Greetings to everyone..
As promised here are some bathroom redo pics for you..FINALLY!!
It has taken us quite some time to get it finished.. But good things come to those who wait.. eh?
This is what one would call a frugal fix -up..
We are not a young family here anymore .. just a couple of empty nesters who can see selling and downsizing in the future.. We thought we would just make it look better.. I do like it..
I think it is better than BEFORE ..much better..
I put together a few ideas that I picked up on pinterest and elsewhere.. This is what we came up with..
We put on this wallpaper that my friend Tammy showed me.. It looks like wainscoting and you can even paint it..
I left it plain.. Much easier and cheaper than the real thing..
We had to keep the vanity top.. It is marble and no way was Terry parting with that..
I just added the odd touch of the rust with mats and such..
The floor was already there.. pine boards that Terry had put down..
I found this old medicine cabinet at a yard sale and painted it black..
And made the curtain with a piece of toile..
Here are some old antique dishes that are useful and frugal for the bathroom accessories..
The old photo is of Terry's grandfather..
He was a C.N. Railway engineer...
Then I changed the towels and I was happy to find these toile dish towels at Mardens to add another touch..
We had made the prim candle holders a while ago and had one left over...
I forgot to turn the battery candle on..
The prim bear was something I already had ..
I thought his colors went along with everything..
He is holding an OLD pic of yours truly...grin..
A little paint goes a long ways..
So we just touched up a few things..
I tried to find something different for over the flush...
This star candle holder was something I already had..
And then I made this wreath to go along with the other old photo sort of theme...
I found this idea on pinterest and spent about an hour making it..
Easy..
If you like you can click on pinterest on my sidebar and go to bathroom decor and see some ideas...
As you know I love old stuff and I had these old photos.. I just bought some new glass which was only $5.00..
On the back of the bottom right one was written Baby Stuart... 1739...
The lad who was replacing the glass and I were really excited for a few minutes until we realized that it was not possible..
It could not be that old with the quality of the paper it was printed on.. It has to be just a copy.. smile..
And last but not least is another frugal buy..
Waverly toile curtains that I picked up in New York at a Goodwill the last time we were down for $5.99..
Thank you New York:-)) grin...
They make lovely shower curtains and I only added a liner...
I could not find them anywhere for about a month or more.. I searched at the cottage, the shop and finally the workroom in the basement here at least twice.. Then thank you, Lord I found them down in the workshop in a bag..
Hallelujah!! smile...
And that is all for now..
I know it is not great but different and frugal..
In the last Keepers Meeting we talked about how necessary it is for the homemakers of today to try to be frugal..The Proverbs 31 lady did what she could to help with the housekeeping costs.. We can use many creative ways to cut down our overhead even on such things as our bathroom redoes... Right?
Thank you to all for dropping by.. Welcome to the new followers of the blog.. Here's hoping you will find something to inspire or even make you smile..
Today, I am attacking my kitchen.. grin..
The cupboards, pantry and counter tops are my goal.. They need decluttered and scoured for Christmas..
We are having a party... For the Keepers of the Home and their husbands..
Bless their hearts.. So Terry and I are preparing.. Will let you know about our progress as we go along.. smile..
So for now.. ta ta...
And remember... the Lord.. He is good...
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