Help! Having Withdrawal Symptoms and taking it out on my bathroom!
If you are in the decorating business, January is a difficult month! Very few people have the energy or money right after the holidays to think about decorating. So, where does that leave those of us who have a decorating addiction and no outlet for our creative energies? It sends us into major withdrawal symptoms and the sure fire remedy is to begin a project at our OWN home. After spending 2 weeks cleaning and organizing my office and getting paperwork ready for taxes, I was in need of a "fix"! It all started with a framed mirror that I found on sale at Kirkland's. I thaought it would be great to hang over the bathroom vanity to replace the huge piece of standard builder mirror that was installed when the house was built. Once I removed the old mirror, I realized that I was going to have to paint because the new mirror is smaller than the old mirror. So, I thought "If I'm going to paint, I might as well choose a new color and paint the entire room. Then, as I was getting ready to paint I decided that I should replace the towel bars because one was white ceramic that was installed during construction and the other (installed by a previous owner) was silver resulting in a mistmatched set. Once the ceramic towel rack was removed leaving 2 square holes in the wall, we needed to patch the drywall. Well, since we were patching drywall, I thought "Now is a good time to eliminate the ugly medicine cabinet that no one ever uses. resulting in anther hole that needed to be patched. As my husband was patching all of the drywall, he started looking at the ugly soffit that houses the only light in the room and has decided that if would be really easy to remove the soffit and install a new lighing fixture above the new mirror that I bought. So, as of today. the bathroom has no medicine cabinet or towel bars, there are drywall patches everywhere and two different "test" patches of paint color because I can't decide which one I like better. All because of a $59 mirror I found at Kirkland's. I sure hope business picks up soon.... Happy Decorating! Missy www.lastingimpressionsbymissy.com Submitted by Paul11 on Mon, 03/16/2009 - 10:03am.
You are right about January being a tough time for redecorating. I personally purchased a new bathroom vanity and I am extremely delighted. It has an antique feel to it and italso has a beautiful marble top. It completely changed the overall appeal of my bathroom. Submitted by MommaMia on Mon, 03/16/2009 - 8:32pm.
Thanks for the laugh about your wife not letting you go to Home Depot alone anymore. Gave me a good chuckle Submitted by leadshire on Mon, 05/18/2009 - 8:15am.
I have purchased a new bathroom vanities and I am extremely delighted. It's an antique feel and it also has a beautiful marble top. Submitted by Kamil on Mon, 06/15/2009 - 10:19am.
Virtually impossible to think of decorating any part of the house post Christmas holiday. The household expenditure is already in overdrive mode and doing a bathroom renovation is a serious joke. Submitted by peterson00 on Fri, 06/19/2009 - 2:39am.
Hi,
Nice article.How do i remove the damp smell from my bathroom?
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Hi,
How do i remove the damp smell from my bathroom?
http://www.bathroomfactory.co.uk/ Submitted by zombo09 on Mon, 07/20/2009 - 1:54am.
Thanks for the laugh about your wife not letting you go to Home Depot alone anymore. Gave me a good chuckle.
Submitted by tharmon on Mon, 08/03/2009 - 3:57pm.
To:peterson0) Febreeze tends to work wonders on all smells in you bathroom. If you cannot go to Home Depot then go to Lowels and tell you wife it is different :)
Online expert in bathroom remodeling specializing in vanities. Submitted by peterson009 on Wed, 08/19/2009 - 9:22am.
Hi,
What are some alternatives to be used as a bathroom door?
http://www.shadesco.com/ Submitted by saracarol001 on Sat, 08/29/2009 - 2:56am.
hey… thanks a lot for the nice post. I’ve decorated my bathroom wonderfully by following the instruction. Although I’m not a professional but I have done a 6 months interior designing course and I really enjoy it. Wheels for Sale Submitted by diaboliq on Thu, 09/03/2009 - 1:10pm.
Interior design is a fun and imaginative job but think after remodeling and redecorating of all the new cleaning you have to do omg lucky i use San Antonio carpet cleaning firms or i would die because i redecorate my house quite often and it makes such a mess Submitted by Shown on Mon, 09/21/2009 - 4:13am.
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Interior decoration deals with the home renovations that can be easily and quickly changed, and at lower budgets such as changing kitchen cabinets, divan beds, selecting wall paper, selecting furniture and usually does not deal with structural building codes. Submitted by rty on Tue, 11/24/2009 - 5:46am.
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I am very much agreed with the blogger of this site. January is really a hard month for those people who are involved in home decorating business. I have a business of Pool Supplies. After reading your blog I will definitely have to be careful as next month is going to be january. Submitted by Turboman on Sat, 12/12/2009 - 2:24pm.
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I just re did my bathroom after going to home depot to get what was supposed to be a simple vanity for a rental we have. After going through their catalogs design ideas seeing the tiles with decorative moldings etc i went home took some measurements and started coming up with designs. Back to home depot to buy some ply wood sheet rock tiles etc. I had found an awesome bathroom sink and vanity online which i ordered. And now i have a new bathroom from what was supposed to be a quick trip to home depot. My wife isn't to unhappy because it was finished in a few days only because the tiles had to set then grout etc. It wasn't much she loves it but isn't allowing me to go to home depot again on my own.