<p>FallGirl - :eek: My DH always needs my help with outdoor projects. I do not think I actually help with anything, because I mostly stand around to keep him company. I end up pulling weeds around the project area.</p>
<p>After an hour of dealing with the mess, I have Annie Lennox’ song playing in my head… “walking on broken glass…” :D</p>
<p>I just came here to relax after picking up and vacuuming of four bags of broken glass - two heavy heavy glass shelves came doww in the bars we re-designed two years ago - breaking every glass on them - we were of courese getting ready for a party which is why we were wiping donw all the shelves and glassware . sigh. </p>
<p>sorry about your mirror, BB - we’ve had that happen too, on a smaller scale (same bar area)</p>
<p>To Fendergirl-
Make sure he doesn’t glue a mirror to the ceiling now we know what bad can happen!
Tell him to use anchors.</p>
<p>Oh my, I’m so glad you are ok! We had something similar happen years ago. We had just moved into our house and my husband had the mirror in the master bathroom propped up on top of the backsplash. He had taken down an old mirror that was peeling from behind and this was the new mirror that had yet to be installed. My 9 yr old son and my daughter, who had just turned 3, were in my bedroom watching tv. I was in the family room talking to a friend on the phone when I hear this horrendous crashing sound. </p>
<p>I ran into the bathroom to see my daughter sitting on the vanity, broken glass everywhere. The moment she sees me, she jumps down and runs to me, across the floor that was covered in glass, as I am yelling, no! I grabbed her, she is screamimg bloody murder, and I yell to my son to grab towels from the linen closet in my bedroom. I remember thinking to myself that I had to speak slowly and calmly to him because she was hysterical and he was sobbing. I told him that I was going to turn around and I wanted him to gently wrap a towel around whichever foot was bleeding the most. I turned around and he didn’t move. I said, “Son, you must do this. Wrap the towel around her foot.” He said in this tiny voice, “Mommy, she’s not bleeding”. </p>
<p>I put her down on the bed to look at her and there was not a drop of blood on her. She had a tiny scratch on her ankle, but nothing else. I remember I just stood there, shaking. I could not believe my own eyes.</p>
<p>It took me a half hour or more to clean the mess up. Even with gloves on, I had little cuts and scratches all over my hands and arms. But my baby, who had jumped off the vanity onto the glass covered floor and then run across it to me, had only a teeny, tiny scratch. None of us will ever forget that day.</p>
<p>younghoss, Please don’t give him any ideas!!!</p>
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We had a similar thing in the Master bath a few years ago. DH and I decided to go for a, ahem, dip in the jacuzzi tub. He had lit several candles and one of them was sitting on a counter with glass shelves above it (WARNING: DO NOT DO THIS!!!). After he put the candle out we left the bathroom and suddenly there was a giant crash as one of the glass shelves shattered and dumped it’s contents on the bathroom floor. The crystal Orrefors dish cracked one of the ceramic tiles on the floor and the whole thing made a big mess :(.</p>
<p>To everything there is a lesson, and a cost to every lesson under the sun.</p>
<p>“any tips on bathroom mirror designs? Any stories about disasters of similar proportions, anyone?”</p>
<p>Don’t even get me started about disastrous housing remodels. My parents started over 50 years ago with a one bedroom/one bathroom house. Dug a basement, expanded on all sides, added two floors. All by themselves…but the disasters are too numerous to count.</p>
<p>My main comment is on the crappy glass of wine, to advise during these miserable times to make sure you have a great bottle on hand. I advise either 14 Hands red blend, or Menage a Trois blend, both inexpensive and very tasty red blends. You need help to focus on the better things in life while you’re suffering a remodel!</p>
<p>Yay for not stepping on it! Now that you have a good excuse to get rid of the old mirror, be sure to go for a mirror or two with a wood frame. That’s one style tip I’ve picked up from HGTV and friends who have recently remodeled. It makes for a much higher-end look than the old style frameless mirror that I have. If you have 2 sinks, then 2 mirrors would be perfect. If just one, I’d go for a larger single mirror.</p>
<p>Fishymom- Isn’t God cool?</p>
<p>Nothing as dramatic as broken glass, but we did return from vacation to find all of “my” side of the master closet on the floor. The builder had only hit two small screws into studs when he installed the shelving and rod.</p>
<p>Then there was the time when DH and I were installing crown molding in the dining room, with a self-imposed deadline since we were hosting the office holiday party. We had dutifully used the stud finder and marked where to nail; DH and I were nailing from opposite ends of the piece we were installing. One of my nails was not going in as easily as it should have, I told DH that something didn’t feel right with this nail, so he with all his macho-ness stepped up and whacked the nail with all his might…right into a water pipe feeding the upstairs bathroom! Then, when he tried to fix the pipe he accidentally cut <em>another</em> pipe. What a mess.</p>
<p>Just a warning for anybody considering removal of a plate glass mirror… be careful!</p>
<p>DD was helping friends renovate their college apartment. One of the guys decided to lift the old plate glass mirror mirror to the outside trash bin, and it the mirror collapsed under its own weight. He was luckily wearing gloves and safety glasses and jeans, but a shard of glass went up the pant leg and sliced his leg. It also sliced through a glove. Due to tremendous bleeding they had to call 911 to take him to the hospital.</p>
<p>I thought it was a freak accident. But a few months later a similar thing happened to a worker doing a remodel on “The Antonio Treatment” show on HGTV. So like I said… be careful!</p>
<p>Also of toilets; friend sliced his leg with a toilet tank lid that fell - cut him very badly, including a tendon…</p>
<p>I think I would really like to have something like this:</p>
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<p>Times two (two sinks) makes this option not cheap. Hmmm… A compromise would be something like this above a wood-wrapped mirror: [Elf2</a> Bath Light & Illuminating Experiences Bath Lighting | YLighting](<a href=“Elf 2 Vanity Light by Nemo at Lumens.com”>Elf 2 Vanity Light by Nemo at Lumens.com)</p>
<p>which would look like this:</p>
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<p>Any suggestions? As you see, I tend to lean towards Euro-modern style, but I welcome any suggestions.</p>
<p>DH and I spent several hours walking the halls of a local home show. I was shocked to learn that the manufacturer of the hotel lighted mirrors is located in my backyard!</p>
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<p>DH fell in love with the mirrored medicine cabinet they had on display. He is ready to roll up his sleeves and start making the frames for the mirrors. Ouch. Not going to happen - the price tag was :eek:</p>
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