Okay I'm back with more replies. Anyone who is bored of me can just ignore :) OSH, I admit that the color doesn't sound much better than your initial reaction to it, but i'll check it out. Camel isn't really that appealing to me though especially considering I already have it in my dining room. mayvenne, yeah, everything looks great with black and white. Argh. I don't think I realized just how versatile it is. I mean i KNEW it was fairly neutral and had possibilities but seeing all those colors and how well everything works is just more confusing. oceanna, I use plain old autocad to draw my plans and elevations. It's not really meant to be a "rendering" tool so much but I try to make my elevations somewhat detailed so I can see whether what I am thinking about will work or not. Thanks, I hope it looks as good in person when all is said and done (another 3 times downstairs to the bathroom last night and I just want my dang toilet back). lindybarts, they they look really nice but I think too dark for what I'm going for. They'd look gorgeous in pictures and in a magazine spread but i don't think it's a space I'd love to be in every day. squirrel, that narrows it down! :) amanda, thanks for the congrats. Will be back with nursery questions once I have a working toilet. Although DH liked coral I think he would draw the line at pink. :) kmcg85, thanks for the warning. It looks fantastic in the stores under all of those display lights. :) moonshadow, I will check out that color. I emailed rejuvenation to find out the color and they said they didn't know but recommended I print out the picture on my printer and have it colormatched. Um are they crazy??? onourway2nc, yes, you see my dilemma. Thanks! roguevalley, I don't think so. It's just a big room off a central hall. It's not like it's the "master bath" or anything. acomom, thanks for the recommendation. I just emailed them yesterday and requested they send me all colors they have added since 2005 when I first got my sample pack from them. They emailed me back within hours to say they'd be sending it out, yay. Aqua is one of those new colors. It will be interesting to see what else she has new. Also I should check out the old too - I was reading through her descriptions and she recommends terracotta for bathrooms. I had forgotten I had those but something a little more complex might be just right for the space.

Well, I think you need this rug I spotted on Amazon to go by the tub... Something like this (or paint them yourself) to go on the wall OR THIS When you look at those you will see links to beach signs, flip flop light string, outlet and switch plate covers, vinyl surfboard wall art and more. I'd pick a few of those, get bright beach color towels and accessories. Bathrooms are fun because it doesn't take too much to create a theme, but you can also go all out. I also like the idea of using a matching blue paint around the vanity area, keeping the tub area white ad accessorizing with the blue and then using blue and white towels or other brights. I like crisp blue and white, but not everyone does, and with a boy and a girl, I think they'd most likely like a lot of colors to make it fun and not too feminine or masculine.

Yes, you can paint the appliances that are not porcelain and you can even have them paint countertops. They work miracles. I am not kidding. I had my countertops done at my last house before I sold it (bathroom) because I had gotten wild and crazy one day and did a bathroom in apple green, orange and navy wallpaper and the countertops in apple green. I repapered the room. They painted the tub and countertops all white. The tub always was white but tubs get those rust marks and it just needed painting. It looked gerat. The last time I talked to the lady who bought the house she was going to gut the bathroom and put granite on the countertops. She then said, "Well, I guess there is no use in asking what color the tub was, " when I told her I had painted that white over green formica. But, she acted like she did not believe me. I told DH I bet she went home and scratched the countertops to see if the white would turn green. LOLOL

Tonight DH and I discussed how we want the contractor to finish the tub and walk in closet bumpout. And to what degree we want it completed. DH is an itch about doing things so-so, therefore it will be better to add the tiles ourselves, and do the painting as well. BUT, the electrical, the plumbing, the windows, the removal of the old pair of windows in the bedroom to allow entry into the new closet, that will be framed and cut by the contractor. Also, drywall and taped, but we will finish with a skim of plaster--or so DH thinks. I am ready to leave the closet drywall plain. I am fed UP with DUST. In the tub bumpout, I've decided I want it all beadboard...roof and walls. I think there is a synthetic beadboard mfg by a company with a name beginning with "A"...am I right? That would be very very water proof or moisture resistant. Of course the contractor will do the foundation, the framing, the roof as well. Our windows will be up high near the little rafter "tails" that stick out all around the house. The clerestory "lights" will be NON opening, and made of Lexan. DH says that if you make them less than 24 inches (they will be about 16) you do not have to allow for expansion/contraction of the Lexan. So each small panel can be caulked in and screwed down. That will give us natural light all along our northern exposure, and require no window treatments. I want these Lexan panels in the walkin closet also. I already have the wire closet kit to make high and low hanging racks and such.In fact, I might even get the contractor to install them for me. The top shelf rack will come about the height of the window bottoms. The roofline will just extend at its current angle, and we will lose a little closet height near the outer new wall...but not enough to create a problem. Having the "lights" up high will really take advantage of ambient natural light coming from the north, which is true and consistent all year long, winter and summer. For closet doors, I plan to get two pairs of bifold with frosted glass in the top panels, and louvered fixed shutters in the bottom panels. They can be installed later by us, because the brand I want is special order from Lowes. I also already have the tub fixtures/plumbing stuff ready to be installed. And the two short sconces and one longer double ended sconce for the sink, and the towel bars and racks and ONE grab bar. I plan on more of these grab bars, and will ask the contractor to place a lot of blocking in the walls while they are open. I am so excited. I've tried not to get my hopes up, this might not work out, but OH BOY I"M READY TO TAKE A TUB BATH. If the man is a professional, this job should not take very long, should it?