The Thirtieth Year

I didn’t make a list of ten today. I knew I wanted to focus on the bathroom, so that’s directly where I went when I got moving today.  I finally finished. I did a really deep cleaning of this room, which is why it took so long. I cleaned everything from the medicine cabinet, to my makeup brushes, to every beauty product plus their mirrors! Additionally, I wasn’t as focused as I would have liked to have been, so that’s part of it, too. Now that my bathroom is clean, I hope that it can remain that way.

While cleaning, it sort of inspired me to think about where I want to take this room. I’m not ready to start doing makeovers or anything like that just yet. My focus right now is to get the apartment presentable enough so that I feel comfortable having people over. Right now, I’m embarassed when I walk into my place and I’m alone! Sheesh.  Here are the after pictures:
  
 

I’m trying to debate whether or not I should paint. This won’t come for quite awhile, but I really need to consider painting. I’m not sure if I want to invest the time/money. I could move into a more beautiful apartment (where I don’t have to pay for heat, this place is drafty!), or I could stay here, save up some money and buy a place. I’m not sure if I want to commit to Chicago that long, so buying a place may not be the best idea. These are thoughts stored in the back of my head, for now, I need to focus on the present.

While cleaning, I noticed during the period of a few weeks, that my bathroom is an extreme dirty clothes magnet. I’d like to stick a hamper in there, but then there isn’t room for the shelves for all of my products. What I could do is turn a spot in my room in to a vanity area, but that’s something that will have to be visited later. For now, I just need to remind myself that I’m an adult, and adults don’t leave their clothing on the floor. In addition to a nice hamper, I’d like to get some nice storage for my products. The metal shelves set me back a bit. I wish I’d saved the receipt. At the time, I bought what I “needed” instead of what I wanted.

I’m not pleased with the set-up of my bathroom. I miss having a sink with no understorage. This allowed me to stick some storage between the toilet and the sink, and left the opposite wall for something like a hamper. Additionally, the towel hangers are a bit inconvenient in the sense that they are placed weird. I could have bought an over-the-toilet storage unit, but the bar is in the way. I don’t like the towel hangs behind my product shelves either. Is that me just being nitpicky? Perhaps. I also think my landlords skimped out with the claw foot tub kit. I’m referring to the shower curtain . . .is it still considered a rod if it’s sort of squarish? I think it needs to be larger. My shower curtain hangs very awkwardly, because the ring/rod area doesn’t expand beyond the tub, so the top half of the curtain wants to be inside of the tub area, while the bottom obviously needs to be outside of it. I’m not sure what to do about that, because there are already holes drilled in the ceiling for that. . .and do I want to invest money in permanent apartment fixtures? I don’t think this sort of thing is something I’ll need to take with me when I leave.

Here are a few things I want:
 
The wicker storage for the bathroom that I wanted is no longer on the website!
I think I also need a toilet paper holder. That would free up space under the sink.
If I do paint, I think I’d like to paint the top of the walls a goldenrod color, and I’ll paint the bottom of the tub the same color. I won’t do anything with the chairrail. It looks nice white, and I’m too afraid to mess that up!