Weekly Update

I've been a bad blogger lately. I was sick with food poisoning for five days last week and then I was swamped with work this week. I'm glad this week is over, but I won't really be able to relax until I get the Order back from the court on my hearing on Tuesday.

I'm hoping to be back to regular form and I will be updating with photos of our bathroom redecorating project soon!

The bathroom is nearly complete!

It's taken us nearly two full weekends and some time during the week, but our bathroom project is almost finished! The only things left to do are clean up the mess, hang one more mirror and hang all of the towel bars. I will soon have photos of the finished product!

I Heart the Borghese Collection

Despite the fact that the Borghese Collection from ZGallerie is not really my style, I can't help but ADORE it! Just a piece or two would make the perfect accent to my master bedroom...this one measly $900 dresser would be fabulous!

Ryan: Hint, hint: it would make the best Valentine's Day/Birthday gift!

Congratulations Giants!

Being the Indianapolis Colts fans we are, we had an amazing time watching the SuperBowl last night. Good friends, great food and lots of beer! We've never cheered so hard for a team that ordinarily doesn't even make our fan radar. Congratulations Eli Manning and the Giants and thanks for a great SuperBowl!

Frugal Fashionista

I stumbled across this blog, Frugal Fashionista while perusing the blog of a fellow Nestie, brynalexandra. It's amazing...and totally for me! I have been so focused on our house lately that I have hardly bought any clothing for myself, but this is great! I can totally find these things and for amazing prices. Thanks Frugal Fashionista and thanks bryn!

Ebay, Craigslist or Half.com it!

One of my New Year's Resolutions is organization. As a result of the organizing so far, we've donated three boxes of stuff to Goodwill, I listed a broken chest freezer on Craigslist that someone came and took away for free, and I've sold six random items on Ebay and a book on Half.com...to the tune of $77! Not bad for a bunch of stuff sitting around my house with no purpose!

I have more items to list on all three sites and I cannot tell you the thrill I get from knowing that people are "watching" my Ebay items or the bidding frenzy that has ensued in the final minutes of my auctions! It's addicting!

A little bathroom reno

Our next house project is a small renovation/redecoration of our master bathroom. The space is large, but builder beige with stripper lights, a huge boring frameless mirror and cheap finishes. Our bathroom currently:

Our short-term plan is to remove the large mirror and replace it with two separate and fabulous mirrors. I received one as a Christmas gift and we had to hunt the second one down the day after Christmas. Luckily, we found it at the second store we visited and for 1/4 of the original price! It's a good thing, too, because the mirror was on clearance and Lowe's isn't carrying it anymore. Won't they just look beautiful hanging side by side?


I just love how the mirrors reflect the light in real life. The idea for these mirrors came from this beautiful bathroom on HGTV's Rate My Space:

Now, on to the faucet and lighting ideas. We have already had the electrical estimate done for splitting our single stripper light into two separate fixtures over each sink. I'm thinking of these fixtures for above each sink, from Bellacor:

These are the faucets that Ryan liked...he picked a beautiful faucet! It's from Price Pfister, their Catalina 4" centerset faucet in chrome. The best part is that we found it on Ebay for an unbelievable price:



Last items on the list: a paint color (Sherwin Williams' Down Home), and new towel hardware. It's not too much to ask, is it?