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It’s 8:00 and I’m so tired I’m going to bed. I’ve decided that when I’m stuck for a post I’m going to show you the inside of a closet or drawer without cleaning it. Speculate as you will! This is the top of the downstairs bathroom closet. (The bottom will be shown at a later stuck date.) Is this the beginning of the end? Will LloydandLauren.com die because I’ll be too tired or lazy to continue? “Tune in next time”….. if there is a next time……
I’m not much of a girly-girl. The art of make-up eludes me, I don’t like perfume, I have trouble putting outfits together, and my shoe choices are tragic. However, I do have a soft spot in my heart for ribbons and stripy things. You might remember my pining for some shelf paper long ago? Well, I bought some similar contact paper when I needed a little something to jazz up the newly-painted walls in our entryway. I love it’s stripy-ness so very much, I’m trying to sneak it into all the places I spend time.
Next up: the truck!
Woo-hoo! Second big project down! (Not that I have any big projects in the future. I think I’m ready for the sitting around portion of vacation.)
Anyway, I single-handedly installed this vanity top! Well…. maybe not single-handedly. Lloyd was the instigator with his ‘just finish the entryway’ remark, and Annette was with me months ago when I picked out the faucet (on sale, of course), and Brad was there for picking out the sink and being around for technical plumbing advice when I stubbornly insisted on doing it alone, and Beth saved the day when I realized I couldn’t use store-bought countertop – she suggested Dale Grimes, a local countertop-making genius. So, I’d like to share this Beautiful Bathroom Award with all of them….. I’d like to, but I won’t. I’m selfish that way.
Ugly, boring ‘before’:
Much, much better ‘after’.
It even works – for real!
Lloyd’s coming home today! I hope he loves it!
We have company coming to the Center next week in the form of 40 or so visitors for a conference. We’ve had plenty to do, and one of the things I took on is getting rid of the heinous pink paint job in the girls’ bathroom. Unfortunately I didn’t take a picture while it still had the pink and green heart border. (That was the worst part.)
It looks better now, and though it’s not the best work I’ve ever done…. well, let’s face it. I don’t think I’ve ever done my best work. Hasty Regret, that’s my nickname. (It looks fine in the photo. Up close, you can tell it’s like one of those ‘flip-this-house’ jobs.
Now, on to the next thing….(then I think I’m done painting for the next year or so.)
Concert – check!
The last big event of the weekend went off without a hitch. Lloyd (and Curt and Mrs. Royuk, might I add) sang wonderfully and he looked great in all the pieces of his tux.
The only complaint I have with the beautiful church is that there aren’t enough toilets in the women’s restroom to handle all the intermission traffic. Afterwards Lloyd told me that he knew where there was a secret toilet – just off the nursery.
Yeah, we’ll pass. (Lloyd’s mom is there for scale.)
Ok, I’m only posting about stuff at school because that’s where all the projects are. Here is a view of the boys’ bathroom at school.
The ‘new’ thing is the plant hanging on the wall. Every time I take a little guy to the bathroom, I look at that metal bar at the top and think, “Man, that’s ugly. I should do something about it.” I’ve thought about hot-gluing slices of branches, or wrapping it in hemp rope (nautical style), or maybe using a Bedazzler! Then the boy finishes up, we walk back to the room, and the thought leaves my head completely. Anyway, this is the solution. Eventually that metal bar will be completely covered in leaves, and then I will forget to water it and it will die.
The sticks (diamond willow, by the way) have been hanging there since the beginning of the school year to make it more ‘natural’ feeling. The border on the wall has bears and deer, which the boys love. I’ve thought about hanging some interesting animal pictures on the walls in the stalls, but they really don’t need anything else to distract them from their aim. (Just being awake seems to be distraction enough.)