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I was blessed with endless patience and I believe good things truly happen to those who wait. Andy and I have been searching for a claw foot tub since December of 2006. Today we went to pick it up. After my dad and I returned from an antique store in Priceville empty handed, I went on Craigslist and searched. I ended up posting a simple ad in the wanted section. A woman from Decatur contacted me about having a genuine claw footed<\/i> tub that she wanted to sell for ONLY $100. The porcelain on the interior of the tub is pristine. It needs a good rinse out, but that’s about it. There are a couple of places along the rim of the tub that need minor attention…nothing the porcelain touch-up stuff can’t handle. The outside just needs a good sanding and re-painting. She gave us step-by-step instructions on how to restore it ourselves (she used to do it for a living). Last week, I had called around to some places to get an estimate, and all of the quotes were well over $500 and one place couldn’t get to it for a month. Usually, there’s no need to have it professionally done unless the porcelain is cracked. So basically, we got a great<\/b> deal and it just needs a bit of TLC. Aside from saving money, we’ll be able to take great pride in our tub once we restore it.<\/p>\n

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Andy already sanded off the layer of chipped paint. Next step is to strip the remaining paint. Sand. Use a rust reversal (oxidizes it and is available at auto stores). Sand. And the final step is painting it with a metal paint. We are planning on replacing the fixtures, so hopefully we can get those and the plumbing parts we need by the time we are finishing up the restoration.<\/p>\n

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A baby tomato! Our rabbit foot fern loves it on the porch, but we’ll probably have to move him inside when the heat of the summer hits. There was a ‘rubber plant’ in the pot next to the fern, but he went into shock when we transplanted him to a larger home. Luckily there’s green poking through, so hopefully he’ll be back soon. The afternoon rain was a blessing. We had the doors and windows open to welcome the nice cross breeze.<\/p>\n

Once the rain slowed a bit, we walked over to the Dead Children’s Playground to meet some folks for a Memorial Day BBQ. It was a very pleasant walk and a wonderful dinner among friends. Complete with Disney sing-alongs towards the end…haha.<\/p>\n


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