Alright already

Shawn's bugging me to blog about the fence and the bathroom. I started a couple of projects within the last couple of weeks, and my thought was to work really really hard and finish both of them sooner rather than later. That way I could blog about "before" and then "after". Well...that's not really happening and these projects are taking me longer than I originally thought. I am the only one working on them while I work two jobs, keep Cole entertained, and squeeze in a social life. So anyway, here's what I have so far.

Our Bathroom

Let me just say that I want to change just about everything in our bathroom, but that would cost thousands of dollars and it's just beyond my expertise. What I could do is slap a new paint color on the walls, change the hardware (okay, I didn't do that, Shawn's dad did), and add a few decorations. In the future, I would like to remove the large and useless tub, make the shower stall bigger and tile it, add a linen closet, change the toilet to a white one (it's an off-white color), and put in dual vanities. I know, it's a lot. Oh, and change the linoleum to tile.

Here's what I did:

I took Megan's advice and got samples even though I was dead-set on a color. From top to bottom the colors are: Vintage Map, Tahiti Blue, and Azalea Leaf. Azalea leaf was obnoxiously bright, and I wasn't really feeling the Tahiti Blue. I chose Vintage Map which was the color I had my heart set on from the beginning.

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(I'm not entirely happy with the light fixture, I may return that one and get a new one, we'll see)

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The blinds still have to be installed and I'm going to looked for fabric to make a valance for the window.

I also painted the closets and organized them.

Shawn's:

Mine:

The much-anticipated fence (or as I like to call it, Shawn's revenge):

This is the worst project, EVER. Not only was a huge project to install the fence in the first place, but now HE wants it stained. Ok, I'm kinda kidding because I want it stained too, but he skips town ever so conveniently when we decide we want to stain it and it has to be soon. I'm kidding about that too. The fence will look awesome once it's all stained.

Here's one side of it, not stained:

Here's the other side, stained:

And here's a corner to compare:

Okay, so that's an update of my projects. Once the fence is done, I could stain the deck, but that's not as pressing as the fence since the wood for the deck is treated. I would also like to paint the laundry room, but we'll see about that, I'm pooped!