Pony House Done: Half Bath and Laundry Room

Considering that the Half Bath and Laundry Room did not even exist as rooms in the initial walk-through of Pony House, I'd say Hick did a fine job.

 

 

This little alcove was it, with that doorway (leading into the new Master Bath) blocked off.

 

There's Hick's buddy, framing the wall that will have the sliding door. The opposite wall of the hallway hasn't been built yet, but there's the back door.

 

The toilet is set in place, to see how the plumbing needs to go.

 

Here you can see the Half Bath location (toilet sitting sideways for some reason). 

 

 

Extreme closeup of finished toilet in the Half Bath.

 

 

And the sink/mirror, which was completed before the toilet install.

 

 

And the unfinished sliding door, that now has barnwood-print stick-on paper to dress it up, plus metal hinge-looking hardware, which Hick is dragging his feet about completing.

 

Across from the Half Bath is the Laundry Room.

 

There's The Pony's new washer/dryer and water heater in the laundry room. They didn't give me a better picture.

TOMORROW: Bedroom 2

Pony House Half Bath: A Countrified Solution

You may recall that the Pony House Half Bath is tight quarters. It's a long narrow room that Hick stole from the Master Bathroom closet. Hick figured that guests need not traipse through bedrooms to take a pee or wash their hands, since he could fit in another bathroom in the common area.

I was concerned about the door. Hick planned for it to open into the bathroom.

"That could be a problem. What if somebody falls in there? You can't get the paramedics to them if the door slams into their body when you try to open it!"

"It can't open OUT, Val, because the hall is narrow. You can't leave the bathroom door open, it would block the hall."

"Then leave it closed until you go in there. I just don't think the door should open inwards."

Then I had the most scathingly brilliant idea!

"How about putting in a sliding barn door? I see it on those remodel shows all the time."

"I don't think that would look right."

"But it would work! It wouldn't take up the room inside, or block the hall."

So Hick put in a sliding door. I had no idea he was going to use an old closet door that he had, squirreled away over in the BARn.

 

"Well, that looks like crap. You need a different door. Or at least paint that one white, and paint a big black X on it to look like a barn door. And get rid of that door handle."

Then I saw a different style. "Or you could get some of those long arrow-looking things to put on the side. Or the top."

A few days later, Hick brought something over from the BARn. 

"You mean like this? I have a bunch of these."

"That's it! Yes, use those. Two, or maybe three, down the left side of the door."

"I think I'll paint that door a flat white. But I like the wood."

"No, that's not the right pattern on the wood. White will be good. And a different handle. Like a metal loop kind of handle. To pull the door."

 

Yeah. That's gonna work. Pony's cousin Niecy was all discombobulated when he told her his hall bathroom would have a sliding door.

"No! What's going to keep people from looking in the cracks? That's not good. You don't want that. People can see in when you're sitting on the toilet."

So Pony was questioning Hick about the privacy issue. Hick took pictures for Pony, showing that you can't see in the crack when the door is closed. He took a picture in the dim house, with the light on in the Half Bath, and you couldn't see the light through the crack. 

 

THEN Pony took Niecy on a tour of Pony House, and she said, "Oh, that's fine. I thought you meant a LOUVERED door, like a closet door that slides open and accordions when you pull on the handle."

Nevermind.

Pony House Half-Bath: It Will Serve Its Purpose

Hick has been working off and on at completing the hall bathroom at Pony House. It's just a sink and toilet, with a sliding door like a barn door, which needs some paint and a design. The door is hanging, and works fine. Just some cosmetic updates.

He has the toilet base in place, but sometimes shows me a picture with the tank on, sometimes not. The sink is in, and the lighting, and now a mirror.

 

Hick says he cleaned up the paint on the floor. I'm pretty sure he put in trim as well.

 

The half bath has a pedestal sink. The lights are up, and the mirror. The mirror cost Hick $2.50. He got it along with the mirror in the Bathroom 2, for a total of $5.00 at an auction. Hick says it would be $75-$100 by itself if he bought it new. As you can see, in this picture the tank on the toilet has disappeared, or wasn't put on yet.

Hick also said this half-bath does not have any electrical outlets.

"There's no need for that. It's just a bathroom. To pee or poop in. Nobody's going to be shaving in here, or drying their hair. No medicine cabinet, no shelves, no vanity. Just a toilet and sink and mirror and light. That's all you need." 

I'm pretty sure he will put in a toilet paper holder, and a towel rack...