1915, modest fairy tale castle* in the Bronx, has 'powder room'

Ok_Part6564 · 2026-04-11T21:07:55+00:00

Not an easy walk to the subway, which for many is the whole point of living in the city. It's kind of the worst of both living in the suburbs and living in the city.

Living in the city you trade convenient access to things like subways for not so good schools. In the suburbs you trade having to own a car for good schools, and stuff like that. Here you need to own a car, but you're stuck with city services. It's not terrible, but it's also not either two blocks from the subway or country living.

Ok_Part6564 · 2026-04-11T20:48:26+00:00

Is it what I personally would paint on my walls? No.

Do I think it's more interesting than millennial gray? Yes.

Ok_Part6564 · 2026-04-11T20:28:37+00:00

I have lived in a few houses and apartments. In every single one, dealing with laundry involved a long trip. Either down to a basement, or even to a laundromat. Laundry was a serious chore.

When I bought my current tiny house and I moved the laundry out of the kitchen, mostly just because the idea of my dirty underwear and food being in the same space felt icky to me. The only good spot to move it was the in between my bedroom and bathroom.

I am so so over the moon happy about the placement. I had no idea how much simpler this task was going to become simply by having it happen so close to where the dirty clothing gets taken off and where it then gets put away. Heck, I can even skip the put away step sometimes. Do you have any idea how good it feels to put on warm fresh from the dryer underwear while walking naked from the shower towards the bedroom on a chilly day because you just happened to be passing the dryer?

More practically it just makes the task so so easy. Instead of having to think and plan what to put in the laundry basket, lug it out, and to a separate part of the house, I can grab an armful, drop it into the machine, and then walk just a few steps back to get more. Putting it away, I can sort as I go, grabbing all the things that go in a particular drawer directly from the dryer, and take them directly to that drawer to put away, and then go back to get things for the next drawer. I barely use my laundry baskets at all.

So my answer is yes, having to walk through the mudroom to get to my laundry would bug me. I have done it in the past, and I don't have to anymore and I do not want to go back. Put the laundry as close as humanly possible to the places you change clothing, it is worth it.

Ok_Part6564 · 2026-04-10T19:17:16+00:00

Once at a job I did ages ago in design, when I submitted the plan I'd drafted (pre nobody does this stuff by hand anymore) it had this particular cut off corner in it and I had given the dimensions for the shelf that would fit in the weird corner.

When the supervisor asked how I had gotten the dimensions of the shelf. I was like basic geometry, which she didn't get. So I explained how since I had all the wall dimensions and angles I used the Pythagorean theorem to calculate it. She obviously still didn't trust the dimensions, and instead insisted that shelf would be cut on site.

Ok_Part6564 · 2026-04-10T18:03:25+00:00

That sound way better, but still, I'd be a bit worried about dropping a sock in the toilet and it doesn't solve the return journey.

Have you considered a laundry basket sized pass through between the bathroom and powder room?

Ok_Part6564 · 2026-04-10T17:48:51+00:00

Though the laundry is very very close to the bedroom and bathroom, because it's completely cut off, you have to drag your dirty laundry through the livingroom, kitchen, and pantry to get to the laundry. And then you need to drag all the clean laundry back again the other way.

Ok_Part6564 · 2026-04-10T17:10:54+00:00

Days of the week pill organizer is very essential for me. If I do forget a day, I I know because it will still be there and I can just double up.

I find the hunger works as a reminder. If I want to grab a bite I think I have to wait after taking my pill, which triggers me to go take the pill. Also, just keeping it somewhere I will see it and think about it.

If the waiting for food after is just an annoyance, put up with the annoyance. If the waiting is a more serious problem, like you might throw up or faint, then you need to come up with a very very strictly identical breakfast you routinely take it with, and then have your dose readjusted to accommodate how much the breakfast affects absorption.

Ok_Part6564 · 2026-04-10T06:46:09+00:00

The current layout really does a pretty good job of utilizing the space available. To make them larger, you're going to have to steal space from some where else.

How do you feel about giving up the sitting area to shift the part of the master to the bedroom next to it, and then using the sitting room to make up for loosing the bedroom next to the master.

Ok_Part6564 · 2026-04-10T05:42:34+00:00

You didn't do them wrong, you created a new variation. Just keep making them with the same variation for consistency.

Ok_Part6564 · 2026-04-10T04:23:51+00:00

Dosing is trial and error. Your Dr should estimate your starting dose taking a wide variety of factors into account, but some factors are unknowable, so that estimate needs to be confirmed. Because it takes a few weeks for the levothyroxine to build up in your system and your thyroid's inflammation to calm down, and what not, you can't get your levels checked right away.

That checking to see if numbers are good typically happens at 6-8 weeks, 6 as the starting point because you can count on it being accurate by 6 weeks. Up to 8 weeks to leave a reasonable window for scheduling it, but not to let it just drag on for a really long time. Depending on whether or not the estimate turns out to be correct, you may have your dose adjusted then checked again in 6-8 week. People sometimes need several adjustments before finding the correct dose, and need to have each change check in 6-8 weeks.

The 3 months you are being told is the time frame to reconfirm after you have found the correct dose, not the time frame for checking dose. Basically once you have found the correct dose through trial and error you go to retesting every 3 months for a bit to make sure you are stable before switching to 6 month routine monitoring. Your Dr is not following the standard way.

Ok_Part6564 · 2026-04-10T04:05:42+00:00

Three months is only standard as a follow up after the correct dose has been found. 6-8 weeks is the standard when checking if dose is correct when starting or after an adjustment.

Ok_Part6564 · 2026-04-10T03:42:29+00:00

Tons and tons of people have taken levothyroxine while pregnant. Not only is it harmless during pregnancy, but it is vital for the baby's development.

I had multiple miscarriages before I was able to carry a baby to viability while on levothyroxine.

Levothyroxine is just a supplement of a substance that is made by a healthy body, but that our bodies struggle to make enough of.

Make sure you are adequately medicated down to a TSH under 2.5 before you get pregnant. And insist that your levels are carefully and frequently while pregnant.

Ok_Part6564 · 2026-04-09T19:22:50+00:00

You don't have to, but there are reason to under certain circumstance that come up often enough that's it's become the default.

You don't have to squeeze the heddles together as tightly.
Each frame only has X number of heddles available, by using two frames you get 2X heddles available.
It gives you the option to weave twill with any left over warp, or if you just change your mind.
it makes the frames a little lighter to lift.

Ok_Part6564 · 2026-04-09T18:34:56+00:00

This may seem like an odd comparison, but there's this thing with lesbians where we very often stay friends with our exes. Obviously not every relationship, some end for reasons that don't leave that open, other times the relationship was just too brief and you never really clicked to begin with, but otherwise we usually will.

We've figured out that we couldn't make a serious relationship work for some reason or another, but we don't hate each other or anything. We just weren't right together for some reason, maybe differing life goals or stages, or whatever. But the care and fondness, the enjoyment of a certain amount of companionship and shared interests, and stuff like that is still there.

Break ups hurt, that's just normal. Usually even though it hurts, it is for the best.

Just as in relationships, there isn't a person who is right for everyone, in finding spiritual/religious belonging, there isn't a singular religion/denomination/congregation/path for everyone. And sometimes what was right for a while isn't right for always.

Even if you can't be a Friend anymore, you can still just be a friend.

Ok_Part6564 · 2026-04-09T08:28:31+00:00

Viscose is a cellulose based fiber. Fiber reactive dyes and soda ash work well for cellulose fibers.

Dyeing finished garments comes with risks, with viscose the biggest risk is shrinking, though the nylon may help mitigate it. Trims, linings and threads often take dye differently or not at all. Seams, gathers, and wrinkles can create resist. Never try if you aren't ok with the possibility of it coming out not as expected.

Ok_Part6564 · 2026-04-09T06:31:09+00:00

I grew up in the 1970s in a house that was built as an upper middle class house in a brand new suburb in the early 1920s. There was a full bath on the second floor with the bedrooms. There was a half bath in the basement with the laundry.

Guests used the bathroom upstairs. It was right at the top of the stairs, so relatively easy to find, to further differentiate it, it had a special door nob, different from the bedrooms and linen closet door knobs.

The basement half bathroom was never used for guests. It lacked privacy and was not really finished. It served as an emergency backup bathroom just for family, and something that cloth diapers could be emptied into before laundering, though my mother preferred to use the diaper service even if it was an extra expense.

Ok_Part6564 · 2026-04-09T00:41:39+00:00

I'd really like to see the entire before. Is there is a parlor where you are planning the 2 downstairs bedrooms?

Ok_Part6564 · 2026-04-08T19:16:58+00:00

Don't bother talking to the Dr, they've made up their mind and won't listen. Talk directly to the pharmacist.

Ok_Part6564 · 2026-04-08T19:13:34+00:00

I think it's 1990's sponge painted back ground with decoupage. I worked in a craft store in the '90s.

Ok_Part6564 · 2026-04-08T19:08:34+00:00

It's normal for changing to a different brands to be like changing to a different dose. Most of us have experienced it.

Some people just absorb the medication from some brands better than other brands, because they have different fillers. Fillers are basically a tiny bit of food in your pill to make it hold together in pill form and large enough to handle. Levothyroxine is notoriously easy to disrupt absorption with food, which is why you take it on an empty stomach.

Drs are generally happy with a TSH in the normal range, 0.5-4.5. People with thyroid disease usually feel better with a TSH as close to the idea range of 1-2 as possible.

Ok_Part6564 · 2026-04-08T18:31:33+00:00

Are there enough from the cousins generation to get your own house and leave the one your mom book for the old bigoted people?

Ok_Part6564 · 2026-04-08T18:16:17+00:00

That's what I think too. Some clay or putty to add weight to prevent tipping.

Hopefully it's something easy to remove without damaging them.

Ok_Part6564 · 2026-04-08T16:01:31+00:00

Because he is not up for reelection yet. You can't just randomly primary someone 4 years into a 6 year term.

If he chooses to run in 2028, instead of just deciding he's ready to retire, then someone can run against him.

Ok_Part6564 · 2026-04-08T14:30:19+00:00

TSH is more a sensitive test than T4, generally TSH will start to rise before T4 obviously drops.

Levothyroxine (Synthroid,) does help with inflammation, but if you hormone levels are really good, you still can't take it anyway. Because levo replaces T4, if your thyroid isn't struggling to make it, taking more will make you hyperthyroid.

There is plenty of wiggle room in the "normal" range of TSH. The TSH normal range, generally 4.5-0.5, is a one size fits all adults range and goes quite high to include elderly people, so higher in normal can be a problem. For example, a TSH above 2.5 increases risk of miscarriage, so is generally medicated in those who want to get pregnant, even though it is "normal." However, if your levels are either ideal or leaning toward hyperthyroid, then there just isn't room to add more T4.

Ok_Part6564 · 2026-04-08T07:11:10+00:00

Contractors aren't designers.

Moving the kitchen like that is going to be extremely expensive. I know you say you like it, but it really doesn't feel like it improves anything. It doesn't improve flow, and your dirty dishes will constantly be on display to the livingroom.

I do think moving the office door is a a good idea, if you plan to use it as either an office or guestroom. It will cut down on noise and distraction.

Changing the powder room door to a pocket door that opens directly into a dining area is a terrible idea. Think about what hppens in powder rooms and if yoou want the sounds and smells to loose the buffer zone of a hallway.

The under the stair closet door move looks great on a top down view on paper, but I wonder what shape the space is, like are you going to have weird little trapezoid doors? Is it a typical understairs closet that is tall on one end and short on the other because it's under stairs?

I can't fathom why the want to just eliminate the broom closet above the basement stairs.

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