Update

Dudes.

I can't believe it's been so dang long since I updated this poor blog.

Here's the story:  I've been working 2 jobs and it has been KILLING me.  For 15 weeks I had a food project and was working my part time job as well, and my schedule was nuts and all screwed up and Dammit!  I was tired!

Also, I've decided to go back to school.  For computer-y stuff.  I've visited a local college and I just applied last night!

My recipe work has been dwindling over the years and now I'm ready for a change.  As much as I love to cook, doing it for a living has kind of wrecked it as a hobby for me.  Plus, Noodle is older and I feel like I can go back to work full time now.  And?  Teenagers want stuff.  Like iPhones. And Uggs.  And spending money.  Little money pits, that's what they are.

And you know what else?  I'm sick of not having extra money to throw at all of these house projects!!

So. You may not see any more house projects happening around here for a while....though I'm for sure going to keep plugging along at painting the woodwork and the rest of the house.

Now, the bathroom update:

I have actually taken some photos, but all we have for a camera is the iPad, and for some reason, I can't send photos from the iPad to my computer. When I do, the computer turns its nose up at the photos and won't read them.  Weird.

So, here's the shower curtain scoop:  I bought that one from Pottery Barn, remember it?

via Pottery Barn

 Yeah, that's the one!

Well, I hung it up for a while and decided I didn't like it.  There was just too much white.  Plus?  It looked kinda cheap. 

So I gave it to a friend and made my way to Target and bought this one instead:

via Target

Much better!  The quality of the fabric is really nice......much better than I expected, actually.  And it goes great with fluffy white towels and the navy blue vanity.

The vanity?  LOVE IT.  It's the very best Navy blue!  I tried to cut some corners and get the knobs at World market, but they just lacked some details that made them look kind of cheap.  I still need to return them and go to Anthropologie to buy the other ones.

One more thing.  The new fixtures I got from Pottery Barn.  Zuddy put the TP holder up and it's a bust, so far.  Remember what I went with?

via Pottery Barn

 It's not working very well.  I don't know how to explain it, but right now it's hanging with the arm facing down. Zuddy thinks he can rig something up, but I don't want to put the towel bars up until we are sure his little fix works.  Plus?  One of the shower bars was BENT when it came to me.  I don't want to bother returning it and getting a new one until I know if Zuddy's fix will work. 

So, other than the fixtures and the cabinet knobs, it's pretty much done.  I will have to borrow a camera to show you how it looks.

So...that's it until I find a camera to use!  Thanks for prompting me to get this post up, Linda and Thirks! 

Update

Hale Navy

No.

Midnight Blue

Yes!

 I brought the Hale Navy home and I knew it would be too light.

So I asked Noodle what she thought and she agreed: we needed to go darker.

 I've got the first coat of Midnight Blue on the vanity and I think I LOVE IT!!!! 

Also, painting the medicine cabinet white has almost made the lightbulbs recede and become less noticeable.

Now I'm starting to rethink my shower curtain choice.  I wonder if white is a bad choice...will I have to wash Zuddy's filthy filthy man paw prints off of it all of the time?

Will it bug me?

Should I go for something like this instead?

pottery barn

The shower curtain I have now is kind of loud, so I'm ready for a change and didn't really want to go with a print.  

What do you think?