Wednesday, February 2, 2011

Bye Bye Banana leaves!

While Randy was out of town last week, (before I got sick) I made over our downstairs bathroom. The bathroom was 'finished" in our unfinished basement before we moved into our house (nearly four years ago) and we finished the whole basement, but we hadn't touched the bathroom...until now.You see those gorgeous banana leaves that the previous owner hand painted onto the wall?..Well, they are gone now. Am I sad? No.

Will I miss the yellow, orange, purple paint around my bathroom? No I wont.

Maybe I'm sad that the pee colored baseboards are painted the same cream color as the other trim in the basement. No, not really sad about that either.

Am I sad that our guests won't get to hop out of the shower onto a scrap piece of carpet? No, these rugs, although close to the same color are much softer and nicer looking than pee stained scrap carpet.



The only thing I was sad about was when I bought these two pictures and put them in the bathroom and ran to get a hammer and nail to hang them up and when I came back into the bathroom two seconds later, Lily tripped and fell on one and shattered the glass. I was mad. Very mad/sad. But, I just decided to break the glass in the other picture and hang them up so they would match. No big deal right?

Now, you may have noticed that the towel rack was not fixed. You are right. I tried to fix it but failed. That's what husbands are for right? Let's hope so.

9 comments:

Grandpa and Grandma B said...

The bathroom looks great even though I liked the banana leaves. I hope the pictures survive the water spray from the shower.

Grandpa and Grandma B said...

I am very glad Lily did not get cut on all that broken glass!

Cormorant said...

Nice job! That looks great and is a huge improvement. Don't you love finishing projects? Beautiful!

Joan said...

Heather, you did a great job on that bathroom. Want to come and give me some hints on how to redo our family room?

Nessa said...

I love it! Good Job!

A Close Family said...

Looks good! I like it much better! And yes, paintings without glass are definitely "in". Good job Lily :).

dave, catie, and baby b. said...

isn't it amazing what a little bit of paint can do? i love it!

love the pictures you hung too!

Ali said...

Looks great.

Jane said...

I'm surprised it took you nearly four years! What were you thinking? It looks great.