Let's get in the right decade

Let's get in the right decade - part 2

I was supposed to post this last Tuesday after J posted her part on Monday, but I got a wee bit busy ;-) (we shall see how long I milk this excuse...and how long until I tell you readers what I've been doing on "the side")

For Christmas we asked my parents to make a list of "first impression" things at their church that they would like modified. Our plan was grand (they each had 10 things on their list and maybe 2 overlapped!), but we ended up "only" repainting/decorating 1 bathroom and hanging some art in another.

Here are 2 photos of what the bathroom (kinda) looked like before. We forgot a before picture, so this is the upstairs bathroom that has the same wallpaper & features.

This might be my favorite "during" photo ;-) But it is a good picture of the paint color...

More during photos:

We bought these plates and put lotion on each of them between the sinks.

After: (it's hard to see the gray of the walls, but it's there - I promise!)

The entry way after:

The brother & brothers-in-law told us the wallpaper in the men's bathroom wasn't that bad...and we agreed. We just added some motivational posters.

We'll see what projects we drum up for Mother's Day, Father's Day and their anniversary :-D

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