The Never-Ending Project

I'm now as finished with the bathroom re-do as I'm gonna be for awhile! We're still planning to put in a new sink, cabinet, counter top, and floors, but someone other than me will be doing those projects! Here's the before and after shots of the exact spot where I started this month-long project...Getting this border down almost killed me! It literally took me a day and a half to get it down! The walls weren't prepped before the original wallpaper was hung 20 years ago. This wallpaper was hung 8 years ago. I picked the border out when my oldest joy was 2. He wore Gap overall shorts all the time, and loved to turn his baseball caps around backwards. He also has grown up fishing with my Daddy. It just seemed to fit!

I cried while taking it down! Not because I was sentimental, but because I didn't think I would ever finish! I also removed all of the 'popcorn' ceiling in the bathroom. Can you believe it was easier and quicker to scrape, patch, and sand the ceiling than to take down the border?
I used a drill and drywall hangers to do this...I'm unnaturally obsessed with levels. Seriously!Hopefully now the joys will have an easier time replacing the toilet paper when it runs out!And this cutesy little touch lasted all of three minutes. Here's how my 'Happy Wall' started...I painted the towel rack, but Superman hung it. And yes, I made sure it was level!Now the joys each have their own color of towels. It has made it much easier to know who left their towel on the floor.This cute-iful shower curtain was decided upon by Superman and the joys! I actually bought three different curtains, because I couldn't make up my mind. I let them vote for their favorite...BIG MISTAKE! They all three voted for this one, and I couldn't convince any of them to vote with me on the one I liked the best once I saw it against the paint. Man, it doesn't feel good to be out-voted in the decorating democracy!The oldest joy was glad to help demonstrate why they all three voted against me-...it's reversible! Superman said that made it a "better deal- it's like getting two shower curtains for the price of one!" But I got to pick out the new shower curtain hooks! And this time I was really smart, I just didn't ask my three fellas for their opinions!
I love, love, love how they remind me of old timey glass door knobs! (And I really don't care if they 'match' the rest of the bathroom.) They make me smile! If I ever get around to painting the 4-F-O-U-R doors that are in this bathroom, I'd also like to change out the door knobs with glass knobs. (Then the hooks will technically match, right?!?!)