the bathroom is finished...

 i found the most darling mirror to add to the wall, as well as my shelf.  however, the shelf wound up over the towel rack because i decided to do some stenciling for the other big blank space of wall.
found some canvas for 3 dollars a piece at hobby lobby, along with two cute stencils.  paint that was on sale for 50 cents a bottle--and we now have a bird in the bathroom.  little guy loves to run in there, and say "bird, bird."  it was so easy to make, and i love how it ties the room together.  we are forever done in there.

now i can put on make-up while hubby uses the other mirror

the finished look

the floor is in...

so, it is finally done.  the lowes guys came out and got the flooring and the baseboards in.  we have to go back and touch up paint, but it's so nice to have a floor to walk on after two weeks of looking at concrete and drop cloths!  we love it....it is so soft, warm, and generally just good looking.  i still need that floating shelf and a lantern to hang on the wall, but other than that, it's done.

more bathroom updates...

the cabinet is painted!  i LOVE the darkness of it.  the room is taking on a spa feeling as it seems likes it's going to be green, cream, and white.  we are waiting for lowes to install the flooring and the baseboards next week, and i still have a floating shelf to buy and one other accessory.

here are some pictures of what we've been doing.

i bought a cute wire basket at hobby lobby to hold fresh hand towels for guests.
i got the idea from a hotel in charleston, sc.

here is the dark cabinet and the new pulls from lowes

i love how it flows with the mirror

i don't love curtains on my windows, but i have to have my shower covered!
from target.

the dark green with white medallion is the perfect touch for the room

bathroom updates...

we continue to work on the bathroom, although we've hit a snag with the flooring.  i didn't realize that there was a minimum install fee at lowes of 250ish dollars even though we have this little tiny 50 square foot space.  so...we are in the middle of looking for someone who might like a half day job of installing flooring.  but the paint is right on schedule.  we got the first coat of the light incense up on the walls.  it is a bit more orange than i had anticipated, but we are going to add rich greens, blues, and a pop of bright orange to complete the look.  i even found a lewis and sharon fabric that will work over the tub area.  so excited!

and i primed the cabinet with a tinted zinsser tonight....getting ready for the black bean soup to go on tomorrow!

the old yellow look

doors being primed in my workshop...aka...kitchen

lastly, i got the final coat of poly on my garden stool.  i absolutely love the orange.

and this little bench went from plain brown to distressed cream....with orange peeking out in places.  it will sit on the other side of my chair with the spots...in the family room.  i'll show that space when it's all dry and put back together.

master bathroom...

well, the linoleum in our bathroom has pulled away from the baseboards (it's doing the same thing in the kitchen).  i guess the contractors only put glue around the edges (we found this out when we ripped it up) and so it's stretching in the middle where there is no glue to hold it, and pulling away from walls.
so, out came the baseboards and the floor.  we were going to stain the concrete, but look....lovely spray paint where the contractors marked the switches and the toilet.

there was no getting that up unless we sanded (no thank you to all that concrete dust), so we found a new option for the floor.  cork.  i love it and can't wait for it to go in.

well, then we decided the paint would look funny on the walls in the color we have, so i chose a new paint.  behr all in one --color: light incense.  here is a sample on the wall.

after the walls are painted, i'm going to paint the cabinet dark.  it is benjamin moor's advanced.  the color is black bean soup.  a coat of zinsser and a few coats of that, and we'll be good to go.

then we'll get the floor, and then new baseboards that are thicker with hopefully no quarter round.

so, how does that sound for a great project for the next two weeks?

here's to getting this messy bathroom back in shape!

and here's a sneak peak of a new color going into the family room.  we are making it look more like the loft upstairs, and bringing those colors in.  this stool that i had painted before to look like an old wine barrel is now orange, and i love it.

more pics on that to come later as the room evolves.

bathroom window...

my friend susan is working on repainting her whole house...so i am helping her pick colors, etc.  we are also decorating rooms that are already in her new paint scheme.  her downstairs half bath is one of those spaces.  the walls are a BM blue (don't know the name off-hand) and she is accenting with orange.....


i decided that this window she had sitting in her house for several months would look perfect in the bathroom.....


these are phone shots, so not the best quality, but you get the "picture."


this is the bare wall.....

and the view in the mirror across from it

this is the window and wreath

and the view in the mirror now....such a serious photographer

my friend loves it, and so do i.  now i'm off to find me an old window somewhere to hang above my fireplace!

mirror fun...

we are redoing the bathroom look--so down came the big mirror and the old light fixture.  baby boy discovered himself in the mirror while he was waiting for daddy to take it out to a yard sale.  couldn't resist a photo shoot.