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An Old Home Project in Master Bath

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A panoramic photo consisting of four images.  This was the only way to get the entire vanity wall into the shot!  I refinished the shelves, painted the walls, refinished the vanity,  installed a new sink andfaucet, installed a tile backsplash and refinished the countertop. Sheila recently asked me what had happened to the photos of the first phase of our master bathroom renovation. She thought I had written about it in my blog but couldn't find it anywhere on this site. Later that evening, she explained that she was talking about our home renovations with her carpool friends and they wanted to see one aspect of our first phase of renovations in our master bathroom. So... here is a quick explanation of what we did in Phase 1 of the master bathroom renovations... Basically, our main goal of this first phase of renovations was just to clean up the bathroom a little and to move in a direction toward our design style for the entire house. Here is a short list of the problems...

A Few Steps Backward Far Too Often

Struggling with Systemic Mastocytosis, in any of its forms, makes the ability to be productive both difficult and frustrating. The desire to be productive is there... The desire to accomplish just one small thing on our continually growing to-do list is there... And, the frustration of how this insidious illness hinders all we try to do is always there. Those of us with this illness are familiar with the occasional "good" day. We call these occasional days a "good" day but, for us, "good" is a relative term. For us, good simply means this moment is better than the previous. In reality and more accurately speaking, all days with this illness are a struggle, at best. Some moments are just better than others and it is these better moments which we refer to as "good". Sometimes, however, a week such as this past week just slowly spirals downward. It can start with one noticeable symptom... in my case this week, I noticed a problem with my vision.