Mevsthehouse’s Weblog
Musing on marraige, housework, home improvements, and such.Archive for March 3, 2008
the puppy is here!
Welcome to our home little Basil (after Basil Rathbone who played Sherlock Holmes)
He is 8 weeks old, and his dad is a Great Pyrenees (140 lbs) and him mom is a black Labrador (70 lbs) He is going to be a big boy! Right now he is only 7 lbs…


this sticker was stuck on one of his toys, and he got it on his head!

The 50’s bathroom makeover begins now!
Ok, so I have a hideous pink and green bathroom (which you can peek at in my header) eek.
So I would like to start the remodel in earnest, and my plan is as follows-
- Paint away the pink. This will be changing to a blue/white
- Replace the fixtures in the tub and shower
- Tear out the toilet, sink/vanity.
- Tile the floor.
- Replace the toilet, sink/vanity with a toilet that don’t whistle like a tea kettle when flushed, and a sink/vanity that is not awful. Right now my sink is shaped like a shell, and my faucet has wooden handles. Boooo.
- Replace medicine cabinet
- Install a light over new medicine cabinet.
- Install fart fan. (yah, I said it.)
Somewhere in there we need a new window, but I am not sure when that is going to happen, so consider it a footnote the the official list.
So the paint has been done, check out the white/blue. (much better than pink!)

So now I have to figure out what I am going to do about flooring to match the mint green wall tile. I can’t bring myself to commit to ripping the walls out, so we are just going to make it work.
This is what I have, you can see my current floor, the walls, and the samples I received in the mail (really quick too!)

This is what I think I want, it’s a glass tile, and I think a green would go best. (White would look best, but I can’t bring myself to do it, it’s so hard to keep it looking clean with the random cat hairs…)
http://www.glasstilestore.com/category_s/23.htm
These are the 2 I like best (the 2 on the left)
I think I am going to go with the frosted green glass one.
Next step is measuring and ordering!











