And So It Begins
The more I realize what is involved in redoing my bathroom and updating my bedroom the more I don't want to do it. There are way too many decisions to be made that it's making my head spin. What color do I want for my walls. Do I want green or blue or something totally different. What type of faucets and shower heads do I want in my bathroom. What kind of counter tops do I want. Do I want two funky framed mirrors or do I not want two funky framed mirrors. Do I want new furniture or do I want to try and keep what I have. Do I want color on the walls in my bedroom or just leave them the plain white they are.
All these choices make my head spin when I think about what it is that I have to decide upon. It's not a very easy task when you take into consideration that my bathroom was built with five kids in mind. I have two sinks so I can't go breaking the bank on a fancy faucet and sink combo because I have to double it. No a four hundred dollar brushed nickel faucet and a four hundred dollar self rimming sink is not going to cut it. Plus, I don't even know if I want white walls up top and a color below or if I want to have one color in the bathroom with some type of trim work and molding. At least I'm not replacing my tub and tile so I don't have to deal with making that decision. However, I do have to decide on a new toilet, new sinks, new faucets, a new setup for my tub/shower combo, new wall color, and new bath linens that will all tie in with new bed linens for my room. However, this is where I run into a huge snag.
I have blond furniture that I love to death but every single catalog and website that I look at shows everything with dark furniture, dark walls, dark leather, and dark overly ornate accessories. I'm more into simple eclectic light colors and more of an urban look than some type of overly ornate gilded look. I'm light brown woods or natural tones with brushed metals and colors like soylent green, Coke bottle green, cadet blue, and mocha brown. The thing is I'm more blue-grays and bluish browns with a touch of greens kissed with blues than I am straight forest green like I used to be. I'm so sick of textured white with green striped sheets that I'm ready for a change. Yet, at the same time I'm scared and overwhelmed by all the decisions I have to make. I'm not on the sidelines anymore. This time it's all me.
All these choices make my head spin when I think about what it is that I have to decide upon. It's not a very easy task when you take into consideration that my bathroom was built with five kids in mind. I have two sinks so I can't go breaking the bank on a fancy faucet and sink combo because I have to double it. No a four hundred dollar brushed nickel faucet and a four hundred dollar self rimming sink is not going to cut it. Plus, I don't even know if I want white walls up top and a color below or if I want to have one color in the bathroom with some type of trim work and molding. At least I'm not replacing my tub and tile so I don't have to deal with making that decision. However, I do have to decide on a new toilet, new sinks, new faucets, a new setup for my tub/shower combo, new wall color, and new bath linens that will all tie in with new bed linens for my room. However, this is where I run into a huge snag.
I have blond furniture that I love to death but every single catalog and website that I look at shows everything with dark furniture, dark walls, dark leather, and dark overly ornate accessories. I'm more into simple eclectic light colors and more of an urban look than some type of overly ornate gilded look. I'm light brown woods or natural tones with brushed metals and colors like soylent green, Coke bottle green, cadet blue, and mocha brown. The thing is I'm more blue-grays and bluish browns with a touch of greens kissed with blues than I am straight forest green like I used to be. I'm so sick of textured white with green striped sheets that I'm ready for a change. Yet, at the same time I'm scared and overwhelmed by all the decisions I have to make. I'm not on the sidelines anymore. This time it's all me.