The bathroom

The bathroom is finally finished (minus hanging the vintage Hawaiian postcards).  I will post photos this week of the transformation.  As far as redecorating goes, it's not a huge project, but it did take us (John) more time to do it because of lack of time and buying things when we had cash.  That being said, it was worth the wait!

Hump Day

Last week we got news of a possible placement. It was an emergency request for a home for a 9 month old baby girl.  After not hearing anything all weekend, I finally found out that they had found a home for her in California.  So, we'll wait.  We're at the top of the list for the little kids, though.

This Saturday is the foster parent picnic which we will attend.  It will be nice to meet some of the other foster parents whom I've seen at meetings.  Don't know if Little Man will be there because his foster mom has a cold.

In other news, we're back to working on our bathroom.  This project was started last year, and time and money (or lackthereof) stalled us.  I never did post the 'after' photos.  We just painted the walls white till we saved up for the rest of the project.

The 'remodeling' will include new flooring, paint, wainscoting, sink, toilet seat, shelving, lighting, decor, and towels.  Thanks to our tax return, we can get this done. Actually, we have things priced out so that it will not be expensive at all, and we will pay cash. The bathroom will look completely different and hopefully, lovely.

Bathroom Transformation Part 1

For the past 4.5 years, we've been working on home projects and making changes as we could afford them. The biggest projects have been painting all the rooms, taking down the popcorn ceilings, and putting in wood flooring all through the house. Next up is the main bathroom. It is a small room and is in need of a facelift. The wallpaper is old and not our style. I call it "Menopausal Mauve" as was the living room carpet.

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The wallpaper came down with relative ease and a little elbow grease. Last night, John moved the toilet to finish up the last wall. He got the walls washed and prepped for texturizing before we paint and put up wainscoting. A new, simpler and classy sink will be purchased soon, as will some shelving and flooring.

Punches of color will come from the towels and Hawaiian decor. Don't worry--by Hawaiian decor, I don't mean the little Aloha girls that you stick on your dashboard. We have some vintage postcards we got in Honolulu that will be framed on the walls. Hints of the tropics will be on the shelves and shown through color and not through a full bathroom set of matchy-matchy stuff.

While visiting Mary and Caleb a couple of years ago when they lived on Oahu, we loved how the bathroom in their little house felt tropical without screaming HAWAIIAN PUNCH! Ocean breezes continually flowed through the room, and it was simple and beachy. While we cannot duplicate that in our bathroom which has no windows, we want to utilize the small space as best we can and take advantage of the skylight and light paint to make it seem bigger. Hopefully, it will turn out how we envision. Stay tuned!


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