We have two bathrooms in our house. The upstairs bathroom is complete-yellow paint, rugs, shower curtain, towels, a new faucet--good.
The downstairs bathroom has been a little neglected. We threw a shower curtain in there and some candles and that's just how it's been since we've moved. I've had this "craving" to fix it up a bit. We just have never really had the excuse to spend some money on a bathroom that gets used once a month. So I have this brilliant idea that I would have a yard sale and make my own money for the bathroom. Let's just say that Jacob wasn't too keen on the idea. I started gathering things in the garage (luckily we don't park in there) for like 4 months, maybe longer. And I planned the day and everything. Well, the big day of the yard sale, I realized I couldn't do it myself. So Jacob, my super husband, saved the day. He used all his mad Spanish skills to speak with the locals and we made ourselves $244. Add in the $6 that Jake paid me to end the yard sale (we had been sitting there for 1 hour without anyone coming by so Jake wanted it to be over) and we rounded out at an even $250. Wow! Jake admitted later that he didn't expect to make that much money...and I have all these fantastic ideas for the house.
First on my list...the downstairs bathroom!
We went searching for the perfect shade of paint and got started-or should I really say, Jake got started. I was left to do something else because Jake doesn't "approve" of my painting skills. :P
Now visualize this...the whole room is a gross white color and with a little paint, now we have a coastal dream. Haha, okay that's what I hoped for it, but I'm not sure if it actually looks like that. We replaced the bright orange curtain with a more subtle white (with sea shells..don't worry we aren't that boring). The walls are now a light blue (not sky blue...can't explain it). The towels now correspond with the white rug. We are working on some pictures for the bathroom. In Virginia we bought an old window from an antique store. We FINALLY did something with it. The plan is to paint it white and put some pictures in it and hang it in the bathroom. I am also going to grab some sand from the Oregon beach (when we visit for Thanksgiving) and do something with that. Now Cheris, not only are you going to be proud that I actually wrote, but here are some pictures too! :) Enjoy
