{"id":43951,"date":"2025-03-15T00:01:57","date_gmt":"2025-03-15T07:01:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/barbarafalconernewhall.com\/?p=43951"},"modified":"2026-06-05T08:54:57","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T08:54:57","slug":"my-porta-potty-has-finally-arrived-coming-soon-a-bath-remodel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/server.stagingweb3.net\/barbarafalconernewhall\/my-porta-potty-has-finally-arrived-coming-soon-a-bath-remodel\/","title":{"rendered":"My Porta-Potty Has Finally Arrived! And Coming Soon — A Bath Remodel"},"content":{"rendered":"
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My porta-potty has arrived. Coming soon, a bath remodel. Photo by Barbara Newhall<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Yay! My new porta-potty has arrived, and I’m doing a happy dance.<\/p>\n

Just as camellia blossoms have been the first sign of spring in my front yard lately, the arrival of a porta-potty in front of my house is the first sign of a remodel project about to get underway.<\/p>\n

Porta-potty. Honey bucket. Outhouse. Call it what you will. For the people on my street, it will be a blight on the neighborhood for a while.<\/p>\n

But for me, the arrival of my very own porta-potty (a Honey Bucket, in this case) is a sign of a long-awaited project finally getting underway.<\/p>\n

Jon and I did quite a few home renovations — indoors and out — over the years. This time, it’s the upstairs bathroom that’s due for a re-do.<\/p>\n

It’s the only bathroom on a floor with three bedrooms — and it has no shower, just a tub-shower.<\/p>\n

Stepping into a wet and slippery tub-shower, I’ve decided, is a bad idea for the likes of creaky-kneed me. A nice, big stall shower with a bench and a wand for washing my feet is in order.<\/p>\n

Everything is ready.\u00a0A contractor has agreed to do the job.\u00a0The finishes — tile, flooring, vanity, countertop, hardware, mirrors — are on hand. And there’s a porta-potty out front, ready to go.<\/p>\n

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This tub shower served our family well for decades. But now, my creaky knees are crying out for a stall shower with a comfy bench. And a couple of grab bars. Photo by Barbara Newhall<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

During the pandemic, our porta-potty went away — then came back: “Hallelujah! Our Porta-Potty Is Back. Construction Work Resumes.”<\/a> That major remodel was finally completed a few months before Jon died: “Take a Look at Our Remodel — It’s Finally Done.”<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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My Porta-potty has arrived. Finally. Coming soon, a brand-new bathroom with a huge stall shower, comfy bench and lots of grab bars.\u00a0 Read more.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":48577,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,221],"tags":[2960,2313,2961,2962,2963,2190,2964,2965],"class_list":["post-43951","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-a-case-of-the-human-condition","category-house-and-garden","tag-bathroom-remodel","tag-construction","tag-grab-bars-for-shower","tag-honey-bucket","tag-new-shower","tag-porta-potty","tag-shower-bench","tag-tub-shower"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/server.stagingweb3.net\/barbarafalconernewhall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43951","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/server.stagingweb3.net\/barbarafalconernewhall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/server.stagingweb3.net\/barbarafalconernewhall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/server.stagingweb3.net\/barbarafalconernewhall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/server.stagingweb3.net\/barbarafalconernewhall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43951"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/server.stagingweb3.net\/barbarafalconernewhall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43951\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48580,"href":"https:\/\/server.stagingweb3.net\/barbarafalconernewhall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43951\/revisions\/48580"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/server.stagingweb3.net\/barbarafalconernewhall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48577"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/server.stagingweb3.net\/barbarafalconernewhall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43951"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/server.stagingweb3.net\/barbarafalconernewhall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43951"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/server.stagingweb3.net\/barbarafalconernewhall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43951"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}