Operation Home

So, today’s my birthday… the big 3-3. Ugh. Although, I like how Mac explained it to Lucas “Lucas is 3. Mommy is 3-3. So, really, you’re all 3.”

Heehee! I LIKE IT.

Anyways, part of Mac and Pop’s gift was this awesome sketch of Lucas created by Mac, of course, along with a fabric-covered mat (Are you starting to see a recurring theme here?? Our house wouldn’t be a shadow of what it is without my mother-in-law’s artistic ability. I know. I’m totally spoiled.). 😉

Anyways, she put it in this lucite frame because she didn’t know where I’d want to display the art or which frame I’d prefer. As luck would have it, I liked the lucite frame. I just thought it needed a little jazzing up. So, I gave the edges of the cardboard inset a few coats of red craft paint…

And hung it above our wire rack in the guest bath…

I like that it brings a subtle pop of red to that side of the room…

Just for for fun, here’s a little before and after action… PicMonkey Collage Yes, this was my first attempt at a before and after “collage” of sorts. What do ya think? I may go back and add one to my other posts now that I’ve got the bug. Anyways, I love that the room is starting to take on kind of a funky gallery vibe. Plus, that adorable little face deserves the spotlight in every room if you ask me. I heart that face. 🙂

So, anyways, I have more ideas in store for the bath (namely on the opposite wall where I mounted the hooks)…

I’m not sure when I’ll get to it, but yet another tweak is on the agenda. Those are such exciting words to me. Anyways, I’m off to spend time with the family (If you happen upon us, I’ll be the one gorging myself on cake). Everybody have a terrific weekend!! 🙂

(P.S. You can check out my last post to catch up on all of our guest bath makeover up to this point.)

Remember that part in the movie when Glinda the Good Witch tells Dorothy that she had the power all along? Well, as suggested by the title of this post, I totally feel like that. Reason? All of my bathroom tweaks this week were free. Everything that I needed was already here, residing in our house this whole time. I simply wasn’t utilizing them to their full potential.

Some of you may remember that my newfound wave of bathroom inspiration started with me tearing out our side-splash. And now we’re moving on to the toilet area. Last we looked, the area above the toilet looked like this…

Don’t get me wrong… in my opinion, it was a vast improvement from the builder-basic-blank-slate it started from, but it still wasn’t quite there. My favorite part of the room is definitely the red breadbox-turned-toilet-paper-storage (of which I still owe you a tutorial), but from this view it felt kind of like a random box screwed to the wall…

It needed to be accessorized. Grounded, if you will. Obviously, I didn’t want to put anything on top since that’s how it opens…

But, below was just screaming for some love. So, I went through my stash o’ stuff and came up with this basket….

The gold tone of the bamboo clashed with the rest of the room, so I gave it the ole’ oil-rubbed bronze spray paint treatment.

A few towels later and here we go….

You can see that I also changed out the artwork. This is the Lerkil picture from Ikea. I’d purchased it several months ago for a different project (which I hadn’t gotten around to), but thought I’d give it a try in this room. It’s simple and graphic and most importantly, the right scale for the space. It’s tall and slim and the thickness of the canvas (3 1/4″!) helps blend the depth of the breadbox so it doesn’t seem to protrude quite as oddly…

BAM! Breadbox is blended.

To me, it now looks like it belongs. And as much as I liked the pop of green from the previous artwork, I’m really digging the more muted color scheme with simple pops of red and aqua. I’ll admit… I’m considering repainting the room with a slightly brighter aqua paint, but I haven’t fully decided yet. It needs to marinate a bit more in my head.

In any case, I’m really happy with the direction this room is going. Especially since we started here…