Guest Post ~ Kelly Michelle!

*****Hey guys! Right about now I'm probably cornered in a room with a bunch of half empty boxes, I bet I'm probably on my 4th cup of coffee for the day, and more than likely distracted by everything. Or maybe I ditched unpacking and I'm kayaking around the lake. Any rate, my friend Kelly Michelle has offered to guest post for me today! Enjoy!*****

 

 

In honor of Carissa moving this week, I thought I would share the mood board of what we are thinking of doing in our bathroom, since we have lived there for about 10 months and have done little more in the bathroom than hang up a shower curtain and change the shower head.

So here it is everyone, my first EVER mood board! I am pretty proud of it and I can't wait to start updating the bathroom to make it look like this.

 

 

 

1. Paint color inspiration via Pinterest -- Robin's Egg blue seems to brighten up this small space and that is definitely what we have, a very small space.

 

2. White framed pictures -- The frame is via Ikea, though I think the closest one to us is in Canada. :( This image was the inspiration for the whole bathroom design. I don't know where we found it but we plan on printing and framing it, along with a couple other similar ones, for wall art. They are so bright and cheery and clean feeling, they would fit perfect in a bright room and would make you want to just be clean.

 

3. White framed mirror image via Pinterest -- I love how it would match the white window frames and door and would pop from the wall. The mirror we have now is more of a rectangle, not framed and old looking but I think framing it would be pretty easy and cheap. I hope?

 

4. Orange curtain-- this was an image taken from decor4all.com and Photoshopped by me to make it look more like the color of curtains I would want in our bathroom. These would be prefect for the window because we have blinds that would be behind them [for privacy of course] or for the shower curtain. Hope I can find good fabric to make some.

 

5. Lighting fixture via Home Depot -- since we rent this apartment and it is highly unlikely that we will see any reimbursing for this update, we need to be thrifty with our money so these seemed simple and inexpensive lights for over the mirror. The one we have now is weird and old so anything would be an improvement.

 

6. Towel hooks via Home Depot -- Since I know this is where we will be going for most of our bathroom update needs [meaning we live in a small town and it is one of our only choices] I thought this hook rack would go nicely, providing a clean line to hang the frames above and tie in the white.

 

7. Tall vase via Apartmenttherapy.com -- I think they got the pic from Target some time ago but I don't see it on their website anymore. It is a cool idea about stacking up about 4 rolls of toilet paper in this clear vase as simple easy storage. Follow the link for pics, I like the idea.

 

8. This orange vase is something I have had on hand for a while, well it has been in a box with newspaper for a while. I have been aching to utilize my various color vases and this seems like the perfect time for the orange one! I might have a light blue one too, or maybe I just wanted to buy it and my lovely non-vase-loving fiance said no. Ha, like that would happen. I probably do have at least one.

 

9. Yellow towels via World Market -- I love this sweet color and you can only have so much orange before you go crazy so I thought bringing in some cheery yellow would be nice too. These towels look so soft, makes me want to take a bubble bath.

 

10. Candle ball via Crate and Barrel -- I love the idea of candles that look like oranges or candles made out of oranges but either way, my goal is to have the bathroom always smell like oranges. Yea, I doubt that is going to happen but hey, a girl has to try. I think I will have to buy some dog-safe citrus spray. We had some when we had a cat so she wouldn't try to eat the sugar gliders and she hated it but it did smell amazing.

 

Well guys, what do you think? Too bright for your taste or not neutral enough for a bathroom? I think it seems achievable, I just hope it turns out the way it looks in my mind. I'll post before pictures over at my blog When the Time is Right when I start making some changes. For now, it is just an eyesore and I don't want your poor little eyes to be sore for too long.

 

 

****Thanks Kelly Michelle! I love seeing how others would decorate their place!*****