It's Starting to Look Like A Master Bathroom!

Even though it is a cloudy day outside and my pictures are dark, I couldn't wait to show you what's going on in my master bath!

The tub was installed today!! Doesn't it look great? I want to take a bath in it tonight, but I am forcing myself to wait until the entire bathroom is finished, so I can really enjoy it. Besides, I still have the window covering issue to deal with.


And I know that seeing a toilet, might not be very exciting to you, but for the last month and a half we have been sleeping in a guest room UPSTAIRS, because that is where the only working bathrooms were.

Our master bath toilet was also installed today, so we are moving down to the master bedroom.

A little bit of progress every day...
Welcome Home,
Penny

A North Carolina Blog Luncheon

I had a wonderful day today! About a month ago, Rhondi from Rose Colored Glasses invited all North Carolina bloggers to come to a lunch at her house. Rhondi and I have been blog friends for a couple of years and last year Rhondi drove from Charlotte, NC to my house (about a 2-1/2 hour drive) to spend the day with me. I was so excited to be able to drive over to her house to see her again!

Two other North Carolina bloggers also attended Rhondi's luncheon. Mary from Across The Pond (who lives in the Raleigh area and I just met two weeks ago when she was visiting Asheville) and Donna from Dobco, who I had not met until today were there.

From left to right, Rhondi, Donna, Mary and Me....on Rhondi's front porch.


Here is a picture of Donna, Rhondi and Mary standing just inside Rhondi's dining room before lunch. You can see Rhondi's living room behind everyone and her beautiful crystal chandelier over her dining table in the left fore ground.



Of course, you know you can tell a BLOGGER when you see someone with a camera taking a picture of food!

Rhondi's lunch was delicious! She served homemade butternut squash soup as the first course, followed by a broccoli quiche and a wonderful spinach salad with raspberries and mandarin oranges.

For dessert Rhondi served us tea from her vintage tea cart and gorgeous Dainty Blue china tea service.



The dessert was Mango sorbet with Rhondi's homemade oatmeal and chocolate chip cookies.

We spend the entire lunch talking about everything from blogging to trips to France and Thailand, quilting, photography, other outstanding blogs and more! I felt like I had know these wonderful women for years.

Mary brought this wonderful French style laundry bag and a English Lavender room scent as a gift for me. I love them both!

And Donna hand made this lovely Christmas bag and filled it will a cookie cutter, recipe cards and a mini loaf of yummy bread!

It was a lovely day. As I drove home I thought about how I would love to recreate this wonderful idea that Rhondi had. Maybe a luncheon next spring or early summer....

Welcome Home,

Penny

Window Treatment

What to do? I have this pretty lead glass window in the master bathroom that my tub is going to sit under. It is not a privacy window. You can see through it. We have neighbors.

So how do you treat this window? It is so pretty, you don't want to block it with blinds. I took some time to look through BH&G website for some ideas.

Here is my window below....


Here they used blinds...not an option for me. It would cover the leaded glass too much.

Here above the tub - they didn't use window treatments...must not have any neighbors at this house.

Another with no window treatment....

Below, they used accordion , honeycomb type blinds. That is an option. When pulled completely up, they almost disappear, so they wouldn't cover the pretty leaded glass.

In the picture below, they used curtains. I like this option too. They can be pulled away to the sides and the pretty leaded window would still show, when privacy was not an issue. Plus they soften a hard space with a lot of tile.

Another bath with curtains....these are too shear, but I really like the idea.

So what window treatment would you use, if you had a beautiful window you didn't want to hide during the day, but needed privacy at night? I would love to hear your ideas!

Welcome Home,

Penny

Tile.....

The tiling in the master bath is finished!!! Hip Hip Hurray!! Now we can start adding the fixtures. We have not picked out our vanity yet..... Hopefully this weekend. It will go in the area of the picture below.


We have the tub. I posted about it here. It will sit under this lead glass window. We are waiting to install it after the glass shower is in, so there is more room for the installers to work.


The glass shower has been ordered and will be installed in "10-12 working days". Fingers crossed.



On to the kitchen tile. Here is a before shot of the kitchen. With the old white appliances. Brass door knobs and red painted back splash.

This is what it looks like now. New knobs (including the rabbit knob on the glass cabinet door), new stainless appliances and the wonderful new tile back splash. We kept the same cabinets and counter tops.

Every day something new happens!

Welcome Home,

Penny