Moving Along

I've been absent here but have no fear, all is well. I was busy, busy busy. One of the things that's been moving along here is the bathroom renovation. There are a few last things to finish but here are a few results. Lets start with the before and current after.

There's a new vanity, counter and sink along with new flooring, beadboard and paint. The busy wallpaper had to go. I found remnants of 4 different wallpapers as I scraped off the old one. We were able to reuse the toilet and tub and left the tile surrounding the tub for now. That may change some day down the road but right now we are burned out. Just awaiting trim pieces on the top of the beadboard for now.
The shower curtain and towels are Martha Stewart's from Macy's although I bought them at Home Goods cheap.
Above is the old small mosaic tile floor. I see on all these design shows people installing these mosaics and I am begging you all, don't do it! These are near impossible to get rid of as my poor husband found out. But we conquered them and installed a bigger porcelain tile instead.
I've added a few of my vintage things am really enjoying the much more peaceful bathroom.So I promise some quilty things soon. My Return to Sender quilt is moving nowhere fast so I need to get back to that. Have a good weekend and see you next week.

The Bathroom Renovation

First of all, from the e-mails I have gotten it seems that no one believes that the leaves are changing here in NH. They are and I will take some pictures this week; especially of a certain tree right out side the building I work in at a local college. It is almost all changed in color.

Second, I am back at work so that explains the lack of posts. It is incredibly busy the first couple of months at a college and there is nothing getting done at home except eating and sleeping and bathroom renovation which I shall explain in a minute. One last thing about college; if you are the parent of an incoming freshman, especially if you are a mother, do not call the college and try to arrange your child's life, or buy their books for them, or get them a different roomate, or any other thing that may seem normal for a mother of a 4 year old to do. They are adults. They can handle it. As you can tell I've taken a few calls this week from "Helicopter Mothers".

Amidst all the busyness, we (and when I say we I mean hubby) are renovating my bathroom finally. Not a total gut but a good update. It's a small bathroom but I don't care, it's mine! The secret to a long and happy marriage is separate bathrooms you know. So I'll post pictures on the progress.
Here's a few of the design choices but those could change too.
The only bad thing about this is during the renovation I'll have to share my husband's bathroom. I don't know if a 33 year marriage can survive that.