A Small Bit Today

Still talking about bathrooms, one easy thing you can do to give yourself a fresh look.  Buy some inexpensive fringe, I love to use Jo-Ann's as they always have a coupon.  Buy enough for either down the side, or across the bottom.  Sometimes two layers on the bottom is stunning if it shows well.  If not, as mine does, I put the fringe down the side and tied it back with the fringe.  I bought an inexpensive shower curtain in white and trimmed it in a beige fringe.  You can be as dramatic as you want, and get the look.  You don't even have to sew, they now make glues for fabrics.  Glue it on.  Another little trick is using a tassel on either the closet door, or a handle in the bath, it adds some charm, and gives your guests something to talk about.  Use things in different ways.  A small tray, can sit on the back of the commode and hold misc. items.

Change rug colors, depending on your color scheme.  Since I have blue and yellow stripes, I have a set of yellow rugs and blue rugs.  I like the blue rugs as they don't get as dirty as fast as the yellow ones.   They probably do, but you can't see it as quickly.  It is the same with towels.  I use a light color for my bath towels, and I like the oversize ones.  Then I buy different colored washcloths and hand towels.  I am a great fan of hand towels.

If you want to give your towels a stunning look, trim them with the same trim as you did on your shower curtain.

I seem to run out of time with all the things I want to do.  I make my to do list and I really need to finish one project then go to the next.

It is like the stack of paintings I need to start working on.  Teaching multiple classes a week and now I am adding more, I barely have time for preparation.  Commissions I do get done immediately, but they take me more time as I want them to be perfect.

I guess I am toooooo much of a perfectionist!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Pieces of a little bit of everything

Do some before and after shots of your bathrooms, hallways, or any room you are going to do.  I take pictures of things that have been done each day, to see my progress. Remember the old saying "a picture is worth a thousand words", well that is what you have.  With the onset of I Phones, Droids, and whatever else there is, I am forever seeing people share pictures on their phones.  Just looking at a picture of your room, many times you can see the voids, the clutter, broken things, crooked lampshades, and so many minute things that you will wonder why you didn't see that before.  Share those with friends and ask their advice, some times it is worth it.  A pet peeve of mine is a crooked lampshade.  Here is a trick for cleaning lampshades.  Use a lint remover.  just run it up and down the lampshade and see how the dust comes right off, without having to drag out the vacuum.  If it is your day to vacuum, run the dusting tool over the lampshades, and the tops of your furniture.  Remember, they collect the same amount of dust as the tables.

I love the swifter duster, for doing baseboards, fans and almost everything.  It is the handiest item, that I use all the time.

See how I jump off on pieces of information.  I had no intention of this as I started this blog today, but there it is to read.  I always offer a little FYI ( For your information).

Let' do pieces of different baths today.  For instance, if it is  very small powder room or a bath where the commode sits facing the blank wall that is normally behind a door, here is a quick fix.  Hang something behind the door, it is wall space.  You may even find a narrow magazine rack that is very narrow, and put a few new magazines in it.  Painting work well, sometimes if you love abstract, use it as everyone finds something different in an abstract. 

Even though I save magazines for a different reason, have newer ones for the people who will use this bathroom.  If you have room,  use a free standing magazine rack.  I like to use magazine racks or even a basket with magazines in it.  There are wall mounted ones also out there to buy.

I will try and upload some pictures in this blog, but at the moment, it will not let me.  So let's go on.

If you can, it is great to have a chair, bench or an ottoman that opens up and doubles for storage.  This way, you have something to sit on as you dress.  I just happened to have a chair at the studio, that I brought home for my husband to sit on.  He has very little balance.

I again have tried to upload pictures and can't do it today, so we will talk about things you can do and tomorrow,  hopefully, after rebooting, I will be able to do it.


Every bathroom should be as comfortable as the next one.  Always have a rug or the new absorbent pads to lay own on the floor by the bathtub or the shower.  They used to have bathmats that matched your towels at JC Penney's, but I haven't seen any lately.  Regardless of what the stores have, I have reverted to order things online.  It is something I never really did until lately.  It is easier to use Google search and type in a word and find what I want.  I think today, I will search out bathmats. Towels also loose there great feeling after so many washings, once they start to show wear, use them for rags if you can afford to.  If not, sew a patch over the wear like a quilt, from another towel.  You not only get a new look, your towels won't show the wear.  I will say, they make the best rags.

I like to use white towels in a bathroom as they are bleachable.  Then they always look clean.  I do use colored towels, blue, yellow and pinks.  I like Navy Blue, but lately I can't find them in the color of navy I like.  Colors change from year to year on towels, and from company to company.  Look for the shade you like the best.  ALWAYS buy extra wash cloths as they are the first thing to wear out.  I usually buy, 2 washcloths to every towel.  If I love the color, I buy 4 bath towels, 8 hand towels, and 8 washcloths so I have many years of wear for that color.  also mix and match your colors.  If you use white towels, as I do, I buy different colors of hand towels and washcloths.  It's a different look every other day.

So today, I think I will surf the internet for bathmats and towels.  How easy is that.  Thank you Google Search!!!!!!!!!!!!!