Watching the latest in bathroom renovations on HGTV and the astronomical prices...$40,000 to upgrade. In these declining real estate markets, there is no way these people will get much of a return on their investment. Luxury...oh yes. Marble floors with radiant heat, recessed lighting, programmed shower stalls, aroma therapy...the works.
But I remember my grandmother's bathroom with a big claw foot tub that you could sink into and disappear. Bubble, bubble. The floor was linoleum, and the wrath of Nana descended on anyone who spilled water on the floor. From a little window there you could see the roses spilling over the arbor and the Bachelor Buttons making a swath of blue along the garden wall. It was simple, it was shining clean, it was home, it was perfect.
When they show those fancy bathrooms, they never mention any roses climbing over the arbor just outside the windows, or pine trees that sway in the wind, or the rain falling softly on the window panes. But that is what I remember best...the sweet sweet smell of the roses and the pines.
I agree wholeheartedly: old houses, old fixtures, old toys...these things have a charm and appeal that their modern counterparts, no matter how luxurious, simply cannot match. Your grandmother's bathroom sounds divine!
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