Seeing Red

I have always liked red but have not used it in home decor until now. For over a year I had been thinking about a red gingham shower curtain for our main bathroom. Gingham shower curtains aren't easy to find, and the rare one I did find was not red. I considered making one but just hadn't devoted time to the project.

Along came December and the writing of Christmas gift suggestions to my sons and one daughter-in-law. I was looking for something at Target online and found a red shower curtain with white dots. Ooooh! Cuuute! My daughter-in-law ordered it for me. I had planned to leave my snowman themed curtain and towels up through mid to late February but I am tired of snow...the real stuff that is outside....in the cold that I am very tired of experiencing!

This post shows a bit of the blue that was in that bathroom along with the new round mirrors that I bought at Target. I do seem to spend a lot of time at that store, don't I?

I hung the new curtain, put new towels on the rack and added red dotted ribbons to the mirrors a few days ago.

The following day I went to Target to return child safety latches that would have prevented me from ever cooking again. Those dang things may warrant a post of their own one day but for now, I'll just say that my intent was to only return them and buy a package of disposable diapers. How I wound up in the bathroom towel and rug aisle is a mystery to me.  But in my defense, just look how great my surprise find, the round rug, looks in the bathroom!

I've had calm curtains and decor in the past as well as cute (the snowmen who are out for a few months) but I don't think I've ever had anything this cheery. It makes me happy. I almost forget how dreary it is outside when I look at this bathroom.

A problem solved

The year is off to a good start and I am doing the happy dance!

I bought a set of 7 circular mirrors at Target to hang in my downstairs bathroom. The problem was how to hang them? The room is small and if something on the wall sticks out too much, it could easily be knocked off. This is what the hanger on the back of the mirror looked like:

The typical hanger made the mirror stick out too far and just using a nail was too precarious. What to do? Use a needle, thread, ribbon and plastic rings!

 

Feel free to imagine that these are snowballs while my snowflake and snowmen shower curtain is in place. At the end of January my new curtain will go up. It is red with white polka dots. I think I'll add small red ribbons, maybe bows, to the white rings to bring a bit more red into a very white bathroom. Ribbons are an easy addition that doesn't cause hubby angst the way red paint does!