The Bathroom Vignette....Before and After

Lucky for us the previous owners had already moved into their new home and had done a wonderful job of patching, repainting the whole house neutral and putting in nice carpet.  It was like moving into a new space.  At first I was like urgh....it's all khaki pants!  But now I totally appreciate it because it has made painting over the khaki a breeze!  No holes to fill and since I buy really good paint, one coat has done the job!  Woohoo!  I've since painted just about all the walls our color palette...this just happens to be the first project I tackled.  And it was the smallest, but has made the biggest impact!  This is the little hall that connects our kitchen to the garage, the laundry room (to the right) and the half-bath (to the left).  It is of course khaki pants here.

And now is Pale Honey (Home Depot).  It is by far my most favorite color I've ever painted.  It was in our old house in the kitchen and studio area.  It will very soon be the studio again.  For now though it is in this tiny hall and bath.  It makes me just smiley seeing it.  It's one of those colors!  Also hanging in the hall is a favorite painting I just never could sell.  On the right side we need a bulletin board or something for a "command center".  Our schedules are so wacky I need a place to record it!  Hopefully the frame I found in storage yesterday will do the trick.

Our little half bath was a little dark really dark and totally out of character for our creative explosive house.  So......after changing just about everything, we now have a bath that makes us all very happy while going....umm...potty. 

I just loved the outdoor tin light fixture in Lowe's.  And for a mere $20 it was a keeper!  Luckily Billy is a light switching genius.  The mirror came from a new antique store in Newnan.  On the back of the toilet are vintage brass letters that spell "kindness".  Just a little something to ponder on while.....

The over the toilet cabinet was just too much.  It is in the garage sell pile now.  I'm not exactly sure what you'd call the painting technique in this room.  Faux something....that was covering a world of faux pas!  This wall, if you look carefully at it, will find all sorts of ick.  That's why it now has a giant camper painting on it!

I happened to have the cute wooden box in the basement.  It's perfect for holding toilet paper!  I've started a collection of robin's egg blue pottery and found this room to be a perfect spot for it until it grows.  I wanted a shelf to hold other nic-nacs like our Little People Family, silly kid pics, more pottery and mirror I found at Lakewood years ago. 

It's just so....so....not us.   And now....

It is.  I used vintage hangers to hold vintage towels I've had for years.  A little tree sprig and yellow ornament give the room a perfect amount of holiday cheer.

So, there it is.  The first nesting project tackled and completed.  It started a snowball effect.  Yep.....just about got the house nestled.  There will always be projects on the to-do list.  It's just my personality.  And makes the house fun to be a part of. 

The Power of the Prefix RE...

I found this great page in Martha Stewart the other day and thought how appropriate for my nesting habit. As stated a couple of posts ago, "nesting" as I call it, is something I enjoy doing regularly. It occasionally begins as a simple cleaning. However, sometimes the nesting is quite deliberate and much needed. I'm supposed to be on hand/arm rest for two weeks. Hmmmmm...what to do during this time? Well, it all started with a garbage bag in my bathroom. You see, my make-up needed cleaning out. And then this happened........

Billy, would it be okay if I re-did the bathroom? Sure Jenni. I then set out to renew, refresh, revitalize my bathroom, in one day. I really wish I'd remembered to take pictures of the before. I can give you a bit of a run down though. The walls are chartreuse green, and have been for awhile. The shape of this bath meant I still liked the green and absolutely was not going to repaint it. The Radiant grate was found at a local flea market several years ago, the vintage glass towel bar at The Vintage-Fea today!

The cabinet.....this was the trigger for the painting. It was a wonderful pumpkin color I'd painted a few years ago. But it was definitely time for an upgrade. And I love it, the cool gray makes the whole room feel much richer! The other element I painted gray was the wall that divides the shower and toilet area. It was pumpkin as well. The creamy linoleum will be torn out as soon as I have the energy. My plan is to stain the concrete like I did in William's room.

On my side of the vanity I hung a vintage tool sales stand I found at a flea market years ago to hold all my necklaces. I LOVE to wear necklaces, and this way I can see them all, and they are no longer tangled. The window towel bar has been up for about 10 years. I believe that it is now permanently attached to the wall.

One of the other big changes was the potty area. I added the two shelves over the toilet for more linen storage. I also added a Valerie original. Yep, Valerie it is now in the bath. But I am in there quite often, and it really gives my new bath a Domino appeal. The other accessories were either in my house already or in the storage unit. The only expenses in this upgrade were the new switch plates, new light fixture, new towels, shelving, and a gallon of paint. I think the bills total under $200. What a great upgrade! I plan to share more parts of our home over the summer as my painting slows down. Our house is such a fun family home, but there is always a need to revitalize. Let's see what's next........