My sister has been asking me for my input regarding her plans to fix up her bathroom. She really wasn’t planning to undertake such a job right now, but when her son discovered that their bathroom floor was rotting it became a “have to” rather than a “want to” situation. So she has been looking at pictures of vessel sinks in the home decorating books and was telling me that she thinks that she would like to replace her old bathroom sink with a new vessel sink and vessel faucet.

I have to agree that the vessel sinks look really stylish. My biggest concern about them, however, is I don’ see any overflow safety feature. I don’t know about you, but there have been a few times in my life where someone in the house turned on a faucet and left the room, leaving the faucet turned on. Good intentions were that the person was only going to be gone a moment but something happened (like the phone ringing or some visitor knocking on the door) and before you knew it, the faucet was forgotten and the floor flooded. I’d like all of my sinks and tubs to have safety overflows on them, wouldn’t you?

Thanks for the guest post Andrea Thompson

I have mixed feelings when it comes to a decision like whether or not to put in a swimming pool. I like the idea that if we had a pool in our yard that we could just go jump in and have a swim any time we would like to take a dip. But the expense of taking care of a swimming pool comes to mind that makes me think long and hard about it. Expenses such as the chemicals that you need to use to prepare the pool for closing it during the winter, and then the shock chemicals for opening it up again in the summer. And what about buying new pool liners if yours gets ripped by a tree or animal falling into it?

If we just go a couple of miles down the road we can take advantage of the public swimming at the lake. That’s free, and we don’t have to worry about any of the expense of maintenance, or the physical work of the upkeep. But then again sometimes it gets crowded there and the other people can be quite rude at times. And of course you always have the worry about someone stealing your keys or wallet if you leave anything valuable unattended.

Of course if we had enough money, we could just put in our own swimming pool and hire a pool boy to take care of it; that’s always a nice thought! My very favorite fantasy about a swimming pool is having an indoor pool. I can remember meeting a friend of my mother many years ago that did have a beautiful atrium in the center of her house, and a swimming pool in the middle of the atrium. Now THAT is something I would really love to have!