It's A Cover-up!

Is there anything at your house that sort of grates on your nerves every time you walk past it?  Something that bugs you because it is an eyesore or needs a change?  Well that's how I felt about this water heater.  And I decided it needed to be covered up before Doc Holiday made its debut on the Holiday Tour of Homes at Tybee.

It wouldn't be so bad to have an exposed water heater except that this room opens up to to other parts of the house and it is in the path to the back door.  I don't like looking down the hall and seeing this...

It was supposed to be concealed in a closet in the original plan but somehow we ran out of space.  What are you gonna do in this situation?  You need to have hot water.

I've been thinking about how to solve the problem for a while and thought maybe I could buy a curtain rod that would bend to go around the water heater.  I was googling around to see if such a product exists and I came across this bendable shower curtain rod that you can bend to any configuration.  I ordered it right away.  Yaaay!

The shower curtain rod is a track that comes with hooks to hang the shower curtain. 

 I wanted a solid white shower curtain so it would blend into the background.  I found this white one with little ruffles and thought it would be perfect.  Once it arrived I saw that the fabric was very see-through (boo) but we solved the problem by using a white fabric (not plastic) liner.

I called on my go-to handy ladies at Tybee Girl Helpers to install everything.  Heather and Patricia took on what turned out to be a two-woman job and worked their magic.

And then...oh happy day!

At last things are covered up and pretty.

Sooo much better!

 
All weekend I felt a little smile cross my face whenever I walked into this room.  The saying is that "if Mama ain't happy, ain't nobody happy."  Well, Mama is happy :)

Have you ever had to come up with an unusual solution to solve a decorating dilemma?

It's Good To Have Connections!

Tybee Island is a small barrier island off the Georgia coast near Savannah.  People who stay at Tybee love to walk.  Bike riding is also popular and because Tybee has been designated a Bicycle Friendly Community by the League of American Bicyclists, it's safe and easy to get around. And since the island is small you can get anywhere on the island 

easily on your own power!

Source

 We've had a parade of walkers and bike riders going by the house and keeping an eye on the renovation taking place.  Many of them have commented to me that they especially love the "little house" that we are connecting to the main house.  

Last time we had a house tour, we had to stop before we got to the little house because the connector had not been built.  Well.....now we have a Connector!

The workers did the floor and framing quickly--I was out of town so my daughter Kristen Sagar snapped this picture for me!

Now we can walk from the kitchen to the little house (shown at the end of the hall)! 

Straight ahead is the little house housing a bedroom and bathroom.  

To the left will be a powder room...

Powder Room

 and to the right is a hall leading out to the washer and dryer space...

 the location for the circuit breaker box and owner's closet...

 and the back door leading to the back deck and outside back stairs....

Next time I will show you the "little house" bedroom and bath!  Things are happening!