Towel racks at last!

Our house had no towel racks or toilet paper holders when we bought it back in October, 2007.

The previous owners, who lived in it about two years, apparently didn't feel a need for such amenities.

We've procrastinated all of these months because we were loathe to poke holes in the walls and because we kept finding other things to spend money on.

That all ended this weekend.

We went to the Home Depot this morning, hell bent on finishing out our bathrooms before Maria's brother comes next week and my son and granddaughter visit in April.

We managed to find a line of bathroom hardware that matches our brushed nickel Delta faucets at what turned out to be a fairly reasonable price.

We've mounted a hand towel ring and toilet paper holder in the hall half-bath and a towel rack in the master bath, but with much swearing on my part because it's fiendishly difficult to get these things perfectly level, even with the aid of a laser level. And the human eye has the astonishing ability to spot something that is the slightest bit out of level.

And, of course, if you stare at anything long enough, it starts to look crooked.