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I have used and reused BILLY bookcases in all my homes, for books, electronics and tchotchkes, but my favorite use was to house all my shoes. Held a million, looked clean, minimal cost compared to built-ins or other storage options. But fitting the shoes on the shelves facing out was tight though, and I have relatively tiny feet. Because you can buy the basic unit and extra shelves, and doors if you want to conceal some of the visual clutter, the idea of deepening the shelves makes them ideal for storing shoes, even for people with bigger feet. Excellent!

Whoops, no conduit, that's a shelf support.

Still, the light fixture should go. Just sayin'.

Even more typically needed than regrouting, I find, is recaulking. Plus it's a lot easier. Rip out all the old caulk around the tub/shower base, spray bleach or mildew killer in the gap, wait and scrub then rinse and let dry, then apply new caulk. Ahh. Clean and pretty.

Similar to jbess101's comment, the burgundy accent is what really bothers me. Assuming the burgundy tile only shows up on the sink backsplash, if you weren't inclined to try to paint that out , I'd try cutting a length of wood molding to size and using lo-temp hot glue to affix it over the burgundy trim tile. That way you can easily remove the molding when it's time to go. (The lo-temp glue will peel off the slick surface of the tile, and a single edge razor will help remove any remainder from grout lines).

Paint or stain the molding the color of the cabinet, and you can eliminate the need to work the ugly burgundy into your design plans.

Thank you for these. I am currently stressing about how to do the TG table, and these tables are both pretty and relatively simple.

I love it, but ever since I noticed that it looks like a sideways tush, I can't help but giggle.

These outdoor showers are much like the "exposed showers" that are used to adapt vintage clawfoot tubs. In fact, that's how I know about 'em, because I spent this past fall trying to find a thermostatic shower valve for my original tub hardware.

Try signaturehardware.com for inexpensive outdoor showers in chrome, they run about 100 bucks. You can replace the utilitarian heads that come with the showers with a rainshower showerhead. You can get a kit that includes a d-shaped shower rod enclosure, if you need privacy as well. Check their "exposed showers" for more fancy systems in chrome, nickel, polished brass or oil-rubbed-bronze (tho the last 3 are probably not good finishes for outdoors)

You can also try vintagetub.com, look for "exposed shower" or check their clawfoot tub shower page. I checked but I don't think you can get a natural brass finish from them - just a polished brass. (I wouldn't recommend an oiled bronze or other antiqued copper finish, because it might wear poorly) I've been told that triple-plated chrome is the best wearing finish of the "polished" plated finishes. If you can get it, uncoated brass would weather and develop a nice natural patina, though, so your instincts are probably correct.

You could always have a plumber rig up a shower system from copper pipe. My neighbor has a similar shower system of handmade soldered copper, and a "showerhead" made of a closed length of pipe with numerous drilled perforations.

Good luck!

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