The Master Bathroom

Our bathroom is teeny tiny. Like 5'x7'. No joke.  There's nothing "master-ish" about it all. But, we've worked with what we have and actually really love how the space has turned out.

BEFORE:

And the AFTER:

Such a big (and better) difference, in my opinion!

I found these mini sunburst mirrors at Ross. The succulent is in another milk glass vase that my mother-in-law gave me and the glass jar is from the one and only TJ Maxx.

Bryan re-tiled the floor with basic beige ceramic tile from Lowe's. If this hadn't been a starter home and we were planning to stay for a long time, we would have done something more fun, but I still love this! He did a great job. The bath mat is from Ross.

Bryan put a fresh coat of paint on the cabinets (they were SO chipped) and I went to town decorating the countertop.

The soap dispenser is from Target. I found the milk glass bowl at an antique shop and designated it as a "jewelry bowl". I mentioned a couple of posts ago that I tried to be more practical when decorating our bathroom....so I figured I would make a pretty place for jewelry to belong rather than just throwing it all over the counter...and house.

I also chose to display makeup brushes in a little box I found at Ross. I found a sponge at Target and thought it would be cute to display on the counter. It ended up being too big, so I cut it to fit haha!

The paint color we used is called "Castle Sands" by Valspar. It's very similar to what will be going on our bedroom walls too! I bought the bamboo blinds (that are throughout the house) from Overstock.

Pretty.

I LOVE the shower curtain. Target. All good things come from Target, I've learned.

This little sunburst mirror is hard to see in the other pictures, but I really love it. I just hung it off the window pane. I think it adds a really fun touch!

And there you have it. Our new and improved Master Bathroom!!

Have a great Tuesday!

I am sharing this HERE.

Lately.

I am happy to say that our Memorial Day weekend proved to be a successful one. A picture-less one (my apologies), but still very memorable.
We did a whole lot of....nothing. And it was amazing. Much needed.

Well, I guess I'm lying. We didn't do anything fun with other people (we've decided to take on a hermit lifestyle), but we did have a lot of fun at home by ourselves doing house projects, watching movies, shopping, and reading.

Is it bad that I can't even remember what I did on Friday? Let's see...........oh! Ok, I remember. Well, as I pointed out in my last post, Bryan began the ever-messy process of tiling the master bathroom. I began the ever-relaxing process of reading my new book. Haha, kidding. Kinda. I read all Friday afternoon and then spent ohhhhhh 4 hours cleaning the house. Yes, just four. But it is VERY clean now. Like deep clean. And I was able to reorganize our pantry as well as all of the kitchen cabinets. AND I put down shelf-liner (long overdue), AND I cleaned out and reorganized the fridge. Point, Katy.

On Saturday, Bryan headed to graduation for LHS, I cleaned some more, and then we both spent the day doing pretty much nothing. I read, Bryan played video games, we ordered pizza, and it was perfect.

On Sunday, Bryan got up early (like 6am early) and went golfing with a couple of coaches from LHS. We skipped church. I know, bad. Anyway, we met up for lunch (after my trip to TJ Maxx) and then headed into town to buy all of our supplies/decor for the master bedroom! Exciting stuff. Bryan especially loved the decor part (that was probably the most sarcastic comment I've ever made in my life). Plans are coming along nicely, and even look somewhat like the inspiration board I showed you a few months ago:

Speaking of inspiration...I was going through my StumbleUpon today (Don't know what StumbleUpon is? Well, I suggest you jump on the wagon, because you are definitely missing out), and came across this master of all craft websites: Craft Gawker. I cannot wait to do some of these projects!

And back to our weekend summary:
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On Sunday night, we went to see "Water for Elephants"...so good! I have to say, usually I like the book a whole lot more than the movie, but this time I was equally satisfied with both! After the movie, we came home where a lot more of nothing was done (or not done?)....Bryan played more video games, and I finished my book! Sobbing. Can I just say that while Firefly Lane is one of my new favorites, it is also the one book that has made me cry more than other book I have ever read? Ok, I'm saying it. I think I bawled for 2 hours. Seriously. But it's so good! I can't stop thinking about the characters. Everyone should read it, just grab a box of tissues for the last oooooh, 100 pages or so.

On Monday we both got back to work--I did some more shopping, some of which included grocery shopping so it was necessary :), pulled weeds in the flower beds, and Bryan started painting the bathroom! Hallelujah.

And here is what we have today:

Still a definite work in progress, but I am already so excited for it! I can't wait to show the final results.

We also went to see "The Hangover Part II" on Monday night with a few of the other coaches. It was funny...but very unoriginal and extremely disgusting. I was a little disappointed, but I kind of expected it with a sequel.

I also thought I should mention the "tease" we got tonight. I could have sworn it was going to storm. It looked so promising:

Guess not. We need rain SO bad. I don't think we've had a good rain (or any rain) since September.

Well, that's pretty much it! Can't wait to show you all our pretty new master bedroom and bathroom!!

Tiles and Croutons

Here is the latest of what's going on at our household...

Bryan made the announcement last night that he was going to start working on our bathroom. And so the mess took ensued and I've been trying to ignore the sounds of drills and saws ever since.

It's looking good though!

I also made homemade croutons today! My friend Alli's sweet mom gave me a few quick instructions, and I have to say, these are much better than any croutons I've ever bought at a store.

As any house of two knows, it's hard to finish a loaf of bread before it goes bad/stale (among other things). So, I took some of our stale bread, cut it into little cubes, placed it on a baking sheet, drizzled olive oil over the top and then sprinkled on garlic salt and italian seasoning. I baked them for about 10 minutes at 350 degrees. (Where in the heck is the degree sign on a computer keyboard? I'm not seeing it.) So easy!

I hope everyone has big/fun/productive and/or relaxing plans for Memorial Day Weekend! We are obviously planning to get a few things done (fingers crossed), but I'm hoping to relax and have a little fun too....maybe go see a movie and finish the book I just started reading. Firefly Lane, anyone? I heard it was good.

Speaking of books, I just finished the very popular (and recently movie-made) Water for Elephants. Love, love, love it. I had to read it in about a day because I didn't want to get a late fee at the library, and because my normal reading schedule was interfered with when I saw this:

...And just had to re-read all of the Hunger Games books again. I am so excited they are making them into movies!

Happy loooong weekend!

The Bathroom is DONE!

Well, kinda. There are still a few spots on the cabinets that need to be touched up, but due to the fact that my sister is getting here TODAY (we're all about the spontaneous visits in the Carter/Roberts family), we decided to clean the bathroom up and call it good.

Here is what we did in this space:
-Ripped up the old linoleum tile
-Put down new, pretty, neutral ceramic tile
-Put a fresh coat of white paint on the cabinets
-Repainted the baseboards and trim
-Touched up the wall paint (that we should have done oh...10 months ago)

And I'm loving how it's turned out!

Here's a quick "before" of the gross blue/green/gray discolored peel-and-stick tiles (and chipped cabinets):

And here's the "after"!

I LOVE the tile! Bryan did such a great job!!

I love fresh coats of paint....these were pretty bad and now they look brand new and so much more clean.

Yay for pretty bathrooms!

Now onto the next project, haha.

P.S. I also wanted to mention that Bryan's JV team placed 1ST in a 2A Varsity Baseball Tournament this past weekend! I didn't go since it was out of town, but I am so happy for him!

I'm so excited for Julie to get here, she's staying till Thursday and it will be so fun!!! Happy Monday and have a great week!

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Random Weekend Project

So last weekend, as we were watching a movie, I casually mentioned to Bryan that we needed to redo the bathroom floors sometime this month. Next thing I know, Bryan has locked himself in the guest bathroom and there is a suspicious ripping sound coming from the door. Oh....my husband. Bryan took out the toilet and ripped up all the vinyl tile in about 30 minutes.

Our dog is obviously used to the camera.

The demolition.

Bryan catching Louie in the act of eating the vinyl flooring a little too late.

(Sorry, I had to put this in here. This literally happens on a daily basis.)

The next day we set off to Lowe's, picked up some tile, and 2 hours later, this is what we had:

Looks amazing! And I should note that I didn't help whatsoever with this project. Floors and I are not the best of friends (except for cleaning them, that I will do).  I will however, be repainting the bathroom vanity this weekend, woo-hoo!

Can't wait to show you all the finished product!