Golden Spots Or Polka Dots???

I do love to play with Paint on walls. So when recently I discovered I could no longer get the blue that was already on the walls of this little En Suite Bathroom, the decision was made that it was time for a colour change! But what colour?! 

The bathroom is off a little girls bedroom who (of course) is having a love affair with pink. Me, being a rotten mother, is denying (as much as possible) as much pink in her bedroom as I can. Not that I have anything against pink. I love the colour! But it is so easily overused and dominates over other colours, especially in regards to girls! SO on wanting pink walls in her bedroom, instead of lovely white ones ... she got pink spots instead! 

Not quite the pink walls she wanted, but she was delighted with the effect! In the en~suite there is a pink blind, it WAS against blue walls and I liked the way they popped. So as I was one day, yet again, wondering the isles of tins of paint looking for inspiration, a colour jumped out at me and was then purchased. The bathroom scheme began.

Due to the fact of having to give the shower some maintenance, painting the bathroom was delayed. During this time I discovered a huge photograph that gave the decoration of the bathroom a bit of a theme! I was super excited. Ideas began to pop pop pop in my mind and because of the gold in the picture, I decided the wall needed gold spots (or are they polka dots?? I am not sure of the difference really!) 

And THEN browsing instagram not long after making this decision I realised that Little Birdy here uses the perfect colours, and I contacted her about her light pulls that she makes. I was in perfect time as she was just about to paint up a batch and did one in the colours I needed! When this arrived a few days ago, I was blown away by this beauty of a piece! I used this as a pull for the shower switch and it just changed the feel of the bathroom so so much! Small details ARE important!! 

So these gold spots ... well in the end, they were done with the top off a milk bottle which a piece of foam glued for an even level and some artists acrylic gold paint. I did a bit googlizing and this is supposed to be completely fine even in steamy bathrooms! It may be gold streaks yet!! 

Now I am adding all the finishing touches, shelves and decorations and painting units to hold and hide all the usual suspects found in bathrooms .... ah I love the holidays don't you!! 

What is Going on??

Well, it is Tuesday morning and certainly time for a coffee break. Today is the day that I think I need to catch my breath after the past month.

It all came to a head four days ago with the serious preparation for a fundraiser I was involved in for the local playground. This time there was a fantastic team of volunteers, planning and organising the event, and each one of them worked so hard! None of this, where they say yes, yes, yes to everything and then leave one or two persons to pull it all together. It was the first time I was involved in anything like this, and I LOVED it. I truly did. One of the things I loved most, was putting the stage area into shape. Usually stages can be wasted space as it can be hard to know how to use them! But I got lucky and had a brain wave, and this is the finished result .....

Right well, I didn't get another photo of the other direction with the fireplace etc in!! ah well ... you get the idea tho! People loved sitting up there being able to view all that was going on in the hall while sipping on their drinks and nibbling beautifully made cakes! The Sale event was held on the Saturday and Sunday and yesterday was packing it all away. Today tho, my mind is still in fundraiser gear, thinking about how things could have been improved and handled differently! Will take notes for next time! (IF there is an next time of course!!) 

Being involved in that event has opened up another opportunity. An opportunity to move my working area into the community centre. A short walk nearby, access whenever I like (for all those hours we work into the night) BUT not in the house, so I don't get distracted by loads of washing and ironing, hoovering and anything else that I want to do that isn't work! I love the sound of this! I am hoping too that it would be an opportunity to get some local trade and also to have some outside interaction in the day. I think to try this out for a month and see if my productivity levels increase. If they do, it would definitely be worth it!! 

Sometimes you have to go for it don't you ....

Do I do that now or later?

In the immortal words of Winne The Pooh

"Think, think, think"