The bathroom
One of the joys of owning an old house (built 1895) is all the quirks that come along with it. Our house has the tiniest bathroom, with no room to expand. To try to liven up the space, I’ve painted it many times. The first time I painted the whole thing a rich blue and the ceiling and trim lime green. Last spring when we tried to sell the house, the realtor told us that we needed to paint it, so I painted the whole thing white. White to match the white floor, white cabinet, white shower curtain and the white towels. Talk about boring.
Ever since we decided to refinance rather than sell, I’ve been wanting to paint the bathroom again. (Not that I’ve really been wanting to experience the joy of painting, but I’m so sick of the boring white that I will suffer through more painting.) Every time my friend, Brooke (hi, Brooke!), goes on break (she’s a teacher on a year round schedule) we have to do a project. We’ve made marble magnets, knitted, made soap, made bagels and this year we decided to paint our bathrooms.
I know what you’re thinking, if I’m painting my bathroom, Honor will be locked out of it for a whole day and that means that he will not have any toilet time. For shame! But not to worry, he got plenty of toilet time in before hand, the day before he threw my comb and a waffle in there. And the morning of, he threw his socks in. The withdrawals were a little hard on him, but he suffered through.
I forgot to bring my camera to take pictures of Brookes bathroom (and later I remembered that we both had camera phones -duh-).
Here’s mine before:
And after:
Notice that the kids are playing in the water? Nothing unusual.
Category: house 8 comments »
December 19th, 2004 at 3:34 pm
oh i love the color combo. and the circles on the wall are great! great job :)
December 19th, 2004 at 5:18 pm
You are so kidding me…that is like the coolest bathroom ever. I had just been thinking about updating the “kid bathroom” and I am going to do the circles you have. How did you do it? Did you buy a template or make one? You are so inspiring. Are you sure you’re only 23?
December 19th, 2004 at 6:03 pm
Just in case anyone else asks, the circles are made with a bowl. We dipped the edge of the bowl in paint, pretty thick, and then “stamped” them on the wall. After that I filled them in with a brush. They’re not perfect by any means, but good enough for me.
December 19th, 2004 at 6:06 pm
wow, super job!!!
:)
December 19th, 2004 at 6:14 pm
It sure has a lot of personality now!
My personal favorite is the cat sitting outside on the window sill. Her shape is so mysterious. I wonder what she can see.
December 19th, 2004 at 7:12 pm
Very, very cool and creative! I so need to paint my bathrooms. You have inspired me to think about it. haha!
December 20th, 2004 at 11:08 pm
That is so very awesome! My fingers are itching to paint my room now, but my brain is telling me, “NO!” lol Love the colors you used!
December 22nd, 2004 at 10:27 pm
Hmmm….I’m wearing that color combination right now. =) I love the bathroom-it fits you guys!