Might try having that plunger hold extra toilet paper Hugs, Ardella At 10:05 AM 1/10/2002 -0600, you wrote: >OK, this is kind of a weird request, but it will help keep the peace in this >household. :-) My husband *insists* that we need to keep the toilet >plunger next to the toilet at all times. (Our toilet tends to back up >periodically - like maybe once a month). I can't see the importance of >keeping it right there, since we don't use it that often. How hard is it to >run down to the basement once a month??? Besides, it's just ugly to look at >every day! But in the interests of harmony, I've agreed that we can keep it >there, if we can find a way to hide it. There is no room for it in the >vanity or hidden behind the toilet. Does anyone have any suggestions on how >I can disguise this ugly thing, and still keep it accessible for those >Monthly Emergency Toilet Back-Ups? > >And on a related note, our vanity is *extremely* small. In our old house, I >was able to keep all our regularly used toiletries, our backup supplies, and >infrequently used items in the vanity, but now I don't have room for much >more than the basics, and even then, they're aren't easily accessible. So I >bought a set of those shelves that fit over the toilet, and they are just >fine. But all that stuff just piled on shelves doesn't look very neat. >Does anyone have any thoughts on what I can do to make things more >presentable and organized? I've got half a mind to just take the load of >stuff down to the basement, and put some nice baskets of flowers and >potpourri on the shelves, but the basement is already starting to fill up >with boxes. I'd like to develop some storage upstairs, but I'm just not >that creative! I did get rid of quite a bit of our stash of extra >toiletries. I know I can get rid of more, and I intend to do that, but I >still need some attractive (and frugal?) storage ideas for what's left. > >Help! :-) > >Pam. > > >"You don't have to see the top of the staircase to take the first steps." >--Martin Luther King, Jr. > >*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
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