Bathroom re-do

But first!...I bought skyscraper sunflower seeds today. I decided that instead of spending lots o' money this year on vegetable plants that never produce anything, I'll see if I can manage sunflowers. I'm starting them inside, so hopefully they'll have a fighting chance.

Another something cool: the house below ours finally got cleaned up. Think of the typical redneck...that's who lived in this house. It was quite sad because their next door neighbors actually have a very nice house--I'd always say to C, "I'm so glad we don't live next to them." We live above them and that was bad enough. They moved a bunch of concrete bags into the back yard and then left them--their dogs tore them up & it rained on them. Strange. I saw as many as four dogs & 2 cats there. I also saw them beat their dogs. Trash EVERYWHERE. A car that never moved, with among other things, a vacuum cleaner sitting on top. I actually had the huevos to knock on their door once when my dogs got out. Not pleasant. I imagined a house full of animal urine & feces. At any rate, there'd been no activity there for quite some time...since last summer or fall maybe. And then the other day as I was driving home I saw some men cleaning all the junk up...wearing masks. I was overjoyed. I still am. I go outside just to peer down & see how clean it is now. I have no idea how the clean up happened or if it'll go up for sale now. I do know, however, that their next door neighbor's house is now up for sale.

Now on to the real reason for this post: I'm full of brilliant ideas that cost moolah. It just came to me while I was sitting on the couch today. Let's do a black & white bathroom! And ya know what? C loved the idea! Which means I get the go-ahead! (I always get the go-ahead.)

Here's what I'm thinking for the floor:



I'd like to do black & white tile, but more subdued like this kitchen, not dance floor black & white.

With the shower curtain I can go one of two ways: either a subdued black & white like this...


Or a beautiful damask like this:


It really depends on if I do a damask accent wall:


If I'm able to find that kind of wallpaper, I'll go with a simple black and white shower curtain.

And something like this (that adds a punch of color) will go on the wall above the toilet:

I'm not quite sure about the wall color as of yet. Bright white? Muted gray? Definitely not black. Our current toilet is beige, so we'll have to buy a new white toilet. :o) Dual flush?? Definitely. Maybe. White vessel sink a must. Black cabinet.

The next two pictures are pretty close to what I envision:



I hope we get some big money back on our tax return!