A Loo for Lads and Lasses

I always despised sharing a bathroom with my brother growing up. I wanted my own. My mom's reply was always, "I don't have my own bathroom. I have to share one with your father." Ugh - hardly the same.

Thankfully, my kids are not yet asking me for their own bathroom. They are 7 and 2. But male and female, respectively. Between the 5-year age difference and the opposite sexes, it was a smidge challenging to come up with some decor that could be considered unisex and could withstand at least the next 4-5 years of their adolescence. i.e., no Disney Princesses, no Indiana Jones, no cartoon characters.

I made a poor attempt of jungle-theme leftovers from the old house. Elephants and Giraffes. Totally means jungle, right?

Notice the ugly towel rack. My kids couldn't reach nor get their towels on it.

Now they each have their own hook. And with their initials above it. I found the metal wire letters at urbanoutfitters.com

That's the butt of their elephant tooth brush holder.

I love this grassy one! Also found at urbanoutfitters.com

Giraffe = Jungle

Another ugly towel rack. Unusable. Kids couldn't reach it.

Now we have a place for a hand towel. Along with a note from Mom. You know, since I can't be everywhere at once.

And another friendly note from Mom.

The shower curtain is awesome! It's the top 500 SAT words. What better way to prepare than studying while sittin' on the throne?

And one final shot.

The fresh flowers did not stay. They are there for the photo shoot only. Did you really think I'd put fresh flowers in the kids bathroom?

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Fence for a King

We've been in our house a little over a year. And ever since we moved in, we've despised the fence. Someone, at some point, decided it would be a good idea to paint it burgundy.

Once we finished our patio, this is what we looked out to see.

Yuck Yuck Yuck!



Close up of the Yuck.



We thought about sanding or even replacing the fence entirely. Or, just wait another 10 years for mother nature to slowly remove the paint?

I feel a little guilty posting this. It wasn't my idea and I did none of the work. But hey, it's my fence too!

Enter the husband and a power washer.

Voila!



Please excuse the landscaping, or lack thereof.



I'm amazed at the difference it made. It's almost new again. Now, we just need to seal it.

This did take about 5 hours total. But, completely worth it...if you ask me :)



We borrowed the power washer from my father-in-law. So technically, this project was free! Unless you want to count all the water we used?

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Look What I Un-Did

After creating the hole about the size of my fist in the kid's bathroom wall, I headed to Lowe's to figure out how the heck to patch it.

They have these cute little wall patch things that are made out of metal and this thin rope-like material in a grid pattern. Anyway, you stick it over the hole and slap some joint compound on it. Let it dry and sand it. (very messy by the way)

Here is the hole:



And here it is after I patched and sanded. You'll notice I went ahead and painted. Lucky for you, you are receiving a sneak peak at my color choice.



I painted over this and you can barely see the wound. I still may find some art to hang over this. Otherwise, I'll always notice it.

Look What I Did

I decided to paint the kids bathroom this weekend. It's so plain and boring and now that they don't share the bathroom with guests, I might as well make it their own.

I began by removing the old nasty towel racks. One of the came down nice and easy. The other?

Well, see for yourself.

"Oh fiddlestix!" I exclaimed. And then I shrugged my shoulders and continued whistling Zippiddy Doo Da.

Are you kidding me? I cussed very loudly and threw the towel rack across the room.

As you might imagine, this put a damper on finishing up what should have been a 2 hour project.

And no, I will not be giving a tutorial for patching holes in walls.