When I moved into my first apt., the living room was the star. I trekked to Ikea (duh!) to get the required futon w/wood frame, the black magazine rack and the low profile tv stand. I was so excited! I had no idea that my soul would eventually come home to roost in the bathroom. The bathroom. The first apt. I shared w/my husband was so intimate and so wanted. I remember going over the floor plan card like my life depended on it. I fell in love w/the place upon entry. This was where I wanted to share my newlywed yrs. and I needed them to put the paperwork through post haste...dammit. When they contacted us saying it was a go I jumped for joy and started thinking of ways to make it home. We were moving in a month before we got marred so money was low, really low. Our family donated furniture and we, again, trekked to Ikea for some stuff. Cute, sturdy and affordable...right up our alley. But when it came to the bathroom, I needed time. I had to pick colors that both hubby and I would enjoy. It wasn't easy work getting him to accept our wedding colors: tangerine and fuchsia, but he loved it in the end. And he would love our bathroom too. I ended up picking a plastic curtain w/this huge orange flower on it from Target. I looooooved it. It was gorgeous and I got a ton of compliments on it. But plastic??!! Really? There was a time that I thought that ish was cute? Yup, and I have the pictures to prove it.
Moving on and moving out. When we moved into our first home I realized, omg, I have 2 bathrooms to play with!!!!!!!! I was in my glee. Glee! I tried to put my past shower curtains up but it never felt "right." It felt borrowed and unfamiliar, even though I loved them in apt. In this new space it just didn't work. So off to Target I went to stand in the midst of bathroom accessories until something moved me. I was definitely a fabric girl now. No more plastic for me, no matter how beautiful the graphic was. Fabrics moved me. They feel broken in, comfortable, grown. Hmmmmm, exactly how I felt when we moved into our home. I saw this on ideeli today
and it took me less than a few minutes to realize that I had to have it. It's soft and feminine and me. Hubby may look at it and shake his head but he won't trip in the end bcuz he knows happy wife happy life. Choose your battles, boo boo. : p I can't wait for it to get here so that I can see what it "feels" like in the space. Life is sweet.
