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Grateful girl
January 6th, 2013 10:30 pmThat would be me.
After working for a bit in my studio with my spiffy new utility sink, it didn't take long for me to realize that the sink was too low. Standing at the sink for any length of time was excruciating. The sink seems so high when you look at it but when you combine the short neck on the faucet, the depth of the basins and the height of the sink, it just adds up to a potter in pain.
I was feeling pretty dumb for not figuring this out BEFORE we paid someone to install the sink.
Lucky for me - I am married to the most amazing man on the planet. When I finally fessed up to![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
daecabhir about the sink on Friday evening, he simply said that we would fix it. And then he surprised me by fixing it TODAY. Not only is my utility sink now SIX inches higher than before, I have a new faucet, AND my honey caulked the bottom of the tileboard that we installed when dreamtigress was here.
We spent several hours in Lowes today so that we could buy the needed plumbing parts needed to raise the sink, a new faucet - one with a longer neck and handle that I can flip on with my arm when hands are full of clay*, we looked at tool boxes, bought a few needed items for the house, decided on a new storm door for the front of the house (the one that is currently there will get moved to the basement/studio door), pondered our tile choices for the master bath shower stall (don't get me started), and my lumberjack of a man got himself a maul so that he could split wood.
* Am I the only one who uses a UTILITY sink with dirty hands? All of the readily-available utility sink faucets come with knobs that you have to turn. Add to that most utility sinks have very deep basins - deep in width to the wall as well as deep to the bottom of the basin. It'd be nice to have a long-necked faucet so that you could actually utilize your utility sink better but guess what most utility sink faucets come with? A short, stubby neck!
And so tonight, I am overwhelmed with gratitude and awe for my mate. He pretty much spent his entire day off working hard - all to help me.
For the record, treadmill use for the weekend was zero.
We spent a good chunk of Saturday in Fredericksburg. The highlight of our errands being the purchase of a new refrigerator. Our current kitchen fridge is a 21-year-old Kenmore (made by GE), the ice maker has been leaking for quite a while now. It also happens to be a side-by-side model which is not very user-friendly nor energy efficient. Our new fridge - which will be delivered on Friday - is an ultra-sexy, 4-door Kenmore Elite (made by LG), complete with LED lighting, adjustable shelves, and a very smart layout. Our favorite appliance salesman, Super Dave, helped us once again to make a smart choice and get a great deal.
After working for a bit in my studio with my spiffy new utility sink, it didn't take long for me to realize that the sink was too low. Standing at the sink for any length of time was excruciating. The sink seems so high when you look at it but when you combine the short neck on the faucet, the depth of the basins and the height of the sink, it just adds up to a potter in pain.
I was feeling pretty dumb for not figuring this out BEFORE we paid someone to install the sink.
Lucky for me - I am married to the most amazing man on the planet. When I finally fessed up to
daecabhir about the sink on Friday evening, he simply said that we would fix it. And then he surprised me by fixing it TODAY. Not only is my utility sink now SIX inches higher than before, I have a new faucet, AND my honey caulked the bottom of the tileboard that we installed when dreamtigress was here.We spent several hours in Lowes today so that we could buy the needed plumbing parts needed to raise the sink, a new faucet - one with a longer neck and handle that I can flip on with my arm when hands are full of clay*, we looked at tool boxes, bought a few needed items for the house, decided on a new storm door for the front of the house (the one that is currently there will get moved to the basement/studio door), pondered our tile choices for the master bath shower stall (don't get me started), and my lumberjack of a man got himself a maul so that he could split wood.
* Am I the only one who uses a UTILITY sink with dirty hands? All of the readily-available utility sink faucets come with knobs that you have to turn. Add to that most utility sinks have very deep basins - deep in width to the wall as well as deep to the bottom of the basin. It'd be nice to have a long-necked faucet so that you could actually utilize your utility sink better but guess what most utility sink faucets come with? A short, stubby neck!
And so tonight, I am overwhelmed with gratitude and awe for my mate. He pretty much spent his entire day off working hard - all to help me.
For the record, treadmill use for the weekend was zero.
We spent a good chunk of Saturday in Fredericksburg. The highlight of our errands being the purchase of a new refrigerator. Our current kitchen fridge is a 21-year-old Kenmore (made by GE), the ice maker has been leaking for quite a while now. It also happens to be a side-by-side model which is not very user-friendly nor energy efficient. Our new fridge - which will be delivered on Friday - is an ultra-sexy, 4-door Kenmore Elite (made by LG), complete with LED lighting, adjustable shelves, and a very smart layout. Our favorite appliance salesman, Super Dave, helped us once again to make a smart choice and get a great deal.
