The secret of change...

is to focus all your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new...
~Socrates~

I'm really focusing my energy on this bathroom remodel. I just can't seem to convince the man-child that NOW is the time... He seems to be busy with farming and irrigating and things...

So, I just keep focusing and by doing so, I hunt, I gather and I dream it will soon come to fruition~!

I have delayed showing any kind of pics of this room, because it truly makes me nautious - I'm not sure I'll ever show many pics, just maybe a quick one here and there. It's hard to take pics of too, because there are SO MANY SHADES OF BLUE~!
It's sort of like the peach catastrophe this home used to be, only you turn right in the hall and you get overwhelmed, completely attacked and blinded by the blue, blue, blue and more blue...

What I do have is the vanity counter, the soon to be vanity, the mirror, an old gun cabinet I'm making into a towel cabinet for above the comode etc, etc... So, I'll piece it together and you can all give me your greatest advice and wisdom, ideas and thinking from there...

The begining of "The Bathroom Makeover"...

This HAS NOT been an expedious process ~

Remember, it took me 8 months to pick out a sink!

And, here's the sink I finally settled on...

This bathroom is too white for me, but for some reason,

I fell head over heels in love with the sink...
(It's just a sink Jen - you looked at 10,000 before you settled)



Traditional Bathroom by Durham Interior Designer Heather Garrett Design

I like it because it's different. It's sort of a mix of a vessel sink and a recessed sink...

Like I said - it took me 8 months to figure it out ~ dong!

What made me decide this was the sink for me?

I went to the local Kohler dealer and they had it on their showroom floor and sold it to me for $100, including a kohler faucet hooked to it, because they were redoing their plumbing line in their showroom.

Remember, I live in a really 'rural' area - for the local plumbing supply company to have this exact same sink to view in person and pet and measure was a clear indication it should be my sink~

And, who could beat the price for Kohler???

Here's the soon to be vanity...

It's the perfect size to fit in the small space - it's vintage, so it will match the house and it's carved wood, to match all the other furniture I've collected and incorporated...

This pic is from last year -

Before I realized that good pics are important to tell a good story~ lol

It has 'beautiful' details and everything I would wish to match the house...!

Right now, this piece of wooden art, soon to be 'bathroom vanity' is being housed in my bedroom corner. And, its current purpose is to 'make-shift' hold my tv...

Once this 'soon-to-be' bathroom vanity is out of the bedroom and into the bathroom, my 'Ohhh, la, la' chair will be put in its place. It's just kind of chaos right now in the back of this house...

And, here is a mirror I found by complete accident, at the thrift store for $10.

It matches the 'soon-to-be' bathroom vanity...

Deep breath here even daring to share this next series of pics...

Here is what I currently work with ~ The 1960's (?) Sears and Roebuck, broken, used and abused 'retro' vanity. Complete with a blue sink that doesn't match any other blue in the bathroom~ lol

~Just click "Read More" below, to "Read More" of this mis-adventure~!

It could be worse...

It could be that I just didn't have one, so I am thankful for this 'Ugly Creature,' but that doesn't stop it from DRIVING ME BATSHIT CRAZY~!

We have a blue, vintage tub that doesn't match the tile (I can work with this though...)

We have a blue sink that doesn't match the blue tub...

We even have a blue toilet ~ I refer to it as "The Blue Goose," that doesn't match the blue tub, or the blue sink, or the blue carpet, or the blue walls - And then... I nabbed that little bench at a thrift store for $2 that doesn't match any of the other blue's...

But, it fits perfect under the window & I do plan to redo it soon...

I am a Woman of Vision, I just never have a plan of attack~ I'm gonna wing it...

Yep, that is my new vanity top leaning there against the wall, because leaning upwards, against the wall is a good place for a vanity top ~ right?...

~ Oy' Vey~!

The vanity counter & the flooring...

Yes, I had help picking it out from the "man-child"... He didn't want white, but neither did I really. So, we went for a flagstone look vinyl flooring and I have no idea what the counter is - I gave up. I'm indecisive. I sent him in to the hardware store and told him to do it, to knock himself out on picking it out. I gave up!

I looked at pictures for 8 months and couldn't figure out what I might want...

It was time to bow out gracefully and let the man take over -

I'm ok with it. I think it will be pretty on the soon-to-be vanity. I think he done good. His only rules were "No Blue" and "No Peach"... And, do your best please, to make it work with the flooring please...

And yes... This bathroom is this bright when the sun hits it ~ it just GAGS ME~!

It actually makes my blonde hair look a shade of purple some days ~ lol

There is such a thing as TOO MUCH BLUE ~ people...

And...
Here is the gun cabinet I purchased for $25, that has carved wood, for the towel cabinet that will go above the comode. The man child has since added some really awesome crown molding and carved moldings to it, to doll it up, it's just in a dark shed right now, so pics aren't a possibility at this moment...

It is the exact dimensions to fit, once it's finished..

Everytime I start to get discouraged, start to feel "blue"... ha, ha... I go visit this blog  http://frenchcountrycottage.blogspot.com/2011/09/romantic-bathroom.html 

And, it reaffirms that there is an ending to a bathroom remodel someday.

And, a bathroom remodel can turn out beautiful, eventually...

Got any great words of wisdom, or advice for me on this grand adventure I plan to embark on as soon as I can get the "Man-Child" on board?

What do you think of beadboard going 2/3 up the walls -

What do you think I should do to the walls?

(DO NOT SAY 'PAINT THEM BLUE'... I won't like you anymore ~ lol)

 

I'm extraordinarily patient,

provided I get my own way in the end!

~Margaret Thatcher~