I love labels. I like seeing a row of notebooks with labeled spines, bins with labels inserted into metal brackets, tags tangling from baskets and stenciled names above towel hooks.
I dream about everything in my house being all organized and labeled. I even bought a label machine so I could label to my heart’s content.
Ok, so why am I showing a toilet plunger? We have discovered one of the hazards of a brand new house — the wonderful “low flow” toilets. At great risk of offending someone (or more likely, embarrassing myself) over discussing such a, um, well, delicate issue, I will tell you that within three days of living at our new house we had to invest in three plungers disguised in metal canisters.
To the unsuspecting guest caught in an awkward situation, this little canister will likely save someone from utter mortification. And to make sure they know we have thought of their every need in their moment of crisis, and to avoid mistaken identity of what is in the canister, I am going to label the canister with the word “plunger.” All in the name of hospitality.
Don’t forget about the Beautiful Living Linky on Friday! I’m looking forward to the weekly motivation to stay on task with my goals. And I promise I haven’t forgotten about the home tour — I have the first photos uploaded now that I can show you all really soon.
Top two photos: See Jane Work
Next three photos: BHG
I love my label maker! I just need to use it more. I hate the low flow toilets; just don’t work well.
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Oh Melissa, I want to thank you. We moved into a new home 8 years ago and from almost day one I began to notice our toilets were experiencing technical dificulties, ah hem.
I am so silly, why did that never occur to me that it would be low flow toilets? My two men are only allowed to use one bathroom now and we have a plunger in all bathrooms. Oh my. I am laughing my tail off, all these years I have wondered why suddenly the men are so full of it after the move.
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I {heart} my label maker…well, actually it’s my husband’s but I swiped it:)
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I love labels. When filling out any label I have a tough time hand writing them. I almost always need to print them out. Not really sure why.
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I am a label gal too. I love to label things but rarely do because I can’t decide where anything will go permanently and keep moving things from one bin to another.
xo
The P Touch machine is one of the best inventions yet. I use it for EVERYTHING. I just love the idea of making labels pretty too, as in your photos above. Great post!
We have had low flow toilets before – very annoying! I am loving the “hidden” plunger – what a fantastic invention!
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That’s hilarious!
I don’t think I would label my plunger.
Course, I don’t dream about labels either.
What a beautiful blog you have. Are my eyes deceiving me, or is that a slip-on spine label you have on the “recipes” notebook? It looks like something you can slip on and turn any spine into a label-carrying one. Am I right? If so, where do you get these?
Thanks again for a nice and inspirational blog!
I am also an avid labeler! The green Brother labeler you have shown in the photo is the one I have myself! Love it. Okay, your toilet story totally cracked me up. What’s the use in low flow toilets if you have to flush them twice as much? Makes no sense to me
Corinna
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I love lables too! Especially for my crafting stuff… because when I have the time to craft I want to make the most of it!!
I’m going to look into your friday linky. Please consider participating in my very first one on the 27th at http://elislids.blogspot.com/ We are all doing a post on our weddings!!
Labeling the plunger is a good idea because it is pretty. I need to know where you got them so I can get 3 for my low flow powder rooms! Please share… as I have been searching and searching for an attractive solution to this problem. Cheers.