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I told you that when we went to look for flooring we magically picked out tile for the master bathroom.

We even brought the samples home, and displayed them proudly for all to see. All meaning us…and the dogs. Then something happened, I freaked out. I started thinking about staring at that tile for the next ten years, and wondering how hideous the next home owners would think it was. Will my faux wood floor be the equivalent of gold shower doors? Will this “linen look” actually just come off as dirty?

Originally we picked out “Leonia Silver” for the walls and “Sersa Black Walnut” for the floors. We had left any accent tiles up in the air….and that’s when the panic set in. We still really like both, but we just don’t think they are quite right for our space.

I started browsing. Pinning like a maniac, and rekindling my romance with Houzz.

Tim and I both agree that this room should be masculine and modern. What we can’t agree on are the finishes. We both like a couple different things that always end up contradicting. For instance, we both love the faux wood tile from our original dream team…but hate the look of it with a wood vanity. Enter gray floating vanity stage right. If only there were an Ikea closer.

Hola Option One. I have a serious crush on the Turkish Bath Towels, and a new bathroom is a totally legitimate excuse to buy some. Almost everything pictured would come from Lowes, with the exception of that vanity from Ikea.

But then again… On the other hand we also both like the herringbone trend, but aren’t crazy about it on the walls. Which leaves us with floors, which means we could have a wood vanity….but that means no wood floor clearly. And then we are left with what to do on the walls. Tim likes a manly mosaic, but I still can’t quite commit.

Are you down with the herringbone? Think I can convince Tim to let me bring some more color in? What is your favorite?

The other day T and I decided to take a little stroll though the flooring aisle at our local hardware store…you know…for fun.

We have big dreams of replacing all of our flooring with gorgeous hardwood floors, you know when we hit the lottery. Since we bought a lotto ticket that day we figured we might as well start planning. Somehow we wound up in the tile aisle, more dreaming.

Only this time, we did more than dream.
We picked out tile.

For two years all Tim has talked about is updating the bedroom bathroom. For two years I have pushed project after project in front of that bathroom because it was so overwhelmingly grimey in there that I was just more comfortable closing the door and whispering about our “problem child” behind its back. Well, bedroom bathroom…your time has come. I know it isn’t covered in Pepto pink tile and shag carpet, but it is definitely outdated and ready for some upgrades. Not to mention, the dirt. We have tried so hard to scrub that shower tile clean to no avail, scrubbed so hard that we decided it’s easier to just replace it. Can we talk about towel bars for a moment. They are everywhere in this house. Above every toilet. In every shower. Across from the toilet and on the doors. We don’t even have enough towels to keep them all stocked. Combine them with the soap dishes and toothbrush holders of yesteryear and you have a whole lotta tile fixin. All of that tile fixin made T very angry. He channeled his inner Lou Ferrigno and busted out the whole bathroom in under three hours. Tim’s parents had stopped by to bring us an exercise bike, and they decided to get in on the fun. Thank goodness for family. Now our bathroom looks a little something like this. Tomorrow I will be sharing a little inspiration for the new look.

Have you ever renovated a bathroom?
Share some tips, we are all ears.

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