Tim & Martha...

No no... Tim & Martha aren't our newest pets or the latest celebrity couple. Tim & Martha is what you could have called Brad and I last weekend... Tim "The Tool Man" Taylor and Martha Stewart! We took on our first home improvement project together and the end result is great!!

After we are married, I will move into Brad's house with him. He has owned the house for about 10 years and its time for a little updating. So, we have talked about making some changes together so that it will feel more like "our" house. Lucky for me, it is a blank canvas and Brad is a good sport regarding my ideas. So, I act as Martha Stewart coming up with the design (colors, fixtures, overall look) and he is Tim Taylor with the tools (labor and all things that plug in). I get in there and paint and lay flooring too, but I leave the muscle to Brad. 

We decided to start small and tackle the downstairs half-bath. But even this "small" project took us a full day (not counting the prep work Brad had already done days before like taping and pulling off quarter-round). We painted the room, put down new flooring, updated the fixtures and added new decor. I am very pleased with the end result...

Flooring before....

First piece going in.

Flooring after...

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After... new faucet, outlet covers and towel ring.

New light fixture.

View from the living room.

The paint is a pretty shade called "Heavenly Blue."

The animals were quite involved in the process. I mean, if we are going to be on the floor at their level, we MUST be there to see them- right?

Samson napping... or supervising the floor installation. Whatever.

Chey stops by for some love while I try to do flooring.

Sneak attack during the faucet installation.

Chey wanted in on it too.

Gypsy was unimpressed and gave herself a bath. It IS a bathroom after all.

"Mom- why are you sitting on the toilet lid taking pictures?"