MAKING A DECORATING DENT...

In case anyone out there is wondering where I went after I said I was back from an extended blog break I have been chomping away on a steady diet of delectable decorating, remodeling, and refurbishing.  Somehow a simple menu of freshening up one bathroom turned into a full blown affair of gutting a second one while waiting in the wings were several pieces of furniture to be refinished, and a stack of sewing that practically reaches the ceiling.  Here is a small sampling of what I have been up against...

 (Hall and Master Bath)

 (Have you ever seen such a sad and lonely little cabinet huddled in the corner like it is afraid of the rest of the room?)

(WARNING!!!  What you are about to see is not blog worthy pretty!  This hall bath is pretty scary!)

(Handy Hubby was appalled that I actually paid money for these next two items.  He said they should have paid me to haul them off!  But wait until you see them!)

 (These are only a tiny sampling of my disaster to master decorating, can't wait to show the afters!!!)

The master bath did get freshening up and I have my sweet friend Laura to thank for that!  I so wanted to take her advice and Fall In Love with my home by making a few changes and then linking up to her party posts but, as my luck would have it, right in the middle of the project I got sick and was too pooped to party...

Then, as my even unluckier luck would have it, the hall bath got good and jealous of the master bath and had itself a water weepin' fit.  Its crying jag lasted for so long that it ruined its skeletal structure and freshening up was out of the question, a whole face lift was in order...

And then my even unluckier unlucky luck hit, black cats and luck done run out upside down horseshoes kind of unlucky, and I was down again, really sick this time...

By the time I got back on my feet I was so deep in needing to get both bathrooms back in working order that I just pressed on without popping in to blog.  I am happy to say that we no longer have a potty on our porch or a bathtub in our front yard.  I thought about disguising them with pumpkins and mums but Darling Daughter begged me not to perpetrate the myth that every hillbilly homestead has a bathtub or potty planter on the front lawn...

Somehow in the midst of all this I did make a  decorating dent in refurbishing some junk furniture finds I got for the farm and tackled the stack of sewing, which is now about half way done, AND, (I done good this time!) I actually took before, during, and after photos, pinkie swear I will be sharing those as soon as I can get them organized and edited.  So, baring any more major interruptions, I really truly think I am almost back...again.

I hope you are all enjoying a wonderful Monday!

Many Blessings,

Sandy