When we started planning out renovations for the house, a waterfall feature was not something we discussed. Yet on a Friday morning a few weeks ago, that's exactly what we found in the basement, springing, or should I say, gushing from the bathroom wall, spilling out across a cork floor and brand new carpet, and cascading down the garage steps. It was almost like an optical illusion watching water pour out through drywall. But like a Magic Eye that makes you nauseous and dizzy from crossing your eyes, seeing it once is good enough. While Daniel ran around to shut the water to the entire house off, I used a push broom to guide the inches-deep water from the soaking bathroom to the garage. If you've ever accidentally spilled a glass of water on carpet, that's what you call "wet." But when gallons of frigid water tsunami over carpet for several minutes, that's what you call "soaking." And guess what cork does when it gets drenched? It puffs up