody knew what to do and too much hard work...and nobody with any IDEAS that didn't cost money! COURAGE! Today I have the quaintest cottage that everyone wants! HA!

knewhart & ladyrob1...you're my new heroes!! :0)

@ ladyrob...Your place is so cute & just the fact that you saw this 100 yo shack & realized the worth & potential is truly something I "get". Beacuse we know...not everyone understands the desire to preserve, rather than make it all "new". And the knowing that 100 yo old growth wood is nearly indestructable. (try driving a nail into it!!!)

I know the "gutted rooms" ordeal too...My bath got a whole lot worse before it got better!!

rebuilt 3 walls & finally got some insulation on the outer one!

@ bungalowmo, Grace Reed and carole.
.Thanks for liking my contribution here..I have not been back at this thread for a while...got caught up in an "energetic" poll on Pets onFurniture yes or no.
The discussion extends n every direction and the 'temperature' fluctuated like I can't believe...seems its a "Hot" topic. Became interested since this little old place is still being designed around my animal family.
Got some really great ideas from the health perspective...the latest in cat litter boxes nd all the aspects of "cat doings"...how to dispose of..how to etop the odour... oustide/inside runs, discussions on the toxicity or cat poop.....yadayadayada...all extremely interesting, often heated posts and lots of great pet pics.
An old place like mine with timber walls and what one would call "charavter" allows plenty of scope for an eccentric cat lady's immagination...and, as you say...my aim is to keep the 'old look'. Its quite an adventure because anyhing goes! I have incorporated some rather artistic and "in theme" decorative cat accomodation and shelves and built- in cubbies that are actually part of the interior design....I've had so much fun and HOUZZ has had some really innovative ideas.
Getting to my bathing facilities...I sent to Beiiging (?SP) for an 8 inch rain shower head to incorporate in an external, already existing...really old ...chrome plated brass plumbing ensemble. It was all assembled and installed last night.
AHHHHH what a shower!
Forget the modern contraptions and the hand-held hose "telephone showers" that tangle you up....But.... would anyone believe that three professional plumbers I consulted beforehand all told me that what I wanted was impossible!?
Nothing is impossible for a girl with ideas. You might have to argue with a few tradies along the way though!

Have a Turkish Van cat (they love water) and he has always been on my side!
He is very impressed with my new set-up and spent the night sitiing under the shower in the bath waiting for it to rain!
He has it all worked out and will be showering with me tonight no doubt!

If you look at some of the really unexpected decor in my place and in the oddest locations ....a Bath in a bedroom is actually quite a normal idea by comparison.

Bungalowmo...you have taken on a big task and I admire you for doing it...shows you have confidence in you! Looks really interesting and...so much hard work, but all kudos to you!

Oh....I have spent a bit of time over on the, often heated, "pet on the furniture" post too. 2 kitties of my own & maybe a 3rd. (Local that likes to hang out on my porch)

Anywho...another female here that has taken on a 1916 bungalow that needs a lot of work, but I'm not planning on going anywhere & I intend to die with the keys in my hand.

I own more power & hand tools than many guys I know & these days I'm doing an entire paint removal & restoration of a 25' x 12' wooden porch.

I have so much respect for the ladies that aren't afraid of taking on these projects. Whatever our reasons, we are on our own in this journey & don't let the fact that we're females frighten us away from firing up that table saw!

So...to all of us out there....**cheers** ... a toast to having a bit of backbone, some guts & maybe even a little insanity tossed in for good measure. Have a drink...take a hot bath...and let those fur-kids sleep wherever they please! :0)

@ bungalowmo
Seems we like the same colours.
About the nails in 100 yr old hardwood....yes, found out about that when I tried to put up a pole for drapes! Habe burnt out a couple of electric drills as well! and still have not quite solved the problem in that particular area of the house. Am investigating some of the construction adhesives available today that were not available time ago,...but then, the drapes were to keep out the freezing cold and since then I;ve put on a back deck and an outside......well...I suppose it could be called a wind door. Its a temporaryu measure that had become semi permanent for now...works well but eventually want to extend the deck and add a better laundry room and maybe a back porch....like those that are on the fronts of old places in the UK...little anti- rooms for hats and coats and shoes at the front entrance and prevent the cold from entering through the proper door.
Also thought that a stable door would suit...but then ther's still that enormous 100 yr old + beam... Induxtrial construction adhesive is still an attractive hope-inspiring idea.

PIC of you in the blue hoodie is a far cry from the 1930's glamour piss in your profile!
What;s the matter with..you know who who doesn't like being contradicted? Strange on a public forum!? I've not encountered these controllers and nit pickers before....not really an avid online poster....but kind of enjoy matching wits with some of the sensitive posters who take offence where none is even obvious....they should get a hammer and hails and direct the anxt to a piece of 100 yr old timber....is my advice.

Lookong forward to more exchanges with you...just need a new digital camera.

Had a really long day yesterday and am nodding off...so be back later.
In the mountains of the Southern Hemisphere here it was minus 4 degree celcius last night and today the wind is fierce..almost .time for some hot soup and let my 79kg assistance dog in...he's brought up a few small logs for the fire and stacked them at the back door!

I love your red bungalow...its gotgeous! Wish I had an attic!

YEP! I have no family...my animals are my family and one doesn't shut family out in the cold. We're all in today in front of the log combustion heater...nice hot soup becons..!

@ knewart...think I've confused you and bungalowmo...never mind...now I know who's who and glad to be talking to both of you!

hahaha....it's all good! As far as that glamour puss in the profile...the image was called "Safety First"...gotta love the thigh holster! haha

Do love the battle of wits comment...I do partake every now & then! :0)

I want a wine porch! Hurry and post your photos!

@ harzanne
Wine porch sounds good,,,here where I live there are some great wineries....but not making a wine porch and doub I;ll be making any kind until this freezing cold lets up. Good place at the moment...BED with a nice log fire nearby and a snoring mastiff..Hot chocolate with a drop of the good stuff...slee[ing well tonight! ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
@ bungalomo
Ah the holster was a great touch! Have you a name for your gutted house> I'm being very proper- respectable-country..." Robin's Nest" cute uh?

Wow, interesting. I'm glad she's enjoying it!

Actually I have named my place. No marker yet, but I call her Casa Utopia!

Your question got me thinking...so I created a poll:
https://www.houzz.com/discussions/have-you-named-your-houzz-dsvw-vd~1067935

We put a large limestone bath in a bedroom and it makes a beautiful feature.

Great idea and looks beautiful!

The limestone bath we installed had to be craned in before the roof was put on with 2 steels supporting the bath, now that was heavy

@Aquanero...was that a new build?? Love the fact theat you used/kept radiators! I'd never have any other heat source! Amazing warmth & in a bath...excellent winter time towel warmer! Ask me how I know!

How do you know :) ??

It wasn't a new build, the home owner had an extension built that basically doubled the size of the house.

Think it was around a 1930's home

My bath...

And that's how I know! :0) I'd really be in heaven if they were steam! aaaahhhhhhh!!!

I've "got a thing" about bathrooms and baths, I think that the bathroom in my old place (1924 with time.embattled, ugly galvanised pipe plumbing..wrapped in brown wool fibre insulating "fluff", held in place with aluminium foil and wire...hanging off the exterior wall of the house and that burst every winter....gasp for air)....I think that despite it all I was dazzled by the 6ft long, 1/2" thick cast iron shiny white enamelled plunge bath.
The equivalent today would cost heaps. I could just feel myself luxuriating in that tub!
The bathroom basin was hanging off the wall by two rusted steel brackets...and...the only hot water was from a wood chip burner sitting by the bath..
.All I could see was the BATH in a decorative pressed metal surround in an 8ft x 6'6'' natural pine room that looked like a Sweedish Sauna room...and I was SOLD!
The sweetner was that the house on nearly one acre in the middle of a country town with a creek as the rear boundary only cost $20,000AUD in 1984....so $ to play with. THE BATHROOM BECAME THE FOCUS...I kept the 1924 "look" and added the mod cons.

Not many good pics on file but extention out on to the veranda gave it a "spa" feel...just walk out, sit in the sun and dry off,

ladyrob...your plumbing for the bath & shower reminds me of what I used to have! I miss that old setup but I was told it couldn't be replicated & fittings were failing. Had to turn handles with vise grips!!

The 2 upper valves were for the shower. And the bottom was (L to R) Tub hot - tub stopper - tub cold. It was very unique & yours is the closest I'd ever seen to it!

Have a look here if you want vintage valves etc. http://www.vintagetub.com/p/P0892C-S/Strom-Plumbing-Thermostatic-Freestanding-Exposed-Shower-Faucet/

@Kivi I did have a look ...great stuff all to drool over, Thanks! Will keep it in mind when I get to my wet room/walk in shower room. @ bungalowmo Tha combo over my bath came out of a 1950.s demolition and I just put it away for later. "Later" came recently. I was determined to have the biggest bestest rain shower head I could find and that meant usung up all my GIGS. Finally found exactly what I wanted here -
www.lightinthebox.com/c/showerfaucets_2863..

Its.a Beiging online store! The only place that had exactly what I wanted in solid chrome plated brass! Imagine...all the way from China and such excellent quality for...price of the day = $79 including freight and insurance! Itr arrived in 7 days.
Bungalomo...that in-the-wall plumbing of yours looks really irreplaceable...but, don't let those men tell you its impossible to make...too old to get...unable to be found...you want something to difficult....I went through 6 plumbers who gave me all that yadayadayada and decided I would find a fellow who knew what I was talking about...it was not rocket science I told them.......that if my old arthritic hands would hold a wrench and a pipe cutter I would do it myself...and I did a detailed drawing with all the names of the bits and the measurements and approached plumbers retired and new and threw out the challenge...If they could do this they would get the whole job of the new plumbing in the house....it worked.
A guy came with an already bent ( to my specs) riser pipe in 1/2" chrome plated brass...which the others told me is no longer available... he fitted my amazing rain shower head, took out the old riser, installed the new pipe that bends gracefully in an arc over the bath, (none of the ugly 'L' shaped joins)...and is secured to the end wall= immpveable with a lovely neat, designerly chrome -plated brass bracket...My shower ensemble looks like it has always been there in its chrome plated brass glory! (try saying that with a toffee in your mouth)! All up the bits cost under $200 AUD plus...no labour because he gets the big job. So all you handy girls....stand up and don't let them put you down...if you can think it...it can be done!
So sad Bungalomo that you had to give up your vintage plumbing...it looks pretty easy to replicate to me!
I think I'll have to come over and run interference!
Sorrty I don't have a photo but Google lightinthebox...there's some amazing stuff and the quality is fantastic... its not expensive and the online staff are so polite and helpful.

what do you all think of the large walk-in tile showers that include the toilet in them? tile floor, central drain, a couple shower heads & large enough that the commode sits in there too.....i have seen these & am wondering if i would like that. i have the perfect bathroom that it would work...i cannot move my commode in this bathroom but it could become part of the actual shower room. seems odd but it would give me a much nicer shower.

knewart...That is not odd! That what I am looking at but purely as a second bathroom for now. My old house has a separate .toilet room. The bathroom proper consists of the tub with the shower over the tub and a basin...no separate shower cubicle. Recently I have begun having orthipaedic surgery to replace crumbling joints...makes it difficult getting out of the bath although for getting in I have a proper swivelling bath chair...hence my lovely big shower...But....at some point I will need a walk-in shower or a wheel-in shower so...if this is your situation...and even if not and you want a nicer shower...I think that having the toilet in the shower room is a good move..
I have been studying my options. I would replace the old toilet with one that comes off the wall rather than one that sits on the floor and I would have it situated to suit the height that is comfortable for me to get on and off. Also I would add the luxury of an electric bidet seat that actually WASHES your tushie and blow dries it...= no wet toiklet paper and I would have it screened from the shower so the lid foes not get wet! I would have both an overhead rain shower combined with a hand held shower...just in case I might need help bathing but also for the commodity. of bathing my 79KG big assistance dog (who already comes in the bathroom with me and steps into the bath tub when I've finished...its been a ritual since he was a pup...I got out and he got in! He's the sweetest smelling dog in the neighbourhood. )
I'd tile the walls and have that special rubber on the floor.
I think that a shower room with a toilet is a great idea rather than a shower cubicle surrounded by glass or plastic...and having to make a run for the toilet when you turn the shower on!.

Have a friend who gutted her old bathroom entirely, installed a toilet and a small basin and has had the whole room made wheel shair friendly with a commercial rubber floor (no tiles) but lovely cream wavy patterned tiles up all four walls. a sliding door. and a drying light with exhaust fan. / overhead. She chose a hand held shower combo off the wall. Looks lovely and very comfortable.

I kike to have a separate toiklet from the bathing area but when I do my walk in shower room it will be in the already large toilet room. I'll just be replacing the toilet pedestal with a better one.

Knewart, I LIKE the large walk in showers with the toilet in them but I would be considering carefully where I situated the toilet in such a room depending on my personal needs...and since my needs are mobility related I would have the toilet raised higher and off the floor...easier to clean too!.
In all, a shower room can be very attractive and a pleasure to use if all considerations are taken into account and, even if it is an invalid shower room it need not look clinical.
Good Luck...there's nothing better than the luxury of a good soak, body lotions, moistureisers...THE LOT!

@ladyrob....i will research this idea more....like your idea of putting the toilet on the wall instead of the pedestal. i do have a heating/ac duct that would have to be moved or closed...i'm limited on how much of that i can do since i had the lower level beneath this bathroom done in dry wall so now all the plumbing is hidden. would have to cut open dry wall to move the commode. think the idea of the wall mount commode would be much more pleasing to the eye....for sure i'm with you on the practical side of it all. especially later when i may have mobility issues. roll in shower is awesome. thanks!

Knewart...been thinking about this myself. Have a surf around the net...another friend of mine has caught the " bathroom bug". her husband wants a bath to soak his bad back but has trouble getting out like me. There are aids that lift one in and .out...but more in tune with our shower room discussion except a bit to the left,,,, could be a "Walk-In-Bath"...its a bath with a door in the side...you walk in, close the door, ( its just as high as the side of the bath,,,fill up and when you want to get out you empty the bath and open the side of the bath...just a thought. If you have a heating a/c duct I woild not be moving or closing that, its a great thing to have in a larger bathroom. I'd find a way to work aroind it.
You mention "commode"...to me this means a mobile toilet seat that looks like a chair but has a concealed potty.
Hate needing one in my bedroom......and now I understand my dear 96 yr old aunt who resisted getting one for so long....but I bought a new one that looks just like a lovely bedroom chair and has an upholstered hinged lid... so am resigned...However, if you were thinking of a shower room into whioch you could place a commode chair...that also is a good idea...just a few little hassles every morning cleaning.
If you research on the net there are also some very practical ..."Potty chairs" that do not even look like such things....some that do not even look like chairs!
I have a plastic one that comes from a camping store.
It looks for all the world like a smooth grey rock...just a shapely lump.
The lid has a compartment in the top for the roll of toilet paper...then you lift this whole lid and there you have the removable potty. Everyone who has seen it has asked what it is! This "commode" would be good in a shower room for the simple reason that it could be used as a seat and...the toilet paper would not get wet...and you could move it around or put it out if you wished....save the expense of installing a toilet on the wall and closing that heating duct.
Later, if you didn't like it you could easily install the toilet afterwards.

Had a flash back to my days living in some rather ancient houses in Rome...these places had shower rooms only....all in hewn stone. The floors sloped towards a central drain...it wasn't very nice since this had no brass grate but was an open hole.....for a very good reason...it was used as a toilet as well...a woman had to squat Horror of horrors. There was a handle on the wall and a hose hooked next to it...you just turned the handle and hosed "IT" down the drain after you'd hosed yourself! I was aghast at just 16 ytrs of age from a Melbourne suburban Califirnian Bungalow style home...with a pea green bathroom and toilet in the bathroom and the mod cons of the day...and I thought we were poor....HOWEVER...this flash back is interesting in as much as it seems to be the precursor of the walk-in shower room with the central drain.....only there's a proper toilet of one design or another and a shower ensemble instead of just a hose...
The more modern homes all had bidets...and here I was the backward one...I had never seen a biset.. and did not know what they were! Of course there were the normal pedestal toilets...strangely they were mostly separate little rooms hardly ever in the bath or shower room...and I never came acriss a shower over a bath. Interesting. Might be where the idea of the walk in shower room originated. Hope I didn't gross you out...I've not forgotten!

haha, i have seen those type of toilets in Rome....just in the past few years! still a horror to me. we call toilets commodes here....and i have never used a bidet....have seen them of course & probably a wonderful invention. but they are not common in US.

Right now I have Moen plastic crappy handles in my shower...I am anything but happy. Chinese garbage!!!!

This is the one I want to put in. It's from Restoration Hardware. This is the diverter. The hot & cold look just like it. Holy Moly...on sale....the 3 are $913. But...it's my money & my shower. I'm done using garbage.

Chrome plated brass, ceramic valves. Made in Germany. If they make these anything like their cars...I'll have this damn near forever!

Ahha bungalowmo...you got caught with the shiny stuff...good aren't they? Look genuine but are anything but....However...not all the Chinese stuff is crappy.
I was really happy with my 8" rose shower head from Beiiging @ $59 AUD including freight and insurance... solid brass, chrome plated,ceramic valves, exceptionally well made and arrived at my door in one week. I was delighted.
I purchased it online from http://www.LightInTheBox.com hope that's right...you could Google it and go to 'homewares if you wanted.
Obviously you are upset enough to do anything to have comfort and dignity in your bathing area so hope you are really pleased with the German goods. THose are really nice taps and I prefer them to the new "handle" type ones that you just flick up and down..and .although for arthtitic hands they might be very appropriate, I LIKE these you have chosen!
.I think the Germans are good at getting our money in large sums exactly by providing the quality that other manufacturers do not..
.They are slick business people and tops in manufacturing and seems their policy is..
.You want excellence? You Pay! Its the opposite approach to mass production of cheap glitz that costs pennies. .Clever business psychology!
Fortunately, as you also say,...you will have it forever...and I can vouch for that. The feeling of "safety" you have when you know you have an excellent product is often worth even spending what otherwise would seem too much money for three tap heads... but as you say...your shower, your money...you are done with garbage.... and that's valid.
I'm a bit more penny-pinching since the getting of money has required me to be very enterprising .....but I have another commodity in abundance that serves me equally as well = TIME...amazing what time turns up.
Good for you bungalomo!

@ knewhart....Ah yes the glories of ancient Rome! Fancy finding someone who has actually seen those rooms!
Did you ever USE such a toilet room?
I worked in a kindergarten over there for a while. They had those...horror facilities.
I will never forget when one little girl slipped and got her tiny foot jammed down the drain! They had to get a jack-hammer in...Poor little girl was so traumatised.....memories I'd rather not have.

Now...thanks for explaining what you all understand in the U.S to be a TOILET. That was very funny. I was not sure what was what and rabbitted on withn all sorts of ideas ..but now I know don't I?
Good :Luck with conjuring up the perfect shower room for you! There are some really lovely bathroom fittings around these days....just careful of all that glitters...the fake often shines brighter than the real! Names for "commodes" here in the land of OZ range from the polite to the outback titles......'toilet', pedestal', 'dunny',' thunder box'', 'aunty's', 'bog', 'loo'. We hardly ever call it "the bathroom" because mostly the older homes had a separate toilet and often it was situated.."out the back" on the veranda...so that's another name for it.

OF BIDETS
My experience with the bidet in Rome was hilarious. I'd never seen one. They wer obligatory in all new constructions and mainly situated near the bathtub.
At the time I was boarding in the newly constructed teacher's wing of the convent kindergarten...and the nuns were extremely.......pious.... I suppose is the word.
I asked what the Bidet was used for, I could not imagine because our bathing customs did not encompass the use of a bidet.
The red-faced nun told me it was for " the washing of one's feet"...she knew I was not convinced but I still hadn't twigged.
Oh the joy of a daily soak when I arrived back home!

Needless to say the bathroom in my house has only the best that I can afford....and I am intent on having an electric bidet seat installed on my toilet in my new walk in shower room...Have a shanpoo and a blow dry and not worry about wet rolls of toilet paper or purpose- made storage areas in the corner...just more clutter. Those bidet seats can be Googled online

No on the tub

I think it depends on the situation - location, who lives in the home, and many personal factors. I think it can be a very interesting feature. Here is an example of a new home we built - the tub sits in the master bedroom under a Nana Window overlooking a beautiful oak tree. It is quite stunning. - Shannon

Oh man....A D, I could do some serious soaking in that environment!

Does that window actually open?? It looks like it does, but I see no screen...

Yes, it slides completely open. There is no screen. It is a wonderful space. This window is from NanaWall. They were the first to make these sliding window walls. Now several make them, including Kolbe.

yes I definitely would, if done tastefully it could look great.

@A D....i'm looking for sliding window walls for my wine porch. i will google NanaWall...i want large ones that i can open & close like you see at restaurants patios. thanks!!

knewhart - a few more options include Western Windows (these are all aluminum and have a more modern look) and Kolbe (they make a wood interior and Aluminum Clad exterior.). We have used both and highly recommend both options.

http://www.westernwindowsystems.com

http://www.kolbe-kolbe.com/products/index.cfm?pcID=4&pID=70&pCat=19&pSubCat=60&pl=131

A D...thank you!! are these windows insulated? i'm wanting this option so when cooler weather hits here in PA, then i can close my wine porch in & use it longer. have been wondering what companies make these, so grateful for your knowledge!

knewhart, Yes, these are double pane insulated. kolbe offers a triple pane option as well. They would be wonderful in that application.

It is your home do it

knewhart....I used to live in PA! Lehigh Valley! (now I'm down in VA...northwest side) Where are you?? :0)

@bungalowmo i'm in Punxsutawney, which is about 80 miles NE of Pitts. Amish country...lots of great Amish construction guys who as long as i have a pic of what i want, they can build.

I've been thinking of doing this and am glad to see someone else had the same idea! When I take a detox bath the last thing I want to be looking at is the toilet, and it would be nice to roll into bed right afterwards.

Hey! You have Phil!! haha You're about 200 miles north of me...I'm down in Front Royal. Cute little old town. Lots of History here...Civil War battles & such.

I have seen a lot of real Amish construction, whether it's houses or simple tables & such. Amazing stuff! Most near the Reading area. Didn't travel to your area often unless I was going back to Michigan for a visit.

@bungalowmo not much reason to come to Punxsy, haha. i would love your area....have never really spent any time in VA but i know i would love it.

When I was looking to buy a place, I'd seen a house with a 4-car garage on CL out here. Contacted the selling agent to come take a look. She asked me a few questions about "gotta haves" & I gave her my list. This town is about an hour from work, so she came up with several properties to check out.

The first place I looked at was the one I ended up buying. It just felt *right*! I've never regretted it since.

I don't recall if this was ever mentioned, but have you done a deed search? Find all the names of the past owners? That can be a very interesting & fun thing to check out on a day you need to get away from the dust & the rehab.

I not only found all the names.....I found every one of their graves in the local Civil War era cemetary. I go up there a few times every year. Clear the grass & weeds around them.

I knew there was always a lot of love in this home, so I let them know that I love it too. And I'd never do anything to ruin any of the original beauty of it.

It's all about respect...for the home & for those before me...as well as those to come next....

Mexican's actress bedroom...beautiful!