the “afters”

January 21, 2010

Our 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.

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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.

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This shot shows the truest wall color.  It’s a great grey/blue color by Benjamin Moore called “Smoke”.

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LOVE the VINYL floor.  L.O.V.E.

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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.

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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.