Welcome to the Wakefield Doctrine (the theory of clarks, scotts and rogers)
Something a little different.
Friend of the Doctrine, Cynthia, who makes the Tasmanian Devil look like Eeyore when it comes to variety of skills and productivity in the world wide web. Naturally, we constantly saying/inveigling/inviting and, at times, pester her to write a Six Sentence Story.
Imagine our surprise when, in a Comment from her over the weekend, we’re like, “Mercy’s Sakes alive, that there is a Six Sentence Story! We asked our friend if she didn’t mind our posting the post on her behalf (Latin: loco parenthetical), and she be all, ‘Yes’.
This week’s Prompt Word:
FLUSH
The pink bathroom built in 1945 held many interesting stories and voices from over the years. Inside the mirror all the razors from a father passed, and past, told of shenanigans of yesteryear. As we started to renovate, we took care to preserve the echoes of those Who Came Before- even if it was all in ugly hues of pepto pink and milk chocolate brown. I added my own touches, intent upon stamping my own legacy, too. I added whites and greens to the palette of pinks and browns, in an array of complementary and natural colors. The last thing to change was the toilet: it was too big for its spot and each flush seemingly sprayed invisible droplets all over the tiny space; after the re-do, everything came together: past and present, including the ghosts of pink bathrooms past.
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The spraying toilet does seem like something that needed to be changed. Those Who Came Before might even agree.
Like!
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Oh gosh, back in the day…
seems like yester… well, not too long ago
Haha…long live the pink bathroom! This will be a true story in a few months. You know…greens and whites with the pinks and browns. We are really going to keep the pink tile and work with it, but shew…you almost want to reach for a bottle of Pepto Bismol every time you go in there…
We had one (bathroom in a house built in the late ’50s)
Craziest thing? Two parents, three children. One bath.
One! How was that even possible?!?!
I really like this, and especially that it’s true. Ms. G was selling a house a while back with such a bathroom and a 1950’s era dining table and chairs the owners were leaving behind. Never before have I wanted so badly to buy a house and do the whole thing retro!
Whats old become new (or, at least cool)
passed and past… yes, keeping old decor is one way to remember – but I wonder if the men ever really liked the pink tile?
speaking unofficially for those of us who hail from Y-Chromia, we wouldn’t have noticed then. Now we do and, some are capable of appreciating the nostalgia effect
Nice one!
Thanks, Keith