First off, I actually did repaint both bathrooms. OK, right that only took a couple of days and Mither was down here helping. BUT, both bathrooms were in such disrepair I had to house a lot of peace corps people in order to carry out the make over. Yeah. That’ll be a good deal of my excuse right there. Cause I couldn’t just kick them out as soon as they painted my bathrooms! I mean what kind of jerk would do that? They were going to deploy to…. Bosnia in a week, so I let all of them hang here until time to leave.
How many? Oh.
Uuuuh, lets say 30. Yeah, that sounds good.
Are you having a hard time swallowing this?
What I need here is a touch of evidence. Here are some bathroom pics!
Behold, BEFORE! Go ahead, click on it and make it BIG!
Now stop that! I know you can control your gag reflex better than that! You’re being a sissy! Only a few of those Peace Corps folks tossed their cookies. And there were 45 of them staying here, remember!
Allrightythen, moving right along. I’m guessing you areΒ now wanting some eye relief. Let’s try showing some improvement, but not quite done.

This is the loverly Kessa. She was a tad upset with me cause she didn't have any make up on. I know... I can be decked out to the nines and sporting a tiara and not come close to looking like that.
SEE! Isn’t it a beautiful shade of blue/teal or whatever it is? Talk about “lighten and brighten”! That’s what we did!

Here's the mess aaaaall over the counter. There is so much mess you probably can't even see the Peace Corps workers in there doing their thing.

Here's Mither bent over painting the wall behind the counter. I realize you can't see that much of her, (go with me, here), but she's peeking out between that bucket of joint compound and blue plastic cup of paint.

Here's a close up of my new shower curtain. I got it for six bucks at a garage sale and so the bathroom color was picked around it. SCORE!

This is a really great shot except that the paint is so totally NOT that color. I really did have a hard time getting pics that represent the shade of blue/aqua/turquoise/greenishblue...

See what I mean? The paint in the potty room is the exact same as the paint in the rest of the bathroom. However, I can point out here that the far wall in the potty room does look more like the actual color. I don't know why it makes it such a baby blue in the foreground.
Here we are, still needing bath mats down and towels, but doesn’t it look fresh? You have no idea how much brighter it is in there!

Doesn't this long piece of ribbon look pretty with my shower curtain? I wish I could figure out something to do with it in here.

It's hard to stand where I can get a good shot. Here is a look at the mirrored side, so you can see the reflection of the other.
Now, this has been so long and I have taken so much time to do it that the girls bathroom, upstairs, is going to have to be another post… I have to go… I am a volunteer firefighter and there is a raging skyscraper fire in downtown Houston that I am going to be airlifted to. Yeah. That’s it.
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Comment by Kristina P. on May 27, 2011 at 1:20 pm
I love it! The colors are so soothing. I love the shower curtain.
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Comment by Krissa on May 27, 2011 at 1:53 pm
Thanks, Kristina!
Comment by Nan on May 27, 2011 at 2:10 pm
Oooo, you can bring a few firemen home and, um, show them how nice your bathroom looks! I’ll come and help with the guided tour and all.
It really does look good. I can see a few tastefully placed candles and a small painting or two on the wall.
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Comment by Krissa on May 27, 2011 at 2:57 pm
Yup! The candles and paintings and new towels and bathmats, (dark brown) are all on the list. But, really? the firemen come first. You always have the best advice….
Comment by Mr. Corvette on May 27, 2011 at 3:28 pm
Nice to have you back. Do you have different types of light bulbs in different parts of the bathroom? Different bulbs (incandescent vs. fluorescent) will cause color shifts in photographs. BTW, did you see the photo of all my descendants that I posted to FB? Everyone but my son who was at work.
Comment by Krissa on May 27, 2011 at 3:35 pm
No. Just your basic flavor light bulbs. I guess I need to point out here that IN PERSON, the color is true throughout. It’s that, as I said, I had a hard time getting a picture that came out true. I did with a flash and on ISO, (without a flash).
Yes, I did see your family! That was awesome!
Comment by Grandma J on May 27, 2011 at 6:35 pm
Krissa, you’ve been inhaling too many paint fumes! Take a break, and let’s do something wild and crazy one day….for real.
Comment by Krissa on May 27, 2011 at 8:55 pm
I would LOVE to! I think that’s a grand idea!
OK…. *putting on thinking cap*, like what? Hummmmmm…
Comment by Nan on May 28, 2011 at 1:39 am
It might involve firemen…
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Comment by Krissa on May 28, 2011 at 7:54 am
OH! COUNT ME IN! π
Comment by Red Hamster on May 28, 2011 at 7:50 pm
Maybe you have chameleon paint, you know, like those lizards that change color all the time? You don’t think another one of those lizards got in the paint can, do you?
Really, it looks lovely. Good job.
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Comment by Krissa on May 28, 2011 at 8:16 pm
Thanks, Susan!
It really is so much better than the before, I can’t begin to explain the difference.
Well, get this:
Every time John walks into the bathroom now he comments on how bright it is and how much nicer it looks.
He totally didn’t think I should do anything to it before it was painted. I made a believer out of him. π
Comment by Roger on May 29, 2011 at 10:16 am
Looks lovely, and those Peace Corps really hid themselves pretty well. π
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Comment by Krissa on May 29, 2011 at 10:55 am
Thanks, Roger! You know those guys probably have special training in how to camouflage….
Comment by Cam on May 29, 2011 at 1:17 pm
This is a test from the non-emergency broadcast system. This is only a test.
Comment by Krissa on May 29, 2011 at 4:00 pm
Oh, yeah! This is such a relief….
Comment by Red Hamster on May 31, 2011 at 10:19 am
You updated your WordPress theme too. It looks AWESOME!
I love it. It almost makes me want to start blogging again with WordPress instead of Blogger — almost.
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