A Guest Bathroom Fit for a...Guest

Do y'all remember waaaaayyy back in April when we teased you with details concerning our "home improvement" projects? Well, 3 1/2 months seems like as good a time as any to provide an update, complete with pictures! I promise it in no way, shape, or form took us this long to get the darn bathroom painted. It did however, take some time for me to find just the perfect accessories, and who wants to see a halfway finished final project? No one? That's what I thought.

View from the door!

In love with this shower curtain! It is part of the Kate Spade collection
from Bed Bath & Beyond.

Don't y'all love this?! It is a paddle towel hook (4 different hooks)! All credit goes to Harris
for this idea. We found a shop on Etsy that makes them!

Love the accessories in this collection!

I needed something to go over the toilet.
We found this (also at Bed Bath & Beyond!), and it was perfect -
perfect size, perfect theme, perfect colors!

Just a snap of behind the door to showcase the two colors.

Until we replace the sink, I dragged this little table in to hold our guest towels!

I have to admit, I never would have seen myself choosing the shower curtain/accessories that we chose, but, as soon as I saw it in the store, I knew it would be perfect. It tied in the whole theme, and had exactly the perfect colors. Luckily, Harris was sold too, so there wasn't even deliberation to be had! Overall, we are very pleased with how things turned out! We have had two sets of guests since it has been finished (my folks, and then my sister and friends), but we would love more, so please come use our guest bath!

Now, if only we could get our contractor to finish the tile in our master bath, we could finish painting and decorating in there!

Weekend Projects: Painting a Bathroom (or two!)

This past weekend was fraught with projects! When I told Harris about my little arts & crafts project (which was started this weekend, too!), he relayed some of his own ideas. His, of course, are much more home-improvement centered than mine, and include things like painting our bathrooms, installing new fixtures, and so on. We decided to get the ball rolling this weekend, and after a trip to Michael's and Benjamin Moore, we were ready to get started!

So, I kind of forgot to take a "before" picture of the bathroom before we started painting, and, in the midst of taking all kinds of pictures of our new home when we moved in, we somehow didn't think it was terribly important to photograph the bathroom. I did, however, find this one photo, which at least showcases our accent wall, which is the color we were trying to compliment.

After much deliberation at the Benjamin Moore, we decided on a really pretty golden yellow. The whole color scheme in both bathrooms now will be focused around blue, yellow, and white.

Harris demonstrating the proper rolling technique

Trying my hand at being a rolling pro - it's a lot harder than it looks!

Yay! Look at me go!

Loving the color so far

We managed to get the full first coat painted on Saturday in the guest bathroom, however, we severely underestimated how much paint we needed, and didn't know that Benjamin Moore is closed on Sundays. So, the guest bathroom is in a bit of disarray for the next few days, at least.  I will be sure to share more pics of the final project. In the meantime, I am having fun picking out some new things for the bathrooms!

I really like this waffle shower curtain from Pottery Barn for the guest bathroom

And these towels (of course monogrammed!) for both bathrooms, from PB as well