fluffing.

 

over a year ago we relocated to the tall mountain pines making our new to us house a home. a clipboard lists all the projects large and small, $$$ and using my/our vintage stash. upgrades cost $$$. we've done a few biggies and have yet one more sizable expense come late spring - until then is just a tich of checkbook recovery. other projects involve elbow grease or creativity - sometimes both. 

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our current project is the guest bathroom and in an earlier post i shared pictures of the linen curtain i stitched and the creative approach to hanging towels etc. you can visit that post hErE. a couple weeks ago our friend ryan {our roofer & now friend} came over to help the hubs install a new toilet. praise be! the original toilet was actually original to this 50 year old house so this change has been thrilling. he has also helped with covering the very tall windows with a shade fabric in our great room. we've plans to enlist his help further. we pay him well and feed him well. he's a happy guy.

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today i'm sharing a couple pictures of the master bath. in my stash from years of dumpster diving were two road markers in orange/white/black. to those i added an ikea pot and plant along with a large 'W' for our last name and of course a few rolls of TP. using leftover fence posts after our property fencing was replaced the hubs cut and installed the bathroom shelf while i stained and clear coated the piece.

also in my stash were two large very vintage bark cloth drapes. not knowing exactly what to do with them i just squirreled them away until inspiration hit. and it did. hit. eureka! i'll use them as a disguise over the glass shower doors. then everything came together just right - in my estimation.

forgive the grainy quality of the next picture.. our bedroom has nice lighting; calming which is always good for the place of rest, hm? i took a quick pic this morning and thought i'd share with you. the metal swirl posts i found at a yard sale near us. two for $2 total. i painted them matte black and dragged them in the house and into our bedroom, one in each corner. i'm not completely convinced they'll stay but for now yes until i think otherwise. it's all part of the design process, figuring out what works best.

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