King of Hearts

One of the first projects to be completed was our first floor bathroom.  In part because it was heinous, but mostly because it's so tiny that we could knock it out pretty quickly.  Not a weekend project.  As we've learned, nothing in an old house is as easy as it looks.  Here's a little taste of what the previous owners had left in their wake;

Please note the overwhelming use of red; in the floor tile, the tp holder, the towels, the light switch, and even the doorknob.  Then behold how they tied the aforementioned color into the border.

 

It's difficult to see in the picture, but these suits carry around to all four walls.  It's quite whimsical, which we're not opposed to.  It's just not our style. 

This bathroom butts up to the kitchen and Uncle Richard went through the wall to put in some updated electrical for us.  Once that was patched, we painted the walls gray, the doorknob black, hung some crown moulding (left over from the kitchen), installed the towel bar, hard wired a chandy and changed the faucet.

 

The after pictures don't really carry that "wow" factor that I'd like because the bathroom is so tiny I can't get a good shot of it.  I also think these pictures make a strong argument that our camera isn't as great as we once thought it was.  But, I think you get the basic idea.  I love the two pictures we have hanging in there.  The boston terrier print is from Mod-Dog.  I know dog paraphernalia isn't for everyone, but these are the least cheesy items I've seen yet.

Heck, they even have cat prints.

And the other is a Valentine's present that I got for Dave fully knowing that it was really for me.  I'll work on that for this year.  They don't have the one I got anymore, but here are some samples from the Keep Calm Gallery.

 

Even in my selfishness, the print I got him says Olive Ewe.  I love you.  Get it?  It's kind of from the heart, right? 

I digress.  So there you have the belated first floor bathroom before and after pics.