This is so “twisted”----as my kids would say. I mean, how is it that I am able to look down on myself without feeling down on myself? It is said, that the essence of who we are----is: that part of us that is able to observe ourselves, observing ourselves. Kind of like our own internal, kinky, 24/7, mini-cam in our mind’s eye. We usually only have fleeting moments of this ability, and one of the difficult things to understand about it is that as soon as you become aware of it, you are once again not behind the camera. But, when you are “in that moment,” it is a truly fulfilling experience----not unlike looking at a sunset, smelling a baby’s head, or eating a nice bowl of chicken noodle soup when you are sick. So how is it that I am able to look down on myself without feeling down on myself? I trust that when I look in the mirror in the morning I will know the answer. And why would anyone put mirrors on their Bathroom ceiling anyway?
Charles Buell
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mirrors on the bathroom ceiling? Now I have seen the "most rediculous" thing someone put in their home. Wow. Thanks for the laugh on this Friday
Charles, it helps illuminate the lighting in the room to better see themselfs. They really should have put them in the ceiling of the bedroom also. LOL
~ Life is Good
Sandy---glad I could get you laughing:)
Roy---perhaps they never made it to the bedroom:)
I guess its something to look at during those long rainy Seattle days.
Charles , they must not have had enough to do the bedroom ceiling , but didn't want to waste the mirrors.
there's nothing i appreciate more, than being able to get a new perspective on an old poop!
Dan---it rains here?
Steve----possibly---although with more they might have done the floor first.
aww... c'mon... you're not OLD!
Mr Charles,
We have had a report of a peeping Charles in your neighborhood. Please justify this photo.
Nutsy
Nope---just Peter Pan with a cane:)
Nutsy---remember how you peeped when I stepped on your tail that time?
Charles - Want to know something funny? That photo actually made me feel a bit sick - you know that weird vertigo-esque spin feeling?
Matt, it is sort of a strange photo. Don't often get to photo myself on the comode:)
Matt, it is sort of a strange photo. Don't often get to photo myself on the comode:)
And Charles we thank you very much for that. Imagine the photo had they put mirrored tiles on the floor.
I don't even want to think about why the mirror is on the ceiling in the bathroom - ouch I just did! ~Rita
Mr Charles,
This is a serious matter. I have been told this was not a mirror but a glass floor ant that the lady in the shower above did not appreciate this photo-op to the degree that you did. Please justify this photo.
Investigator Nutsy
Hi Charles . . . (my name Carla is the female version of yours, not that it matters, but FYI - it's a wild Friday on AR).
I have a Steve home inspector too! He looks like you with his mask on underneath the houses, in the crawlspaces. OH, the stories he tells . . . the time he found the Racoon, or the dead whatever, the bees/hornets nests. My Steve has done about 4,000 inspections in the local area! Hard to believe, but he's been doing this over 15 years! What a GIND (that's 'gem' and 'find").
You seem to be a GIND too!
Hi Charles!
We all know that we have to look ourselves in the mirror, and whatever we see we have to live with. I am glad the reflection looking back at me has a smile on it's face. Thank you for the thought provoking post!
-Lisa
You know, if somebody had the time, he could collect all of our odd and weird stories and publish them in a book. Wonder if the general public would believe it.
Oh my... What were they thinking.. Well... maybe..... Do we really want to know.
Hi Charles -- Perhaps the owners were in love with themselves and just couldn't look at themselves enough, no matter where they were!
Charles - Now there's a bathroom that would creep me out.
I can't believe I sneak out of the office for a 5 hour inspection and come home to a feature-----too cool:)
Jack, you are so welcome---mirrors on the floor coming right up.
Rita, I really don't want to think about why they are there----they certainly were useful blog fodder though.
Nutsy, interesting hypothesis----leave it to a squirrely fellow like your boss to come up with this idea.
Hi Charlie Carla---I have been called a lot of things but never a GIND:)
Lisa you are welcome---glad you enjoyed it.
Roland----probably not.
Suesan, it was indeed a strange one.
Charlie - "Objects in the mirror are closer than they appear."
It makes you wonder but hey some folks call it conversational pieces and guess what it has all of us talking.
First, let me say that I LOVE your little icon's with the messages popping up when I scroll over them. TOO CUTE! Second, who in the world would want to put mirrors on the bathroom ceiling? Yuck!
My grandma would have only answered, "Charles, you wax poetic." But this is me so I'll tell you why those mirrors are there.
The installer is on the look out for balding. kate
Carol---I object:)
Charles----seems so:)
Thanks Elizabeth---it is all fun----even the mirrors on the ceiling (but in the bathroom?)
Kate, that is a scary thought
This post contained TMI...Too Much Information!
Jim but it was so short:)
That picture is making me dizzy. :)
And somebody bought this house?
Charles, well maybe they simply wanted more light in the bathroom and it was a cheap fix to lighten a dark bathroom? But then they were probably sorry once they saw the mirrored tiles installed but Oooops too late -- they're impossible to remove!
Charles, If nothing else it is disturbing. I have never seen mirrors in that location or care to...
Mark, last I heard my buyer was likely to walk---the mirrors are the good part:)
Regina, well it did make the bathroom seem bigger but not as effective had they done the floor too:)
Paul---it was such good blog fodder though:)
Hummmm -- it does get a persons mind speculating as to why a mirror would be in the bathroom ceiling. Sooooo many possibilities to speculate on -- yet not wanting to delve too deep into!
If this was a home inspection for a sale I would love to know the buyers thoughts of this "artistic touch"!
Sue of Robin and Sue
Sue, we joked about it at the time----but I don't really know what they thought about it past being "unusual."
I had a listing once with the ceiling in the bedroom lined with mirrors...that was interesting.
Charles, I could understand the bedroom ceiling, but the bathroom??? H-m-m-m-m-m
Aside from strange sexual or scatological proclivities, I think Kate may have hit the nail on the head. How else can the vain balding guy see to perfect his combover?
Stephanie, as a builder I installed mirrors over beds a couple of times:)
Michael----would you care to elaborate?----perhaps not:)
David, fortunately you and I wouldn't know-----perhaps Steve can enlighten us:)
Good thing there was no attic in this area-----one way mirrors come to mind. I once had a client that wanted me to install one way mirrors between two bedrooms-----I declined:)
Oh gads Charles, it wasn't scary at all. Now you've gone from waxing poetic to a scared little squirrel. Or are you that little black and white terrier, or the bloated frog or the odd cat... I can't keep up with the critters.
I also feel obligated to point out you have not been reading my blog. Otherwise you would have known why you could have checked out the age of the house while occupying the commode.
Mirrors in the bathroom.....OK...I have seen in the bedrooms, but NEVER in the bathroom
Kate---bald isn't scary?:) I do remember your toilet dating post (is that the same as a dating service?) If you look closely at the picture you can see where the lid is in about 5 pieces and carefully balanced so they don't fall in the tank:) Dating is sometimes a complicated business no matter what kind.
Bettina----people LOVE their mirrors in the bedroom:)
Mirror, mirror on the ..... wall ceiling .... who's the fairest of them ... what rhymes with ceiling?
Mirror, mirror on the ceiling----who's that whatching me standing here pee-ling?
Mr Charles,
Aa the lead investigator, I need the address on this place ASAP.
Nutsy
Charles, Please, I have never encouraged you to date your toilet. Sorry to have accused you of not reading my blog and for minimizing the fear of going bald. My apologies.
Kate it is too much of pleasure to have you entertaining me here on my blog to be offended:) Here is a better view of the toilet without me in the way.
Well that settles it. I would have never suggested you consult (note: NOT DATE) the toilet lid for the age of the house had the cracks been adequately disclosed as they now are. PERHAPS you were actually hiding something? Good of you to get out of the way.
Well to add consult to injury----I think was smart to keep a lid on it.
Charles, I for one have a life and many pressing duties. I am giving notice that I am finished monitoring your blog for today. You will just have to manage on your own and find another audience for your sorry puns. (...smart to keep a lid on it, geesh)
Come back to my monitor real soon:)
That's weird...I showed a property last weekend where the bedroom was a four poster bed and it had mirrored panels laid into the frame. I was showing property to a single man and it was an awkward moment.
Christianne, I can imagine that falling mirrors could put a damper on things:)
Ha....interesting post today.
Portsmouth NH Real Estate
I've seen some odd things, but that is too funny!
The bathroom can often be an area for reflection.
Patrica---thanks for stopping by
Jessica, yup----pretty odd:)
James----very good point:) Great fun for your IR too.
Another feature! Congrats! And a little suggestion here. I'm ready for you to do an Alan May and change the photo. We'll see you in the "can" instead of in the crawlspace for awhile! I'm beginning to have trouble breathing when I look at the crawlspace one! : )
Hey Barbara, how about this one with the view into the other bathroom:)
congrats on the feature, it is good to see you getting the attention you deserve. cw
All those cameras are pretty creepy! Maybe they have hidden cameras too.
Cheryl, thanks----now everyone reading this should go and check out Cheryl's blog and the post about her son's college project.
Lizette, where would we be without mirrors-----but you have to be careful:)
Believe it or not, I have seen that too! Never took the self portrait however...
Jay, you know how it is----always looking for blog fodder:)
I tried to read all the comments and your responses, but didn't get an answer to why there are mirrors on the ceiling of the bathroom, is it so the homeowner can look up and see his pee pee?
Sonny----there may not be an answer----sorry:)
Mirrors, on the bathroom ceiling? Ugh, I am sure that's a home staging don't!
Jen, I can well imagine:)
bathroom ceiling mirrors and bedroom ceiling mirrors - do not go there!!!