St. Mary: 09/07 WHERE'S THE POWDER ROOM ?

Friday, September 26, 2008

09/07 WHERE'S THE POWDER ROOM ?

In the steeple .........where else?

The addition to the front of the church, also done in the 60's, serves as a large foyer and encloses the original stairway and entrance through the steeple. I was fortunate to find the plans for this addition and suspected that there was a void in the exterior side of the space.

After punching a hole in the wall with my bare hands - or maybe after the college dude cutting a hole with the saw - we found there was just enough room for a legal powder room - very fun.

"Excuse me, I have to go to the steeple".

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The Project

I saved the church and the church saved me. This wonderful renovation project began in August '06 with an attempted act of terrorism. I was to return to So. California from Wisconsin on the day that crazed people with explosives in their shampoo bottles were busted in London and the whole world stood still. I took the option of re-booking my flight a week later and set out to find an interesting place to make my new home. I drove to the country to see a lovely Victorian farmhouse and passed an old church with a simple "For Sale" sign - and the rest is history. Actually, it wasn't all that simple. My offer was accepted in September the same week I was diagnosed with breast cancer. Everyone insisted I cancel the offer....I was too sick - there was too much to do - the job was too big - I had to stay in California - blahblahblah. I told them it would give me something else to think about - a reason to get up every morning - it would save my life.

And it did.