Creating a new look!

At the beginning of the summer, with the help of Jerianne, Hannah, and Patty Ward, we started preparing our 1/2 bathroom for a remodel.






Carson's first reaction at seeing the destruction of the beloved paisley flowered wallpaper was one of SURPRISE. He was devastated that we would destroy the one thing in our house that reminds him of nature and being "GREEN." He argued with me that since I can't keep any plants alive in the house, the bathroom helped him feel at peace. He also stated that it was not necessary to spend money on changing a perfectly good bathroom and that it was OK to be out-of-date and different with the bright '80's style paper!!!!!!

Taken back by such a STRONG reaction from a 10-year-old, I explained to him that even though he had valid reasons for not changing the wallpaper, it was a Mommy and Daddy decision and that we were in charge of home improvements.

I walked away from the arguing child and returned an hour later to work on the bathroom only to find the door to the room LOCKED. Knowing who the culprit was, I proceeded to get the key that unlocks the doors in our house. BOTH keys were not in their SECRET location.

I HIT the boiling point and called THE FATHER of this concerned child. Brad spent 10 minutes scolding a disobedient, confused boy and basically said the same things as I did. Of course, it sounds better from the DAD. Sufferings of motherhood!

Even though it took Carson hours to calm himself down from this incident, he returned to the scene of the crime and insisted that we keep some of the wallpaper for a memory of what the room looked like and possibly make a scrapbook.

Was that possible with this MESS!!!!!!!!

Brad is very creative and patient and did a fabalous job with the border and tile over the counter. He spent hours getting it just so and we are happy it was complete for all of the visitors we welcomed this summer.

Here is the finished room and some pictures of the prep work aided by Carson, Jessie and Brad.