the “afters”
January 21, 2010Our bathroom is TINY. Imagine the smallest bathroom you can; cut it in half and you may just have our bathroom.
Because the room is so small, and because I was too lazy to take my 50mm lens off the “real” camera, I took all these photos with my point and shoot. And I have a rule about not editing photos taken with the point and shoot - so these shots are straight out of the camera - funky lighting, shadow casts and all. I hate not using natural light to take pictures; but seeing as how my new best friend (my cleaning lady) came yesterday, there was no way I could wait to take pictures. A clean bathroom beat out natural light. Go figure.
3 weeks ago this room was taken down to the studs. The only thing we (and by we I mean my brother) didn’t take out was the tub. The tub stayed. 50+ year old bathtub + no basement = a recipe for disaster when trying to replace.
Everything in this room was based off the shower curtain. I got the shower curtain a year and a half ago from Target. And I returned it a year and a half, minus one week, ago. After Chris died and I started associating birds with my husband (it’s okay, he already knew I was crazy) I knew I had to have it back. Thank God for ebay.
Again with the birds. A vinyl decal that just peels right off. I was unsure about it at first, but the more I live with it, the more I love it.
This shot shows the truest wall color. It’s a great grey/blue color by Benjamin Moore called “Smoke”.
LOVE the VINYL floor. L.O.V.E.
And the brand-spankin new ceiling in the office/mudroom/old dining room. I still have lots of paint touchups to do in here - maybe this weekend. It’s been a busy month at our house.











kristina: LOVE love this! love the birds, the colors and the story about the shower curtain. Beautiful job :)
Aunt Trae: It looks AWSOME!
Dawn: The "afters" are beautiful! I'm impressed and really do love the birds in the bathroom.
Evan: Kris, these pictures tell a thousand words of how much love your family has for you. The bathroom is stunning. I thought the old look was nice, but this is Beautiful.