From Fire Hazard… to Fabulous

I’m trying to layout the kitchen. The way it is now looks like someone cheaped out, cuz, well, they did. It was just an apartment and it was the 1950’s, so the owners didn’t care. I’m trying to find a good layout, and this is what I’ve come up with so far:

301 University #1 – The Kitchen

Let me know what you think…

When you rent out your house, minor maintenance issues normally go unnoticed until they are huge problems. Apparently, in My Other Houseâ„¢ there was a small leak from the tub spigot that was allowing a small amount of water to go through the wetboard down to the first floor bathroom ceiling. Again, a minor issue really only requiring a little tightening of the spigot and some caulk. However, when ignored for long periods, this problem explodes into something much, much bigger. In this, it didn’t explode, but it certainly fell on my head:

I spent the little section of my vacation time I had to spare re-drywalling the bathroom. While I had all the material and tools in Maryland, I also changed the shower faucet in the first floor bathroom to something much nicer. Ever since I lived there, the old one had annoyed me by sometimes leaking and never having a consistent temperature. Which brings me to a closing question:

Why are all the shower faucets available at Lowes and Homie Depot of the type that don’t let you control the water temperature and pressure?!?