Sunday Favorites -- Am I Blue? Not Anymore!

Happy Father's Day to the dads and grand-dads! I hope you all have good grills, comfy recliners, and the appreciation of your womenfolk and young'uns. :-)


Many thanks to Chari at Happy To Design for hosting Sunday Favorites -- a weekly re-run of an old post. Click here for more second-time-around tales.


I love this meme; it appeals to the lazy in me, and to the part that wants to keep telling the same stories about That Old House over and over and over again.

So -- without further ado, a post originally published on February 15th of this year. . . about how our powder room went from singing the blues, to seeing red!

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I love flowers in clay pots.
I love brick walls.
I love blue skies.

But, sadly, I didn't love them painted on these walls. This was our powder room, when we bought That Old House nearly a year ago:

This little half bath is at the end of our "butler's pantry," (the rather grand name we give to the passageway between our kitchen and dining room, which we hope to restore someday). There is a walk-in pantry on the other side of that pocket door.

I felt guilty, wanting to repaint this room, because clearly
a lot of time and effort went into creating it.

But, I got over it:

Goodbye to the blues!

We painted the powder room to match the dining room,
Tucson Red, #1300, from Benjamin Moore,
with the beadboard wainscoting and woodwork in Moore's Atrium White
for some relief from the intense red in such a small space.

A crystal sconce that matches the dining room fixture replaced an undersized brass-plated one.
The vanity and sink are serviceable and in good condition,
so while I'm not crazy about them, they will stay for now.

We replaced a worn faucet with a simple, classic polished nickel one. I love polished nickel; it has the look of old silver to me. My Dad thinks I am nuts.
He is a very practical fellow, and told me, "Nickel tarnishes!"

Yes, Dad... that's the whole point! :-)

There is a window over the sink, so I needed a mirror on the opposite wall, and was looking for an old fashioned sort like my grandmothers had in their homes. It needed to be fairly large, and (of course) cheap.

I found it at Home Depot, of all places:

It was only about $30. It's beveled, and there is an
etched-glass floral border around it -- just like I remember.

You never know where that just-right article may come from, do you? I'd spent months looking for the right mirror (sometimes finding the right mirrors for other rooms but not this one!) and there it was, waiting for me, just 6 miles away at the big box store!

Still to be done: curtains!
I'm thinking a nice chintz, or maybe a red & white toile; what do you think?

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Curtains did get done -- in black and white toile!

I hope you enjoyed the transformation of the powder room.

Happy Sunday! -- Cass