Handy House Guests Use Kleenex Hand Towels

Now say that 15 times fast.  Ready. Set. GO!

As we get ready to leave on vacation, 

we've snagged a couple of house sitters.

While our place is very "staycation worthy" 

(especially if you don't live here 24/7)

there are a few things we could do to make the place 

a lot nicer for guests.

This is where Kleenex Hand Towels come in.

You see, 

there really are 5 super easy steps to refreshing 

and ALMOST redoing 

your guest bathroom

so that your visitors are always on the 

"something looks different" tip

(in a nice way of course)

Plenty of fresh towels

(for the staying over guests)

kick it up a notch with a fun colored towel 

in your guests' fave color

Hand Soap

again, if you can color coordinate it to your color scheme

it's practical AND pretty

Put out the "Good" Trash basket

Instead of the usual plastic bin of waste

use a large woven plant planter.

It's just big enough for most waste they'll generate

and it kicks in a little upscale class.

the "extra stash"

Install a cool shelf unit with doors

so that you can display the pretties

and hide away the extra stash.

clean pretty

Use (and leave out) a pretty porcelain toilet scrubby set

more form and functional beauty

that helps messy guests with a conscience

clean up after themselves

without having to embarrassingly ask you for supplies.

Beyond the little details,  

if you have say, 

more than a few days before your guests arrive,

you might even consider making some wall art out of free printables and dollar store frames.

Here's a recap of that super cheap, super easy project:

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Week 65 Random Pinehurst

Time to refill this vase

with lovelies

from my OWN garden.

Random Pinehurst Master Bath

I loathe those tiled counters...

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Upstairs Guest Bathroom - Progress

So before,
I was so proud of getting up
that waffle weave shower curtain.

Don't you just love the tiny mirror all antagonizing the wall of mirror?
Yeah.  Needed to fix that.

So I picked this up at Goodwill (of course)
for $3

That bad boy is massive.
I almost fell out getting it up.
But I did it all by myself.

And I only cussed once.

Now there is something pretty to reflect upon
rather than the endless time warp
of a mirror reflecting back a mirror
reflecting back another mirror...

I'm surprised I'm still here.

I call this progress.

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Week 30 Random Pinehurst

Native Americana Wall

in the Powder Room

Love this to pieces.

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Stylin' Master Bath Shelf

So a while ago,
(I know, I know)
I actually
FINISHED
a project.

It was the 1 hour bathroom shelf.
Remember?

On the next to bottom shelf?

You remember my mini succulent garden post right?

Well...

Let's just say that I almost fired my housekeeper

(yes, I have a housekeeper, yes she is afraid of my dog).

Not merely because I came home one Monday afternoon

to find that mini garden in smithereens in the toilet room

stomped on as if someone had to dance to save

their little tootsies (or paws, I suppose)

from the gunshots dancing off the ground around them.

(she only comes 2 times a month

for about an 1 hr...

really, it's about toilets. 

You know my thing about toilets)

No, this was about how I jumped to embarrassing conclusions

about how since she doesn't like Ashers

she MUST have locked her in that tiny toilet room

while she did her job

and FORGOT MY DOG

in said tiny room

for about 5 hours

Never mind that the one with no thumbs

is dumb clever enough

to get her skinny self behind the door

accidently shut it

and then squeal and scream for hours on end

when she can't get out

And of course tear up a year's worth of

costco toilet paper

and my mini succulent garden

while she's in there.

let's not talk about the toilet paper holder

that she ripped off the wall

in her wild fit of rage

over the indignity of being locked in the

toilet room all day long.

She's a fighter.  I would have passed out.

Anyhow.

I finally got around to re-styling that shelf.

With a little inspiration from the Pac Gal Auction House

where I saw this little cutie

I decided to actually stop hoarding

my sea shell collection

and actully display some of it

I hate the photography lighting in this dark corner of my house

There's a great little window that lets in just enough light

to give a prisoner hope she'll get out some day

And then an overhead light that is...well...sketch.

All said,

All I need on that shelf is a little plant

ie, the one from Crate and Barrel I pasted in there.

Alas, American Express isn't giving me any points to go shopping with

anytime soon.

They are probably still bitter that I went all the way around the world

on their points when I was a cardholder.

Then we jumped on to the next great card deal.

Given that we're one of those rare oddities (or used to be at least)

that annoyed companies by paying the bill in full each month

and jumping to the next great free flight offers when our old card

wouldn't give us anymore goodies.

All said, loving the Thank You Points I get now

(and so are Lowes and Home Depot where we redeem about 95% of said points).

But next time, Pottery Barn card.  I've seen some lovely sea goodies there

that will be on end of season close out soon enough.

Clearly, I have some shelf space to cover.

What do you think?

More wordy posts?

Or back to the short, sweet and simple?

I had a request to write more.

Like I did at b3Home Designs (Part 1)

Why the heck not?

Unless you beg me not to of course.

Week 18 Random Pinehurst

Thinking

it might be time

to update the "artwork"

on the wall

in the bathroom.

Imagine these Ikea Ribba Frames

in oak.

Love them to pieces.

Probably because I got them for .99 each.

Thrift store shopping 101 in my neck of the woods.

Now

Just need to find something

interesting to put in them

Or.

I can leave the fancy handmade

handprinted

brown paper in them

Not, might I mention,

that I spend inordinate

amounts of time

in my bathroom

contemplating

what would be prettier

to look at



No more wire...

shelves.
Hangers, by the way,
are also my bane.

I adore those fluffy white towels

And I no longer have a love hate relationship with the scale

(fertility tracking does that to you)

Love the little brown basket of soap on the floor

love the glass cubes of stuff I don't use

because I don't take baths

yet I feel it necessary to have a bathtub.

So American of me.

That top basket...

eh

Those wire shelves

held up by the completely

functional

but not at all

stylish

center rod

those

are

the

BANE

of

my

existence.

Just saying.

1 Hour Lovely | Bathroom shelf

I had an hour
a shelf
some paint

In pictures:

It is SOOO convenient
not having to dig toilet paper
out from under the sink anymore

Just saying
Like the succulent dish? 
My newest obsession.
Blog post (or two)
coming soon about that

10 minutes, basecoat of primer
25 minutes to dry
10 minutes paint layer
painted in the bathroom
with the vent and heat lamp on

Ran some errands
Came back
15 minutes to move behind door
and add the knickknacks

Lovely what a little paint
can do

Bathroom | One bit at a time

YEAH!
I got up
a shower curtain

It is waffle weave
which is impressive
no?

okay.
really,
I need to figure out
what to do
with this room

Given that it is really the dumping ground
for all the bathroom stuff
we don't want to stash
in the bathrooms we actually use

Go figure.

This is probably most evidenced by the little mirror on the wall
or the black rug on the floor

Hey.
Don't hate
it works

Of course,
I'm thinking
nautical

And I have some cool crab print/sketches.
But that's about it

No,
I didn't even install the curved rod.
That came pre-installed.

I know...what kind of
home improvement blog
am I running here?

Around Pinehurst - March (Cairns and Prayers)

Once upon a time

I took a really long trip

to a part of the world

that doesn't have western style toilets.

now.

this is significant

because I have a "toilet thing"

whereby I will not clean them

because my gag reflex just. cannot. deal.

so if you've ever been to a place

where you have had the pleasure of using

various eastern style toilets

oh...say...a place like Tibet

then the beauty of this

Toilet cairn, a bit off balance - Main floor Powder Room

Photo (c) b3 home designs

becomes far more relevant.

At Everest Base Camp (Tibet side),

we collected a couple of rocks.

All around Tibet, rocks are stacked (rock stacking = cairn)

mostly in prayerful repose

for safe travels

Or I think something like that

This cairn is our tribute

to the Great White Western Toilet God

that allows us the grace

to lazily sit our fat butts

on a bowl

that collects things unthinkable

and whisks them away to places

I never have to go

As opposed to crude holes in the ground

that I wasn't even allowed to use

more times than not

because I have lady parts.

Oh...Tibet.

Happy March!

Design Around: Creamy White

Now we all know

the home bloggity world

is abuzz around all things

white

But not just white

The right KIND of white

Which, in this place is a challenge. 

I love the warm creamy white

that is my trim color

throughout most of the house

Especially against all the grays

(which, evidently, help the naturescape)

and the polished silver.

But downstairs

in the bloodroom,

I mean the red rooms

I'm trying to design a nautical

and/or beachy small bathroom

around these creamy whites

Beachy dreams, lower floor bathroom

I think I can make it happen.

Even though this room is right around the corner

from this

Lower Floor Mantle

I'm going to make that tomato soup happen

Believe that.

Found and Used | Bow and Arrow

Remember how I went to the Pac Gal Flea

And I found this stash of goodness

Pacific Gallery Auction House

Annual Flea Market | Seattle | 2010

I blogged about that trip of awesomeness

at b3HD [the original] in this

Pac Gal Annual Flea post

It was awesome.

But do you see that bow poking out of the stash?

Look closer...

okay, here's a better shot of it

Pacific Gallery Auction House Bow & Arrow get

Annual Flea Market | Seattle | 2010

If you didn't make the jump to read the original post

let me sum it up really quickly for you:

I. almost. cried.

When I saw this set.

I had been on the lookout for an authentic Native headdress

to go in this space

And even though I DO live in the PNW

after having come here from Upstate NY

by way of New Mexico

Somehow, I had managed to never come across one

I was so obsessed

that when I first passed by this very childish

not authentic get up

I was completely blind to it

Then, I was thinking of the basket (that I hung it in front of)

and how maybe I would fill it with something

When out of nowhere, this vision came to me

and I thought to myself

"self...didn't you just see a bow and arrow here somewhere?"

I roamed back over, and when I picked it up

and she told me the price

(you WILL have to make the jump for that story - CLASSIC!)

I think I might have actually shed a tear.

All together, that powder room is coming along nicely

Main Floor powder room

I just need to come to grips with whatever design vision

was in my builder's head

when he put up that mirror.

Or maybe, that was the doing of my neighbor's sister.

Maybe.

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