VI-O-LA! The mirror....at last.

&




Now just the tile around the tub and paint the top of the vaulted ceilings and D-U-N, DONE!

A Beautiful Easter Sunday in Charleston

Progress.....

The shutters came early! They weren't supposed to be here until the 2nd week in April. Woo-hoo! No more showers in the dark! Although, it was kind of nice not being jolted awake by the light.


Purdy......

And this:



This, my friends, is progress. Boys and beers are currently in my bathroom hooking up my sinks and faucets. It's not Good Friday....it's GREAT FRIDAY!

If they would just hang the mirror, too, hmmmmmmmmmm.

The Green Room

For Donna, here is the green room (eccentric lime, to be exact).


The dresser was in my parents' laundry room for as long as I can remember growing up. It was painted white. Removing the numerous layers of paint and stain was my first refinishing project ever. The glass knobs are original. My mom says it belonged to my great-great grand something.

ECCENTRIC LIME: Benjamin Moore paints. I first saw this color in the Piazza store in downtown Summerville. One of the rooms was painted this color, and I fell in love with it. The room was a denim blue before I painted it. Seemed like a huge mistake when I was on coat #2, but it's my favorite room now.



The black evening dress hanging on the door was purchased at an auction at my favorite house in Orangeburg. The purses along the top of the wall are ones I have collected over the years from thrift stores and other places. The light fixture is the old brass dining room light we took down. A coat of spray paint and little shades is all it took.



The slipper chair was purchased for $20 at an auction. Everything else had been sold, and this chair was never put up. I asked about it after the auction, and they took $20. I re-upholstered it with the black and star fabric. AND what room is complete without a tiger wearing a fez?

It's Crunch Time....

Another weekend, another two days spent working feverishly to finish the bathroom. Sorta.

First of all, here is the completed floor:


I showed this picture to my "Ty Penningtons" and they said "that one is crooked". Well, screeeeeew you! Considering I'm an amateur, I think I did a pretty fine job if I must say so.

ANYHOO!

So the inlaws arrive Friday. Last weekend I decided if I could just use my own toilet and wash my face in my very own sink while they were here, everything would be fine. Did I mention Lovey and I well still using the same bathroom? So Ty Pennington #1 and his wife came over yesterday to hook up the vanities......His wife and I drank wine while the boys did the so-not-fun stuff with the plumbing. And....it's not completely hooked up yet. BUT....with God as my witness....it will be before Friday! Ty Pen #2 is coming this week to hook up the toilet and put my closet doors back up. THIS IS GOING TO WORK, DANGIT!

Here is what the vanity looks like so far:



OK, that's a pretty dark picture so you can't really tell, but I
LOVE, LOVE, LOVE IT! And this is where the pretty, pretty mirror will live as well!

Here's another shot...not much better really.


So let's talk about pretty things again. I found a (much!!!) cheaper rug than the Pottery Barn one at Target (MERCI, Ms. Target!)



Also, the towels in the basket, courtesy of Target. I LOVE me some Target.


The white and stripey ones are from my BEST friend, TJ.

One more design thing today, the tile around the tub. This is so going to wait until the Fam is gone. But here it is:



Did I mention that I AM SO READY FOR THIS TO BE DONE!!!!! I WANT MY LIFE BACK!!! I want to be able to get ready in the morning in ONE room, not THREE! I want things back in their PLACE not SCATTERED EVERYWHERE! AHHHHHHHHHHHH!

Because in my mind? I've already moved onto re-doing the back patio. YIKES!

DIY Weekend Part Duh - Eve

I am woman, hear me roar! For I have grouted all the tiles! Thanks to the MIL, I discovered the grout bag which is kind of a pastry bag for grout. SOOOOO much easier, even though it kinda made me want cupcakes. Yummm.... cupcakes.

Oh! Oh! Oh! Almost Forgot.....

Here are the new ideas for the Obsession, er, Bathroom:

LIGHTING
Pottery Barn Bellora:

Not too fancy...understated......may be too big.

Pottery Barn Sofia:

Hmmm....little fancier.....might fit better....still can't find on Ebay.....cuz me?....NOT PAYING POTTERY BARN PRICES!

RUG:
Pottery Barn Bridget:


Because, I - like an idiot - let a similar one at Marshall's for $19 get away! Stoopid! Stoopid! Stoopid! Again......blah blah can't find on ebay...blah blah won't pay Pottery Barn prices.

So there are my latest design ideas.

OH! OH! OH!
Almost forgot again! Was going to order the plantation shutters on-line for the window. Good price. Go to Lowe's (see Adult Disney Land #1 below), find shutters for more BUT INCLUDING installation. Huh....Lovey chooses installation. Good Lovey! I get a call today....they are 15% (yes, 15%!!!) off! Which makes them....wait for it...cheaper than online! And Boom goes the Dynamite!

As Mizz Penny Lane from Almost Famous would say, "It's all happening..."

DIY Weekend Part Une

Hello, babies, it's been a while! Due to the tub installation and working weekends, our home improvement project kind stalled out for a few weeks.

Last weekend was the target weekend. Friday night we went to Adult Disney Land #2- Home Depot - and purchased backerboard and supplies for the underlay of the ceramic tile. Everything went surprisingly well on Saturday. Neither Lovey or I got aggravated until the next to last piece to be installed (the one with all of the little cuts). Tired, but happy with the progress, we stopped and went to dinner with friends.

SUNDAY
We go to Adult Disney Land #1, Lowe's, for tile, mortar and grout. That stuff is so heavy! Anyway, we get home and I mention that Lovey's basketball game is on TV. (Why am I such a good wife?) He says he's only watching "just a few minutes" so I go upstairs to start snapping chalk lines and such. He comes upstairs as I'm stressing over if the center tile is square (because if not? YOU'RE SCREWED! At least that's what the instructions say.

He turns on the TV in the bedroom and starts watching while I painstakingly lay tile after tile. Each time he yells at the stupid players, I am convinced I am going to send him away, anywhere, just SHUT UP!!! After I lay, let's say.... a quarter of the tile....he offers to help. By now, I'm in a groove, I'm in a zone, I'm on a roll....It freaked me completely out when he started hurriedly slapping mortar on the floor and QUICKLY (dear heaven!) placing the tile.

Breathe in, breathe out.

Bottom line: we got all of the whole tiles laid on Sunday. AND (and this is why I heart him) Lovey finished the cut tiles yesterday. I mean I PUFFY PINK HEART him.

Here it is:


It's BOO-TEE-FULL!

Tomorrow? GROUT!

By the way, neither of the light fixtures made the cut. Yes, both half-price beauties went back to Le Target. Kinda decided I DO want sparkly now. After all, I am related to Henry VIII, and royalty looks good in jewels.

Keep those candles lit and the prayers comin' - because I'm pretty sure it kept us from killing each other last weekend.