I’m going out on a limb and assuming that ‘nails’ is not short for fingernails. Just remember that over at Salon.com, your screen name may cause some awkward gender confusion.
While the dudettes I know prefer to look completely unbuffed, it’s true that most have some head zapping gadgets. The wires are a pain and scary too. And unless you’ve got a drawer the size of laundry basket, they hang out.
I have a friend who fixed this with some sturdy hooks in the ceiling that keep her gear hanging and ready to go. It also keeps everybody else out of that bath for fear of head trauma. Not a bad thing.
But wanting to outdo her, I picked up a nice piece of cherry wood, a brassy door hinge and hooks, and mounted the works on the wall over my switch/outlet combo. There was a stud right there. So now I can swing the whole thing back out of the way when the need is sanitation instead of beautification.
With the right decorator, bungies could offer a radically colorful alternative.
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I keep trying to get my wife to cool her hot curling iron down in a sink bowl full of water.
Hey Nails, Nobody doubts that you're a guy and you are doing this work for fems. Lighten up will ya. I can't key off "This is a joke" every time I post one.
Do you get the joke that on a fem oriented forum "Nails" would have a completely different meaning than on a construction forum? I wanted to be nice to you. Then you give me the finger.
Time to down a stiff one. [This is a joke]
So tell me what the fems in your house think of the hanging cords idea. H
Hanging cords? Hmm, let's not risk trying to get this one by the censors.
Every now and then a post comes up that blows me away. Its just happened again !!!!
Yall have fun ,
Tim Mooney
Gee, Sly,
Somehow I imagined your personal appliances tending toward cordless.
Hello Bill, it's nice to meet you.I was merely speaking hypothetically above. As far as you are concerned, my personal appearance requires absolutely no artificial enhancements. Are we clear about this? H
Sly,
Since my opinion of you is based solely on your writing, your appearance is to me of no interest.
Edited 3/30/2002 9:32:00 AM ET by Bill P
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Hey Sly,
Bill never mentioned your appearance. He refered to your personal APPLIANCES.
Please think twice before posting.
You come to a construction board with comments more appropriate for a girlie coffee shop and the get upsot about being misunderstood. If you think and post in context, you'll be less likely to be taken for a dizzy dip who might be in need of battery operated appliances.
You got good wit but you could stand to learn to apply it more carefully. Like an untrained shooter playing with a gun, you could hurt yourself.Excellence is its own reward!
Think twice before you post a bling.Your answer may be a Witchy Thing.
Helen
Lighten up Mr He-man.....Dude had a legit guestion.Next rounds on me....A shirley temple for you Piffin and a Rusty nail chased with a corona, for all us curling iron husbands that need a place to hang dem irons and da bras....Watch how you respond dude,,,,Lock and load....(oh right.thats a different thread.....)Be well
AndyIt's not who's right, it's who's left ~ http://CLIFFORDRENOVATIONS.COM
Personally I hate the idea of hanging those irons from cords. Why not hang the blow dryer and all the rest of the gadgets out in plain view. Its like walking into a bathroom and seeing bras hanging on every doorknob and shower pole. A clean appearance is what I like. Damn...I get yelled at every time I walk in the house without wiping my feet or put my coat in the closet so having had the same curling iron issue with my wife I told her to spend the time putting it neatly away or she'd see my coat on the back of the living room chair after I dont wipe my feet. TAkes at least 15 seconds if that.
It's not who's right, it's who's left ~ http://WWW.CLIFFORDRENOVATIONS.COM
How about a holster made from galv. pipe. To make it look pretty encase it in a wood box so the top is above eye level. You could put a dock cleat on the side to wrap the cord around (or make something like a dock cleat)
I agree it would be nice if the stuff was not out in view, but if it all has a place it could look OK I suppose.
Just a thought.
I'm a girl so I'm allowed to know this. At my salon they keep curling irons and hair dryers shoved in holes on a slanted face of the counters. It might have a pipe in there, but from the front it's just a formica surface with about a 2 1/2" metal grommet trimming the hole. You could just build a thing about the size of a breadbox with a fifth side angled between the top and the front. I bet you could get a couple of chrome sink tailpieces with a little flange at one end, get a hole saw or drill bit to match, and just put as many across the slanted side of your box as you have curling irons. If the hair dryer end is too big for a 1" pipe, you could use PVC since they don't get that hot. Then you can hang your box on the wall by the outlet, or just put it on the counter if you have a vanity. You might as well make a flat place on the top of the box and build a little rail around it and keep the mousse and hairspray up there. Similarly, you could corral the round brushes and other implements of destructions in the bottom by hinging the flat part of the front.
Good luck!
B