Monday, January 14, 2013

What To Do, What To Do?

The painting in the bathroom is done.  (Well as done as it is going to be for now.)


And now it is time for some decisions to be made.  Here is the deal...the room already looks totally different with the paint change.  We have already purchased and will soon start installing wainscoting.  But then where do we go from there?

Option One leaves us with a good looking bathroom.  New color, wainscoting and new fixtures.  And all with a pretty reasonable investment.  My fun and very rough rendition looks something like this...


If you squint and ignore the clutter you kinda get the idea.  Decent change, right?  It will make an impact and with the right accessories look pretty darn good.

But we could do more.  And, of course spend more.  My plan would be to remove the mirror and cover that section of the wall with glass tile, vanity to ceiling.  Then hang a smaller mirror from the tile.  


Pretty amazing, right?!?!  The mirror I have pictured is from Target (you can find it here).  I have no idea if the size would work but I am running rough numbers here people so cut me a break :)  It is $40.  The tile I chose is from Home Depot (here) and $6.95 per square foot.  Our space is about 18 sq ft so that adds up to $125.  Of course that does not include grout and install materials.  I also have to keep in mind that there will probably be some expense to removing the current mirror because who knows what will be hiding behind.  So lets estimate that this design will be about $250 more.  So...well...hmmmm.  What to do, what to do?  

Well, the answer is we don't know.  The plan is to keep moving forward and think about it along the way.  So I will keep you posted but in the mean time I would love your feedback.  So comment, email, post on FB and let us know what to do!

Friday, January 11, 2013

Help It Is Snowing Outside...Again!

It is January 11th.  (Happy Birthday MOM!)  It is Winter.  Are you going stir crazy yet?  Yeah yeah...all your California friends have no idea what I am talking about.  Well the rest of you do and are saying heck yeah right now.  My Friday gift to you are more indoor ideas for you and the kiddos all found on Pinterest and guaranteed to buy you a little bit of sanity.  Just click on the link below each pic for all the details.

Rainy days....fishing for magnetic letters in the bath tub -- great activity for winter days.  This site has SO many fun things for kids to do!!"


Alphabet Match


Cute Idea: YEARLY INTERVIEWS 1. What is your name? 2. How old are you? 3. What is your mom’s name? 4. What does your mom do during the day? 5. What is your dad’s name? 6. What does your dad do during the day? 7. What is your favorite color? 8. What is your favorite thing to eat? (what don’t you like to eat?) 9. Who are your friends? 10. What is your favorite song? Can you sing it for me? 11. What is your sister’s name? (this is fun because they don’t always say the name correctly- for example...


Make cardboard cars for your children and have an indoor drive in movie! - Something to do with all the leftover shipping boxes from christmas


practicing letter writing with q-tip and paint


Great way to make "Chicka Chicka Boom Boom!" come to life.  Let them do the letters while you tell the story. - Re-pinned by #PediaStaff. Visit http://ht.ly/63sNt for all our pediatric therapy pins


And all of these links lead you to great sites with lots more ideas!  So don't let the cold get you down.  And if you do decide to venture outside remember you can flip anything upside-down!

Upside down snowman