Additional thoughts on the orange bathroom

The orange bathroom idea is appealing more, especially as it has gotten tentative spousal approval.

How about this fabric for the shower curtain? A bit more expensive but I think the scale could be cool.

It also is a heavier weight, I think, then the average quilting cotton.

Today's brainstorm

So today my brain is thinking about decorating the bathroom. I know, you want to see a picture of it, but that requires being home during daylight, so some patience will be required.

In any case, it is currently white. While subway tiles in the tub, white octagonal tiles on the floor, white wainscotting and off-white walls. If you know anything about me, its that I am not a person who will really live with that much white. So color is in order.

The first paint swatches were red, which my husband has rejected, and teal, which I'm not thrilled about because its kind of common for a bathroom color. Today's brainstorm is... orange. Orange is hard in one specific way, in that there aren't a lot of commercial shower curtains in orange. But then I think, well, it can't be too hard to sew a shower curtain. It is just a curtain with big grommets, right? If anyone out there wants to talk me out of this idea, speak up now!

So, here's what I'm thinking of when I say orange:

Because here's the fabrics that might work in my mind with nice bright orange paint: (And yes, my mind is a funny place.)

No, not both of them at the same time. And then maybe some turquoise for the bath textiles - rugs and towels and stuff. I think Kaffe Fassett would approve, and these are his designs. And that would fix the white problem in one fell swoop. And it would probably wake us up in the morning too...

What do you think?

What I've been doing

So you've probably noticed that I haven't blogged in a while. Actually, all 3 of my readers outside of immediate family have probably given up on me. But in a vain attempt to restart this blog, I'm going to share what I have been doing.

I've become design and decorating obsessed. Its something that was building for a while in our old house, and I now have a huge home that cries out for decoration. Pictures of the house are not yet extant, but here's some of the goodies I've been checking out.

The one thing we have bought is a new bed, thanks to a timely warehouse sale for something usually way to expensive to even consider.Its real new Stickley. So that has dictated much of the plans for the bedroom. In fact the new dressers (a very good sale followed the warehouse sale, fortunately) are on order. Before they arrive and fill the room I plan to paint it. The bedroom is currently a pale blue. We seem to be settling on a mossy green. Questions remain if I need to repaint the ceiling, which is a purplish gray right now. I'd love to skip that, but I don't know if it will work.

Next item is a sofa. Many have been viewed, and we came up with some basic criteria: No back cushions (upholstered back only) to avoid children and cats nesting on them and squishing them. One or two seat cushions, not three. And not too blocky and modern. There are a lot of very square sofas out there right now that really would not work in the new house.

Current candidate is from Pottery Barn:

Probably in red, with plans for dark brown walls.

Spare time is being spent surfing the design blogs and on-line furniture shops. I'm currently obsesses with design sponge, decor8, apartment therapy, and craigslist.

There's plenty to look for - kitchen stools, new rugs and there are a huge number of walls crying out for artwork. I think I'll be busy for a while!