Tidy bathroom

 

I gave my 'new to me' bathroom a big tidy and deep clean this morning.  When I moved my 'stuff' from the upstairs bathroom I just scooped everything up and dumped it in a few boxes.  I made the time to sort through everything and find a place for it all as it's a rather small room.

I bought a wee wicker style drawer unit and a loo roll holder from B&M (£30 and £8) for storage and they look pretty enough.

Magnifying mirror (£10) also from B&M, reed diffuser from Aldi (No 3 from their Hotel Collection, £3.89 and a total Jo Malone knock off!!) and my perfume is No17 from the The Essence Vault (smells exactly like Marc Jacobs' Daisy.)

The sink and unit underneath are tiny!  You can't even open the door fully as it hits the toilet!!  But it can store a few things.

I reused my 2 wicket baskets that I think are at least 20 years old as I remember buying them for my bathroom in my Troon house.  I did buy a new soap bottle dispenser and toothbrush mug to sit neatly inside one of them.  The Lush candle was a gift from a child.

I'm just using the pink and mustard towels that I bought for my upstairs bathroom for now.  The bathroom was deliberately done in neutral colours (can't believe that was 2 years ago!!) so any contrast colours will stand out.  Post about it HERE.

It's such a small thing (ie room!!) but knowing that I have a sort of boutique bathroom/shower room makes me feel a lot better amidst the rest of the clutter.  And it didn't cost too much money to tart up!!

Hanging on...

Just 7 and a half teaching days left until the Christmas holidays!  We're all just hanging on for dear life!!  Despite the data from Public Health Scotland suggesting some types of schools are more likely to have outbreaks, my school is bucking the trend and so far we've had zero positive cases of Covid.  Staff, kids and parents have been following all the safety rules and it seems to be working.  It does hang over us all the time but it's worth it if we can keep this up.

In the midst of teaching in a pandemic and still dealing with my uncle's 'stuff,'  I did manage to get my wee downstairs shower room renovated.

Before

During

After

It took longer than planned as they found a few issues including the outside wall having no insulation!  They fixed that but it means the rest of the extended part of the house probably doesn't have any either 😲 So that's on my list for next year.  I've been told there are grants available for insulation so I'll investigate it.  As much as I love my new shower room I won't be using it.  It's mainly for visitors and guests (my guest room is downstairs) and for my son who is living in the extended part of the house for now.  But it does make me want to update my stuck in the 1980s bathroom upstairs!! 😄