That’s too funny! Most bathrooms here have his and hers outlets with a double sink. Our house was definitely one in a million to not have one in either bathroom!

xo,
s

We have

– the ackward kitchen light switch – above and almost behind the stove
– the ONLY plug in bath was on the light fixture (and turned off when it turned off)
– ungrounded outlets – yikes – only the bathroom circut has been upgraded – it’s on the “list”.
– RED formica and stainless steel countertops, which I have decided are actually Vintage by this point and am embracing and keeping!!!!

Oh and everything in the house was painted pink or purple. I kid you not. EVERYTHING. (including the kitchen – which made those red countertops really pop – yeah, right). Everything, that is except the dining room, which had been paneled with the fake paneling – and a huge piece of it fell down when I was hosting my first dinner party. Just family, luckily, and we laugh about it still.

Gotta love old houses, though. Ceiling beams, BIG fireplace, built in oak bookcases and buffet. It’s never done, this house. Always another project to work on.

Oh, and my brilliant FIL put a second floor addition on the house a few years back. There’s 2 bedrooms upstairs, but no bathroom! It drives me crazy having to stumble downstairs in the middle of the night!

One more thing is that the two bedrooms upstairs have windows that aren’t symmetrical. Our bedroom has one on the wall that our bed is on all the way to the right, but not one on the left. Plus, the other wall has one, which is fine if it were in the center of the wall!

The bedroom across the hall has the same issue. The far wall away from the door (which is the front of the house) doesn’t have any windows at all! When the time comes I’m adding two!

Honestly, it’s criminal. Added to that that there are 5 outlets in my entire home, do you really believe that I have a blowdryer station in my bedroom?! No one had a hairdryer in 1800, more fool them!

*hidden lightswitches (the living room switch is in the front hall, the kitchen switch is almost behind the stove, the bathroom switches are about at the other end of the room from the door–difficult to find!, and the 3rd bedroom switch isn’t near the door either)
*old windows/doors = no insulation = i can tell what the weather is outside before going outside
*small closets in 2 bedrooms, no closet in the 3rd
*fireplaces that don’t work (unless we want to die of smoke inhalation!)
*no hood/ventilation in the kitchen (they forgot about that in the renovation)
*we’ve got the no 3-prong outlet problem, too, liv
*and many, many more…

…but we wouldn’t change a thing about our sweet little 92 year old house–that is old enough to be Young House Love’s parent!

Oh the quirks! We were sure everyone had them so although it’s comforting to know we’re not the only ones it’s also pretty insane that they make houses with the strange layout/outlet/lighting/storage/closet/cable/ceiling issues that they do. Ah well, challenges are good character building experiences according to my dad.

Whitney, as for the pillows in the den, they’re actually from Target of all places. We snagged them about a year ago from the Thomas O’ Brien collection but have seen some yellow and navy ones very recently with the same circle motif so hopefully you can dig up some of your own on the cheap. Happy shopping!

xoxo,
Sherry

Thanks!

When we bought our townhouse, there was no overhead lighting. All of the light switches went to outlets. In the living room, there was a fan (that was not hard-wired, i.e. was a plug-in) that was hung with two screws and a dangling extension cord. The guest bath had a doorway to the toilet/tub just after the vanity, so you had to be okay with tight spaces or your claustrophobia would kick in. Before we even moved in, we had the entire place rewired, light fixtures and fans installed, the bathroom doorway knocked out, walls re-drywalled, and installed a half-wall with light switches in the bathroom. It was the best thing would could have ever done!!