Blog-cation Over

The seeds have officially been started, yay!  Only the nightshades so far.  Herbs, spinach, and pea greens are next on my list.  I made little flags of sorts to label the soil blocks this time.  Last year's plan written out on paper did not work out so well, the problem I see with this set up is my dog requiring emergency surgery because she ingested toothpicks.  I think I am going to order little aluminum tags to attach to the stems once the seedlings become plants and are being put outside for acclimation to the elements.

Unfortunately that is all I have for garden news.  The rest of this post is about our household projects, the stuff that has been keeping us busy this winter.  You have been warned!  ;)

We finished my daughter's room while I was on blog-cation.  She is happy with it but I am beyond irritated on how messy it continues to be, even after my lovely husband built shelves for one of the closets, and I organized all the toys in bins for the new shelves.  Sigh, here are some 'after' photos while it was still neat and tidy.  If I showed you what it looks like now you might cry.

The whole family has been down and out with a nasty flu virus.  This struck at an inopportune time (not there is ever a good time)- but this struck after we had removed the sink, toilet, and flooring from our downstairs bathroom.  Thankfully I laid new tile and made a curtain to tie in the new red paint before falling ill, and my husband repaired leaky plumbing and shored up the wall behind the sink.  Otherwise things have come to a grinding halt, and it really stinks to be without that bathroom for weeks on end.  Here is our progress so far:

Hubby is about to rip up that blue tile.  The splash of red on the wall is the future color.

I went for honed limestone on the new floor.  Quite a change from the old blue aye?!

A small chandelier is on it's way, I am going to wire it on the wall above the mirror and swag it up to the ceiling if I decide I like it in the space.  See, I have a bit of a lighting problem.  The problem is that I really only like fixtures from Pottery Barn in my home.  Any time I settle for something out of a big box store I ultimately replace it over and over until I just splurge on what I REALLY want.  Which is PB.  I also have the same problem with duvet covers, but I digress.

Also from PB is this adorable bird hook, I purchased the large single bird to replace the towel bar.

And lastly, here is the fabric & ribbon used on the curtain.  (My apologies for the poor lighting.)  I wanted something that would lighten the room and make the red less formal.  I found some hand towels in the nice silver-blue color seen in the fabric, so hopefully it will all pull together nicely when the room is done.

(P.S.- Happy March!)