Blue Eyes

My bathroom is finally finished.

I got rid of wall-to-wall mirroring and the black toilet a while ago.

Now I've replaced the black countertop and black sink.

The granite is called "Blue Eyes."

Pretty amazing that something like this happens in nature

and even more amazing that humans can find it, harvest it,

ship it to Utah from India, make it pretty, and install it in my house 

all for around 400 bucks!

I'm on a search now for some towels and accessories

to match the blue eyes!

Yellow Paint and a White Toilet

I worked on my latest big project today

by doing some more painting.

And the contractor brought a new toilet.

And it's not black!!!

And I'm thrilled!!!

 Who in their right mind would install a black toilet?

Not someone with five sons!

:-)    :-)    :-)    :-)    :-)

A Work in Progress

I'm working on a project this week that I am so excited about.

It's one of those that I get to hire people to help me with.

Here's a sneak peek...

I'm only doing the painting part of this one.

Killing Time

After I bathed my twins last night, they wanted to play.

I decided to go through a bathroom drawer or two while they were splashing.

This is what I found...

A little bit of toothpaste and a lot of blue bath coloring.

How does that happen?

Here is the after...

At the beginning of the year, I said I was only going to post the big somethings.

If I had stuck with that philosophy, I would not be posting anything.

Little somethings take up most of my day!

We've sprung a leak!

Can you see the water spraying from this shower head?

 I thought it was because it needed some new plumber's tape.

I re-taped it and screwed it back on.

When I made sure it was tight enough, it broke right off!

 So this is the result of that fix it job!

A brand new shower head!

Bathroom Baseboards

Since we had the paint stuff out for yesterday's project,

I put the 15-year-old to work painting this baseboard in the bathroom.

 Whatever this black stuff is wouldn't wash off so it got painted over.

Much better!

The Basement Bathroom

When I was going through cupboards earlier this year,

I forgot about this one.

I went downstairs the other day and wondered why the pile of towels was on the floor.

Shouldn't they be in the cupboard?

Well...when I looked, this is what I found!

And this is how I fixed it.

Then I asked the 15-year-old to clean out his drawer.

And this is how he fixed it.

It's amazing how much we keep around that really just needs to be thrown out.
Everything that was removed from the cupboard and drawer went in the trash!

Bathroom Organizing

I'm dying to use my new paint gun, but it's cold and snowing again today!

I did manage to clean out the main floor hallway.

I put all of the snow pants, gloves, hats, etc. away for the winter.

I'm planning on this being the last snowstorm.

It will be May in two days, ya know.

Tonight, I organized the cupboard in the boys' bathroom while the little ones took a bath.

I found lots of sunscreen that we'll need eventually

and first aid supplies that we always need.

WARNING!

Starting a project blog can cause bad things to happen to your daily chores!

I would tell you how long it's been since I deep cleaned my bathroom,

but I can't remember the last time it happened!

Here is something I just had to take care of today...

I need to have my housekeeper do this while I paint and organize.

Oh, wait...I don't have a housekeeper!

I'll have to work on that!

The Master Bath

The drawers in my bathroom are now clean and organized.

This something will stay done for a long time because I'm not doing again anytime soon;).

Here are the before and after pics.

I filled up a whole grocery bag with things I thought I needed, but haven't used.

I need to get better at that because it feels pretty good;).

A few somethings...

Today I got a bag ready for the D.I.,

cleaned the shelf and trimmed the plants by the master bath,

Yup, that's a pineapple plant in the middle.  

The husband bought it at WalMart (of all places) a few years ago.

It really grew a pineapple!  He's hoping for another one.)

and did a little something for my mom.

She needed the cords on her computer straightened out.

The Black Bathroom

Our main floor bathroom is a cleaning nightmare.

Black sink.

Black countertop.

Black toilet.

Black tile floor.

Two mirrored walls - floor to ceiling.
(I know what you're thinking...and you're right!
There are six boys living in this house.
Only one of them is not potty trained,
but you wouldn't know it with a mirror right next to the toilet!)

It is shiny for about ten minutes after it is cleaned.

Today, however, the cupboards and drawers are clean.

That something will last for more than ten minutes.