Friday, September 9, 2011

and now we have a place for knick knacks!

I felt like the bathroom needed a shelf but I couldn't decide exactly what I wanted. I found a handmade shelf at a antique store for $2.00. I painted it the same gray that I used for the tub and the wall pipe. It turned out like this:
a disaster, and not even a beautiful one

After rethinking the fancy I decided to go for something basic and found one that matches the frame for the newspaper. 

classic!

But, needs a little something....don't you think?

ah, that's better!


Ah, that's better. A few pieces of my milk glass collection and of course I put a (vintage) bird on it!



Monday, September 5, 2011

bathroom cabinet plans

James will start building the bathroom cabinet any minute now! Some of the styles I like look like this: