My shaving habits will destroy the shower. Nate tells me this after 24 years of marriage. When he does, naturally, I’m confused. What am I doing that’s threatening the very existence of our shower? How powerful are my legs? Nate must be a very lucky man. I picture him in public, saying things like, “Yes, this is my wife. Yes, those are her legs. Yes, she’s broken more than a few showers—and hearts.”
Of course, my response to Nate is, “You’re welcome?” and “What?”
Nate suspects that the people who lived here before us and installed our shower didn’t line the tile ledge where I place my soapy feet when I’m shaving. So the water just seeps into the plywood below. However, rather than solving the problem by hoisting my gams into the sink, there is a simple solution, and Nate ordered it online: a lovely shower bench that blends into the natural landscape of our shower and now, I can shave my legs effortlessly—and the ledge in the shower is safe(r).
Yes, that’s one more thing to clean, but I can kick the habit of shaving on the shower ledge—and we have a leg up on expensive home repairs.
Your Turn: What’s one of your favorite easy fixes for a non-major home repair?
Fixin' Leaks and Leeks 
Oh, man… I probably would’ve made a joke about having a bench or seat in the shower haha. I’d probably say the easiest/cheapest thing that we’ve done to our home is paint.
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Yes! Painting is such a good solution for changing up a room–and giving it a fresh look.
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I like finding simple things like a stand-alone shelf and using it as a laptop or monitor riser. Not the original purpose, but it works just the same.
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That’s a great idea! Works nicely for pedestals for plants and things too.
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Ha or I thought you had really hairy legs!🤣🤣
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Ha! Turns out it was just the water–and really, the previous owner’s mistake of not lining the surface before putting the tile down in the first place. 🙂
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Great solution!
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It’s one of the easiest solutions we’ve ever found–and it looks nice. 🙂
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At our house, if the fix is easy, it’s not cheap, and if it’s cheap, it’s not easy.
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Ah, yes. We’ve run into that a few times here as well.
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🙂
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My house is 100 years old and I can’t think of an easy fix. Correcting one problem tends to expose five more.
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Ah, yes–I think we’re trying to avoid exposing more problems by using the bench–and just not thinking about the other problems that might lurk.
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Good plan.
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But if you sit down in the shower, doesn’t the water spray directly into your eyes and mouth? How do you see well enough to shave?! I’ll never understand showers…
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So…ummm…well, I don’t sit on the bench? I just stick my foot on it and go from there–also, the shower head doesn’t dislodge from its spot and it doesn’t pour directly on me–it just sprays down in the middle of the shower–so I have to stick my legs in the spray, soap them up–shave–and then go stand in the spray for the rest of my routine–and now, you and everyone who sees this, knows exactly how I do it. Ta-da! I hope I get votes for most helpful answers. (LOL)
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That all sounds very complicated—makes a strong case for waxing 😉 But you know me, the bathtub girl—I have to shave my legs sitting on the edge of the tub, then clean the tub…I guess that’s just as complicated!!
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Well, as they say, “there’s more than one way to shave a cat.”–that’s not really what they say–or maybe they do? Ha!
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🤣🤣Or a leg!
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Ah, the joys of home repair. 😆 Hilarious post as always!
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Home repairs are hilarious–until they’re not–and then they’re hilarious again in retrospect. 🙂 Thanks for stopping by!
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That’s such a great solution! Mine is: shave my legs?? 😉 😛
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Ha!
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Well I don’t shave my legs, I just comb them when I’ve run out of clean socks. It’s not a major repair but my favorite is when removing picture hooks, you can fill the tiny hole with toothpaste. It actually works pretty well (if you stick to white walls) and the room is minty fresh.
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Wow! Filling the holes with toothpaste–I hadn’t thought of that. I imagine it would give the room a lovely, refreshed touch. Cheers!
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Nate rocks
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🙂
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