In our last house we had a half bathroom downstairs. It wasn't very big, but we chose to have fun with it and painted one wall in a bright blue. We kept the accents neutral with black and white.
We wanted to do something similar in our new half bath because we really liked the black and white pieces that we had. So instead of changing the accent colors we decided to go with a whole new wall color.
Our half bath in this house is very long and narrow, with the toilet facing the sink. Which gives us one very long wall. This is the wall that we will paint.
Pretty much the day after we got here we bought paint samples. I was really leaning towards a bright kelly green, though one aqua blue did make it into the mix. Funny enough when I posted a photo with the paint swatches on my FB wall everyone went straight for the aqua.
Out of the four colors we decided to go with the green on the far left. It is the perfect brightness and doesn't have as much yellow in it as the one next to it.
In fact for all of the paint swatches we have around the house, this was the first color to be chosen for a room (then we decided on navy for the guest bedroom).
Here's the mood board that I came up with quickly to give an idea for what we are wanting in the bathroom:
The green is Behr's "Formal Garden", it's bright, fresh and exactly what we wanted. The bath rug is a carry over from our last bathroom and is from Target. We also want to update the faucet for the sink, which is actually a nice pedestal sink. And we want to get rid of those awful, cheap looking "Hollywood" dressing room lights. We're still not sure what kind of lighting we'll go with, but a little crystal bling never hurt anyone! Something else that we may end up doing is moving the towel bar (seen in swatch photos). It sits pretty much in the middle of the wall and it's unattractive. If anything we'll get a towel ring and move it closer to the sink. Plus it will free up the wall for art...which I'm thinking I'll keep black and while.
This is probably one of the easiest rooms for us to work on, but I think the paint and new fixtures will make for a fresh new look. Which is great because it will be one of the rooms that anyone coming over will see/use.
I'm alive.
Promise.
Currently we are surrounded by boxes full of our life and memories here. We still have another day of packing ahead of us as well. It's always odd to have people come in to pack up our stuff, but I'm glad we don't have to do it ourselves. Prepping alone is enough to send me over the edge. Stress is commonplace for me while moving. In fact this move has been the most stressful one even though it will be our third.
Normally we'd have to deal with moving and Nate would have to out process from his job. This time Nate had to finish his thesis, go to class, defend his thesis, take finals, go on TDY, graduate and out process.
Busy.
But we're almost done. And on Friday we hit the road.
Before I go, here's a little look at our life in boxes.
The LoveSac in its moving bag
Our "hoarder" bathroom full of things we're moving ourselves.
Hallway.
Kitchen.
Living room.
I don't know when I'll get back to the blog. We'll be traveling for a bit and who knows when internet will get set up. So yeah, don't go anywhere cause I will be back!
...Yep it's happening! That's what our bedroom currently looks like. Yes we are living the glamorous life of college students at almost 30 years of age (no offense to college students). Once upon a 2 days ago our bedroom looked a lot like this...
We had a love hate relationship when it came to our furniture. We loved how it looked and the quality was great. But the furniture was huge and it barely fit into our current bedroom and will not fit nicely into the home we're moving into, unless we want to crawl over the bed to get to things. The dresser itself was massive, but had awful storage. That's what happens when the drawers are made from solid 1 inch thick slabs of wood. The drawers also didn't pull out very far so you were stuck with shoving your hand to the back and hoping you found what you wanted. The furniture worked perfectly in the large bedroom we had in our last home. Yet for some reason we never took into consideration that we would move and most likely end up in a smaller bedroom. I think that was me trying to ignore the fact that the military moves us about every 3 years...
So after much deliberation we decided that we should sell our master bedroom furniture. It wasn't an easy choice and I almost changed my mind last night...after we had taken it all apart and moved it downstairs. Which wasn't easy mind you. At 10pm we ran through our likes and dislikes all over again. We looked at some furniture ideas and I calmed down. We wanted this change and it's good for us. I know it doesn't seem like a big deal and it really isn't in the larger scheme of things, but it's something we just needed to do.
Though currently we'll be living with a mattress on the floor. For 3 weeks. Let the good time and packing roll...
