{ anatomy of a bathroom } tile

We're tiling the floor of our upstairs bathroom. The bathroom I had *hoped* would be done while I was still pregnant so I didn't have to run downstairs in the middle of the night. Now Alice is 5 months old and being up in the middle of the night is old hat.

I like tiling. It's actually one of my favorite projects. There's a natural rhythm to work. Scrape out the mortar, lay some tiles, space them out, check occasionally to make sure the grid is still straight. Place a bunch of whole tiles at once, then some cut work, then back to whole tiles. It's satisfying. And at the end of the day there's a lot to look at, a big plus.

I usually gravitate toward neutrals so that I don't feel locked into a color palette, but this green was just too pretty. It is called Mr. Green Jeans, a medium leafy green with a lot of yellow in it and I love it.

Bathroom's Done! (ish.)

We're all enjoying the new shower. Well, maybe Libby misses the bathtub. Which is sitting out in the backyard. Anyone need a vintage clawfoot tub?

The bathroom is as done as we can do for now. Eventually we will order a glass door for the shower, frame up a nicer mirror, and get the towel bar that is still on back-order.

Also, we had a bit of a wallpaper fiasco. Our bathroom is way too grown-up-and-serious-looking for us as it is, so I bought some crazy black and white wallpaper with big pine trees on it, but the black trees just rubbed off and smeared all over the background when our trusty installer Dan put it up. It looked amazing from three feet away though, so we can't decide if we should try again. I'm craving something oversized and graphic to put on the wall, but I have no idea what to do now. It may have to wait until Josh and I move upstairs.

the sink that Josh built

Want us to design and build You a custom steel vanity of your very own? It'll only take about four months longer than you hoped and cost twice as much as your budget, I promise. I like the built in tp holder - they're so fashionable these days!