Where have I been?? Revamping my Bathroom.

This is one of the bathrooms in my house:

It is smallish and oldish and has a stand up shower-ish. We actually use it quite a bit because it is just so accessible (right next to the kitchen) and because our other bathroom is upstairs and we spend most of our time downstairs.....well, it's just not as convenient. 

The downstairs bath has this warped and peeling vinyl that needed to go. We just haven't had the motivation. Well, those days are gone my friend.....a nice little gift card to lowes for Christmas changed all that. :-) We're going to tile the bathroom and repaint the walls and put up some new sheet rock and tile over the shower.  Here are the tile colors:

The larger tiles are for the floor and the white tile will be going above the shower. I have to say: I would not have chosen that brown tile without some serious coercion. Coercion in the form of money.....we don't have a lot of it and this stuff was the cheapest. So, i have to make do with what we've got. After shopping for all of our supplies I picked out some paint to go on the walls. I was so proud of myself. I brought it home and immediately painted the walls (two nice thick coats) and then pulled out a tile from the box as an afterthought to see if it matched........nope. It desperately does not match. 

It came out so much more *peachy* than sandy. It's actual name is Imperial Sands (I've been humming some of the Star Wars marches since I brought the paint home). Back to the drawing board. My hubby said, how about blue?? and I said "................................" 

Blue is not an option on the table. :-) 

Any ideas??

Here's how the bathroom looks now:

Washer and dryer are out and the cement board is down for the most part. We had an unfortunate situation with some plumbing.....so, we've got to wait for a plumber before we more further on this project. In the mean time my living room looks like this:

I can promise you that this does nothing for the feng shui of the room.

A Marvelous Mess Feature!!

Okay Crafty Folks....you are all incredible!! I have been hemming and hawing all day on which particular project to feature!!  Than you all so much for linking to my first Marvelous Mess party.  I've decided to pick a project that has really stuck with me the past couple of days....I am desperate to recreate this, but I don't really eat much from canned goods (which are necessary for the craft). I actually spent some time in the family dollar tonight looking at all the canned goods and deciding which size can would make the perfect crayon organizer.

I was too much of a cheapskate to actually spend 65 cents per can (and what would I do with all those black olives anyway??)

:-) 

Take a look at what Kristie from Simply Crafty created:

As a mother of a preschooler, I can tell you that this crayon organizer will come in super dooper handy. And, as the owner of a 8 month old puppy, it will help to keep my dog from eating all the loose crayons that fall on the floor (and from leaving multi-colored little you-know-whats on the lawn). Too much information?? :-)

Kristie, you can find my featured button on the upper right sidebar of my blog!! Your project will be featured up there as well. Thank you all for linking up and I hope I see you all again next week!!

A Marvelous Mess