Favorite Touches
To finish my reno post... a few of my favorite touches...
Fish ARE back in the bathroom... just not the ones from the '50's! 
These are a little older... my dad's fossil fish, plus one gifted from a friend, are hung with copper wire, patina already in place! Though not thrilled with the look at first... it is beginning to grow on me. Putting them in frames, trying a mosaic look... all were failures. This one will probably last.
These are a little older... my dad's fossil fish, plus one gifted from a friend, are hung with copper wire, patina already in place! Though not thrilled with the look at first... it is beginning to grow on me. Putting them in frames, trying a mosaic look... all were failures. This one will probably last.My open cabinet for towels. I like it. If in the future I get tired of it, I may buy some cool glass to frame it in with... or cheap glass I paint something on (like a fossil fish?) But for now... this is it.
As tie back for my curtain (which matches my shower curtain perfectly, although I bought them in different stores at different times!), I used a fossil fish necklace I won during last year's Open House/Silent Auction at the library. I just put it on matching cord, and let it make a little statement!
I like that even as I touch up my ant hill rock border, you can't see my screw head I just covered up! The one on the right is visible if you look... though it's covered now! I may add a few more teeny rocks if I get ambitious, but only if I have lots of company peering CLOSELY at the border!
Lots of things fell into place for this bathroom... so it makes me think it was meant to be! I'm happy even without HGTV's input!
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Posted by Carol at 10/30/2011 10:11 PM 
Categories: Ranchlife, Wyoming, Projects
Tags: ranch Wyoming projects
Categories: Ranchlife, Wyoming, Projects
Tags: ranch Wyoming projects
ok, it has been bugging me so i have to ask...what is that silver thing on the wall between the window and shower? a hook maybe?
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Yup, it's a hook for hanging my robe, or towels on...
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Love all 3 posts, before after and details. My favorite part is well, ok all of it, but especially the space saving pocket door! that is so smart. I also love the hangers for the fossils. I have some rock slabs that I think are pretty but I never knew how to display them...now I do. I guess that makes you my inspiration. Thanks!
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I especially love the look of the little rocks.. time consuming but it is perfect... also great fossils...
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This is just awesome. I love that you had so much fun with the details!
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HGTV should hire you! Great job using items you love as inspiration. Pocket doors are wonderful space savers. Most of all, you have the satisfaction of a job well done by you!
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I love the whole thing! If you do ever get tired of the open cabinet, keep your eyes out for a small piece of stained glass. Old windows and such pieces are popping up in all the 'best' antique shops, and I bet you could find one someplace easily. I found 2 old ones that had been in a transom window in my grand-aunt's house, cleaned them, and then hung them in my windows. Simple but pretty.
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Love it! Give yourself a pat on the back - or have Vernon do it!
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Ditto to all the comments! And I really like the fossil fish necklace on the curtain. You are so creative!
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The close-ups are even better! That curtain and tie back are just elegant!
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