Stay or Go

If you’ve been reading for awhile you know that I have been looking for a shower curtain for our guest bathroom.  I tried a white one.  I tried a black and white one. I tried a pink and grey striped one. (If I was a good blogger I’d have pictures of them…but trust me.  Not good.)

Now I am on shower curtain #4 (West Elm's Stripe Shower Curtain).  Should this decision be this difficult? No.  Third world problems are hard.

Today I would like your vote.  Should shower curtain #4 stay or go? 




I’m usually a big believer in decorating your house with things you love.  I think I just don’t love shower curtains.  They all look weird to me.  I’m leaning towards liking it but I’m just not sure.  I’d like to hear what you all think. 





I plan on purchasing new bath mats (I gave up on the runner idea because they are all too expensive for my liking) once I decide on a curtain.  (Nate and I also realized that the light bulbs in here cast off a really yellow glow so we will be switching them out soonish.)  Any other thoughts on decorating this space?  Do share.  There are no wrong answers. 

Feel free to comment with why you chose “stay” or “go”!

Volcanic Ash

Remember last week when I asked you what color I should paint our mudroom door?  I was surprised with the safe votes of black.

I was originally deciding between red or keeping the door white. When I really thought about it, I didn’t really want to keep the door white because it gets dirty easily.  I was then leaning towards red.  And then I chickened out.  I’ve heard too many horror stories about painting doors red.

Later that day Nate tells me that he was thinking a charcoal color and he swears that he had the idea before you all commented with charcoal as a suggestion.  We’ll give him the benefit of the doubt.

We headed to Lowe’s and picked up a quart of Olympic’s Volcanic Ash.  We decided to try out their new One (primer and paint in one).  Why?  Because we’re suckers for new stuff. We were pleasantly surprised with the coverage.  Two coats and we were done.  There is hope for no VOC inexpensive paint. Hooray!

And now for the good stuff…

I liked the color so much that I decided to paint the other side too! (It's still drying in the picture.)

Ike was confused as to why we keep messing with his room.  I had to leave the door cracked while it dried…which allowed some flies to sneak in.  Ike is a fly hunter.  He had an amazing afternoon.

Thanks to all of your that suggested charcoal and thanks to the rest of you for keeping me entertained with survey results.   (I’m one of those freaks that fills out every survey that comes in the mail.)

Are you into colored doors?  I was always a white-door-only kind of girl before this…now I’m getting crazy ideas!

Stay-At-Home Dog Mom

We’re on day #2 of a five day week-end.  Life is good. 

Ike and I have decided that I am going to be a stay-at-home dog mom.  Who else thinks this is a brilliant plan?  We just need to get Nate on board. (Can you tell he’s the only rational one that lives in this house?)

Ike loved yesterday.  There was extra time to play with a Wubba…

Instead of cleaning the wood floors (It’s a never-ending battle to keep these floors clean.  Kind of like laundry.), Ike and I decided to take a nap.  All of that Wubba play made us sleepy….

How are you spending this holiday week-end?  We are actually going to take it pretty easy.  We are going to help Nate’s sister re-do her kitchen on Saturday but the rest of the week-end will be spent relaxing…and snuggling!