Change in Plans...

So I called my mom in a little bit of a panic while she was on the plane home from Philadelphia.

While I liked both the Navy and the Brown, they were competing and it was not the soothing and relaxing combination I was hoping for. My panic however was how to choose and what to change it to...

Luckily my mom is awesome and spent the day Saturday helping me even though she had just arrived back in town at 10pm Friday. Below are the swatches of color I used.
Calvary is the navy blue on my walls, Bamboo is the wall color that replaced the brown and Wicker is the ceiling color and will be the trim and accent color. I had white on the ceiling before.
I decided to go with the navy instead of the brown for two main reasons. First, the master bathroom has a blue color scheme and second, I have a lot of other rooms in my house that are brown or a close variation. Plus our quilt that my mother-in-law, Joy, made is blues and greens.
Here's what I will be doing the next couple weekends when I return from Reno. This is the base board, door and window trim and crown molding. Here's a closer look at the crown molding.
That is all for now, I'll update again after I get back from The Body Shop at Home conference in RENO!! I can hardly wait, this is my first conference and I have heard they are amazing!!

Overdue Master Bedroom & Bathroom Update!

The beginning of the tub surround. We have it finished now but my camera battery died so I don't have any new pictures of it yet.

Yeah Paint!! I was up priming until 8pm after a full 8 hour work day Monday and then last night I was addicted to the progress I was making so I didn't wash my hands and finish up until 9:30pm last night!!

The brown will be on two walls and the navy blue will be on the other two walls. I completed the first coat of the brown in the bedroom and closet and painted the ceiling with a fresh coat of white! Tonight I am having friends over to watch So You Think You Can Dance - it's the finale! But I plan to paint until they get there :) I'll update again as soon as I get a new camera battery!

I can see the Light!

Well, we got a bit more done this weekend. We moved the vanity in and attached the faucet. We have carted this vanity around for 4 years now, I am soooo glad we bought it when we did because it looks perfect! We also caulked most of the shower, but then we ran out of caulk so that is why there is a blue tape border in the window :)Here's a better picture of the mirror and you can see the linen closet on the edge.
I stained the door to the lavatory and Lance dry fit it last night so it will probably get hung this week.
Here's a picture of the stencil border I did in the bathroom. It is about 14 inches from the ceiling.
That's all for now!

Grouting complete!

It's been a productive weekend starting Friday evening after work. Lance finished cutting all the travertine. Then we spent Saturday adhering the tile with thin set mortar.Here's Lance and I grouting. Lance spread it on and I cleaned it up. We made a good team but man was it a lot of work! Here's the finished product! We decided to dry fit the shower heads to make sure it all fit right. We tiled in the window so we could keep it for light, it is already privacy glass, and it turned out really good!
Here's a close up of the glass mosaic tile, love the pop of color!
My favorite and most recent addition to the bathroom is the mirror! My mom and I were shopping at Costco looking for a linen closet when we came upon this mirror. It is wood with a bronze crackle treatment on the frame. The fixtures in the bathroom are all bronze so this was a great find and it was the only one left! I wanted a big mirror and this one is 38" x 50" and it was only $70!! Lance had to move the light up a couple inches so it fit but I LOVE IT!!
Next we seal the travertine and grout and then we can move the vanity and other items in the room permanently!!

Week 6 ... uuggghhh...

Here it is Tuesday night, Lance and I are working on the bathroom floor after working 8 hours at our "day job" I wonder what we will do in the evenings after work when our house is done.You'll notice the orange mesh with blue wires in it. That is so we will have the option of heating our travertine floor! It doesn't go in the shower of course but it does go from entry all the way back to the toilet.
My mom came over during the weekend and we painted, now I just need someone with a steady hand to make a straight edge between the wall and ceiling colors. After the wall color cures I plan to add some brown elements, stay tuned for details!
We still have a bit of tiling to do but we are definitely making progress. Then comes the grout... that will be a whole weekend with all that tile! It will be worth it though, I love the way it is turning out!

Memorial Day Update

Visualize with me for a moment...

On the left, picture the toilet instead of a green towel. And on the right, picture the finished shower with glass doors.

And here is a Jacuzzi tub.
Here is the hard wood vanity with marble counters and a linen closet.
The day dreams keep me going as we start week 6 of this project. You will notice that we have lights installed and electricity, the sheet rock is mudded and taped and almost all the tiling is done in the shower - just need to finish the shelves, the window ledge and one small row along the top.

Shower Update!

From Friday evening through Sunday evening Lance and I were in here measuring, placing and setting our mammoth 18x18 travertine tiles. This time frame was only interrupted by rescuing my brother from being stuck in the snow. Yes, I said snow and he was stuck in it, even though it was 100 degrees this weekend! Gotta love him!Here is a view of the floor, not grouted yet but man it is pretty!!
This is the outside wall, the shower spouts will be on this side.

You can see the blank spot in the middle where the glass mosaic tiles will be.

That's all for now. Maybe next weekend we will have it done and grouted!! Keep your fingers crossed for us!