Happy Friday!

I'm so glad the weekend is near.  I didn't do any Christmas shopping until about 2 days ago.  I planned everything out really well on paper so it's been pretty easy.  I'm thankful for that.  I of course love my boys to pieces, but shuffling them back and fourth from school and activities has made for really busy evenings the past two weeks. J started drivers training - N is on the basketball team.  There is a super strange guy that works at the drivers training company that has made it very funny.  I may share the full story at some point, but you probably really have to experience it to understand the funny!  I really just want to sit in the great room with the tree and fireplace lit, and watch some lighthearted Christmas Hallmark movies!  I'm also really wanting to make the pretty sugar cut out cookies.  I feel the patience in me for that type of activity this year.

Now, on to the bathroom update.

First, I'm going to show you the good!

 

 

Shower walls, floor, and the baseboard.

 

Shower crown molding and ceiling.

So that is the very traditional and fancy part!

The beautiful walls are still there.

Happily, Saturday they will start to find themselves being covered in 8 inch wide horizontal shiplap board :)

Say goodbye to the early 90's!  We have decided to trim the wood walls out very simply by just using quarter round trim - that way the trim won't fight with the walls, and it will also leave the shower area as the fancy part.  Each decision gets a little nervewracking - I am not a "professional" designer I just like design so I run with what I think is the best choice, and hope it is.  So far, so good.  Some more of the big decisions are coming though, and I just hope they work!  My other goal is that this bathroom is easy to care for with items that will be easy to clean.  Wait til you see the toilet.  Seriously, as far as someone who cleans the toilet I love this thing!  You might also find my decision on the lighting different.  It's risky I guess, and luckily my husband is open to my crazy ideas.

 

Just more photo's of the unfinished.

 

Oh, and what color of white to paint the walls.

 

I believe I am going to choose either white dove (on the left, bottom), or cloud white (on the right, top)

In this photo cloud white is the top swatch - white dove the bottom.