Adding some weight

Nothing too dramatic to report today, just some small progress on the color scheme in the bathroom.  I had temporarily put a cheap IKEA shower curtain in there as a placeholder a few weeks ago so that I could start using the shower again and spare myself the oh-so-strenuous hike up the stairs to the spare bathroom.

It wasn't bad, but after a while, having all that white between the floor, the fixtures, and the curtain, started to make the room feel super washed-out.  But I'm glad I got this "practice" curtain, because it helped to point me in the right direction, I think.  Having this washed-out feeling made me feel more sure that I needed to get a curtain that had a little more weight to it, color-wise.  At the same time, I didn't want it to get too dark, so I thought a good solution would be to get something with a bright, somewhat intense color. 

Here are a couple of the options I considered that had the green and brown color scheme I was initially interested in:

And I also briefly experimented with thinking about some other color schemes that I thought might be fun, like this crazy tropical orange print that sort of reminded me of Nepal.

But the one I settled on was this Ikat print that I saw at Target.  It had a cool modern print (what is the definition of Ikat, anyway?), and I liked the brightness of the colors.  Plus, in this picture, it was up against a wall that's basically the same color as mine, so it was easy to see how well they fit together.  Sold!

So here it is all hung up and ready for action in my bathroom!  Woot!

I like brightness of the green in there - it kind of reminds me of the crazy green I have on the kitchen walls, so that's nice.  The blue is also a nice accent because it's not really a color I have anywhere else in the house, so it's a pretty little surprise when you go in.  While I was buying the shower curtain, I also picked up a little rug and some towels - because obviously you can't ever go to Target without walking out having spent way more money than you intended to when you went in.

 And what happened to the old shower curtain, you may ask?  Since the new one is a cloth curtain, I decided to re-purpose the old one to be a liner and go inside the tub.

It's kind of the same color, so it doesn't look toooootally crazy...right?  I don't think anyone will really see it, anyway, except for the person actually inside the shower, so I'm not too worried about it.

I'm sad to report that I've temporarily stalled in my purchasing of the etagere for the moment, due to budgetary constraints, but hope to be able to show that to you soon, as well as some bathrobe hooks for the wall.  Yay storage!