yeah that didn't last long

I totally forgot that making my blog private would prevent updates from showing up in Google Reader. And, I decided I was being too paranoid about nothing.

Soooo, I un-private-ized it.

Enjoy

bathroom inspirations

We've actually made some progress over the last week in our plans for the bathroom.  Not actual progress, but we've figured out a lot of the design aspects we want.

This is the vanity I think we're going to get:

And we like this top:

Tile for the floor (12"x12"):

Tile for the shower (6"x6"):

They look really similar (same company, same "family") but the shower tile is a shade lighter than the floor tile.

Now I can focus on the faucets, lighting, and mirror!  And making sure the husband calls plumbers.

bathroom demo - goodbye teal tile!

Today our bathroom renovation got underway!  I removed about 90% of the teal tile that was on the walls.  The remaining tile can't be removed until things get moved (the vanity, toilet, etc).  We were hoping that we would just be able to sand down the tile glue, but that's just not going to work.  So we'll have to demo the walls down to the studs and hang new drywall.

Here's today's progress:

Now we need to call in a plumber to see how much it would cost to install a new tub and to (hopefully) pipe in a second sink.

new camera = love

So as I mentioned, by 25th birthday is coming up. I took a shot in the dark and asked my parents for a DSLR camera. I've been wanting one forever, but couldn't ever justify the cost of one. Well with our Italy trip fast approaching, I figured it was as good a time as any to ask for one. Well, it was delivered today!!!

Unfortunately, spring hasn't *quite* sprung here in MA, so there's not a ton to take pictures of outside. My tulips are starting to poke through though, and I always have my favorite photo subject (Sox) to fall back on!

Italia!

One of the more exciting things going on in life is our upcoming trip to Italy!  We will see Venice, Florence, the Amalfi Coast/Capri, and Rome. We absolutely can. not. wait!! This is one vacation we've always wanted to take and I can't believe it's approaching so quickly. My brother-in-law (Tim's younger brother) has been studying abroad in Rome this semester and we will be heading over there as his semester ends and traveling around with him and Tim's parents (good thing I love my in-laws!)

We haven't finalized everything we're doing over there, but among the things I'm looking forward to are a gondola ride in Venice, a cooking class in Florence, and a day trip to Capri. I'm also hoping to see Pompeii and obviously all the sights in Rome.


In other news...I will be 25 in 26 days (April 14 for those of you who don't want to count!). I feel like that's a real "adult" age. I guess I should get used to it since I graduated from college 3 years ago, have owned a house for 2 years, and have been married for a year and a half!

it's that time again

for more house projects!

We haven't officially started anything, but I think we'll be renovating our upstairs bathroom at some point this year. I'm hoping sooner rather than later - I'm dying to get something else crossed off our list!

Currently, the bathroom looks like this:

(excuse the grime - no matter what I do, this is as clean as it gets)

And here's what we'd like to do:

use tile like this in the tub/shower. We'll replace the tub with a fiberglass one and hopefully do a small tile surround.

We want to put in a double vanity. There is space for one, we just have to figure out the logistics of piping in a second sink. We're thinking white, maybe with beadboard on the door panels. We'll probably do a corian counter that coordinates with whatever tile we use in the shower.

We'll also be taking all the teal tile off the walls and floors. We'll be putting up new drywall and painting (probably a nice pale tealish-blue) and tiling the floor (coordinating with the shower of course)

The other project we have is landscaping. Remember all the work we had done outside last year? Well the time has finally (almost) come to landscape!! For the past 6 months our house has looked to barren with no shrubs, flowers, etc around. I can't wait to make our house look more homey! I will definitely be updating over the next few weeks/months as we get stuff done.

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