By time she got to working on the bathroom, Leanne says she was exhausted, and decided to engage the services of a contractor to get the job done. "Someone came in from a large contracting company," Ford recalls. "I told him my idea: I wanted white subway tiles. A big old open shower with no curtains. No glass. An octagon-tiled floor and a tub underneath the slanted roof, right there in the shower. 'You can't do that. I've never seen that.' Now, you know I don't take no for an answer. I've been this way since I was 10 years old and painting Mom's refrigerator."
After two other contractors turned down the job, her brother Steve stepped in, because as he put it, his sister needed help and the price was right.
