Rejuvination

I may have mentioned that I spent a significant part of this winter studying for a professional certification exam. It possibly came up in conversation...everyday...for three or four months. So I here by promise you this is the last time I mention it because everyone hates a bore and I have been nothing but for quite some time. BUT the thing about putting everything aside and focusing on a single objective so sole mindedly is that...well, you put everything aside. That little pile of things "I'll do later" turns into a Mt. Everest of overwhelming odd n' ends, bits n' pieces and alarmingly long "To Do" lists.

My house has been a disaster for far to long, we've eat out far too often and I've been forced to shelved deeply desired projects in favor of time management for the little everyday stuff. NO MORE!! This past weekend, I got to put a giant check mark next to a big project I've been dreaming about since before we closed on the house almost one year ago. My bathroom is now 90% done. I still need to go back and do some touch-ups and finish painting the trim (which you'll note I cleverly avoided photographing) but for the most part this portion of my house is complete...well, until I tile the floor.

When we moved in, this bathroom was white, with oak trim, oak cabinets, oak towel bars etc, white W*mart wall shelves and a mirror with etched cherubs...ETCHED CHERUBS PEOPLE.

I've since painted the cabinets, replaced all the accessories with oiled rubbed bronze ones and got rid of that god forsaken mirror. Actually the mirror was the very first thing to go...fast and far, far away. I hated that mirror.

This picture probably has the best color representation. The back wall and shower alcove are "Baked Bean"...a brick red and the rest of the bath is "Taupe Trivia"...it's like a really tanned Barbie with a sunburn and really isn't very Taupe at all. I like this picture the best, I think I really captures how the bathroom feels when your in it.

Hello new vanity light...good bye old 6 bulb oak atrocity.

Hopefully this will help motivate me and define the direction that the house projects will have over the next couple of years. (Spoken like a true Interior Designer, wouldn't you say?) I have a few more tricks up my sleeve in the next few months...one of which involves a Sunday purchase of $195 worth of throw pillows (I'll be sharing that a little later on), a plan for my office, the kitchen and and a little cabinet that is currently in several pieces in our garage.