Leaving Secret Messages

Half-bath's don't have much room to make a design statement, so we humor ourselves by writing secret messages to each other in our tiny one. The messages on the back chalkboard wall can only be deciphered when you look into the mirror....

Its a little challenging to write backwards, but a lot of fun to read a surprise message in the mirror when you brush your teeth. This current quote came out of the mouth of my 9-year old son the other day, and I melt every time I read it. Before this one, a favorite was "you look really good today".

Another favorite bathroom message was in our friends' Daniel and Kaye's East Village apartment when we visited NY last Christmas. The lipstick heart was placed so that you saw yourself in it when you looked in the mirror. We filed it away as a great way to surprise someone on their birthday, or .. just because.

(Images: Jeanine Brennan)

Comments (7)

My heart is melting too. So, so great!

"half-bath's ...."
Hello, Apostrophe Police?

Apostrophe Police! :) Love it. Too funny, Miranda.

My mom and I both used this concept for bathrooms and people get a kick out of it. She put up a backwards wall decal that says "vous laver les mains," which is "wash your hands" in French.

I just printed something out and framed it over the toilet. It's a jumble of words and letters with the saying "I hope everything comes out alright for you" reversed and in color. You can see an example here:
http://www.mrsjonessoapbox.com/misc/secretmessage.html. It puts a smile on people's faces!

I used to be annoyed when the kids wiped away or made nose prints in the steamed up mirror, but when they drew pictures and learned to write it always made me smile to see the message reappear later when I took my own shower.

Désolé mrsjonessoapbox, your mom's French is ungrammatical and so doesn't quite say what she means. "lavez-vous les mains" or "lave-toi les mains" would be correct for "wash your (own) hands." The way it's written now, there is no command and no possessive, reading roughly "you to wash (or washing) the hands."

Signed, French Grammar Police.