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| I've Been Dreaming of the Perfect Bathtub |
I am really disappointed in the fact that I haven't written a creative blog for sometime. When I started this blog I had made a commitment to myself to post here at a minimum of once a week. A month has passed and here I am silent as a church mouse.
It isn't because I haven't been creative during the time. On the contrary, there has hardly a day gone by that I'm not creating some sort of art or learning Photoshop or thinking about marketing my art. I have another blog for that activity. No, this blog was to motivate me to step up my game here in my home and with my family.
I've never been much of a craft person, but I do absolutely love country, rustic or primitive decorating. That can be a challenge when you live in a large urban area and there no agriculture around. Thankfully, we do have a Hobby Lobby now and they have plenty of adorable decorations to add to my collection.
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| Yuck! |
This past fall, the last child at home flew the coup. With that event, comes the pressure to finally tackle those really big projects that having children in the home discourage. So Brad and I made the decision to begin remodeling our main bathroom. I should clarify this and say Brad was more like a hostage to my zeal to finally in my life have that amazing, as deep as I can get bathtub I have always dreamed of, the bronze fixtures, granite counter top and beautiful travertine walls and floor.
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| Tearing out the one piece tub |
We took it down to the 2 x 4 studs, ripped out plumbing and tile. Pretty much every square inch will be impacted and nothing there will be remaining. As the old saying goes, "No PAIN, No GAIN!" This mantra expresses perfectly the remodeling process as well as an effective exercise routine.
Even mopping the rest of the house seems like an effort in futility so to say I've been on the top of my game creative wise would not be true. I've just been struggling with keeping the chaos organized and the drama to a minimum. I FAILED!
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| Paint Swatches on Green Sponge Paint |
We are now approaching the stage of remodeling project where I can begin to think about being creative. I'm considering the paint colors and the accessories and little touches that will make this area pop with my personality. I am SO ready to be rid of this 90's green sponge paint. How did I ever think that was a good idea.
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| New Travertine Shower |
I've been in love with Teal and Brown for quite sometime now and I really want to make that the color theme. The bathroom is really small so I'm planning on only painting one accent wall with the largest color sample. The rest of the walls will be painting with a nice neutral beige to tone down all that browns of the stone floor and vanity top.
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| Granite for the vanity top |
I know that this particular color scheme just screams out Ocean or Beach decorations, but I'm not letting that hinder me here. I'm thinking more in the line of flower gardens, birds, nests with eggs and feathers. I've already started gathering ideas for creating my own artwork to decorate with and will be blogging about this whole process so please consider following me as I attempt to transform this overused and worn out bathroom into a place that I can truly enjoy. I had better start stocking up on bubble bath and candles.
Here are some small bird paintings I have done in the past and might try to either recreate or utilize them along with some purchased decorations. As you can see two of them are on cowbells but I could repaint them on small canvases. The center artwork is a colored pencil drawing I did last year.
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