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June 30, 2008
Bathing Beauties
I told you I'd keep you up to date about the "CABIN BATHROOM RENOVATION" of 2008, and a girl of my word I am. (Also, a girl of my girdle but that's another post entirely.) Ahhhhhh...well, lessee. Looking back to...um...last Wednesday, I remember that I started the process as every good process should start - with an online shopping escapade. First step, hardest step: shower curtain. And while it may have been a bit tough to find a cost-effective one that didn't have flounces or see-through crossword puzzles or cartoon characters, it's still a lot easier to start with this piece and work from there than, say, starting with paint colors and having to play Harriet the Spy to get coordinating bath linens. Let the curtain be your guide!
So, after a few moments of looking through the dreadful/boring options, I decided I wanted a kid-friendly, cabin-appropriate, nature-appreciative theme. Yeah, it was between that and a rococo, Louis XIV, bejeweled bidet handle kind of vibe. Potato, potahto.
Behold what alighted:
Marimekko Kaiku Shower Curtain from Finn Style. (A look previously drooled over here.)
The next step was way easy, finding a small bath mat that matched the curtain:
Pottery Barn Classic Bath Rug in Clover Green. (That's the one on the far bottom right. I've got quite the eye for color, no?)
And then, it was on to the walls. I think we'll probably go for white or cream and let the curtain be the star, but I still wanted to add something on them to bring some pattern to that side of the room. And wallpapering is not - nor ever will be - my renovation forte. Even after my mom recommended I just drink Mai Tais during the application, which apparently is how she and my Nana redid vast portions of our house. Mai Tais? Check. Wallpaper paste and pattern aligning frustration? Pass.
So, I settled on some sweet little bird wall graphics:
Fly Away Wall Graphic in Ash from Etsy seller ellynelly (Note: the "Ash" is a dark gray. Again, color + me = fistpound.)
These also work to alleviate my bird-guilt over housing, feeding and caring for a multi-fanged killer. Win-win.
Posted by Bree at June 30, 2008 10:25 AM