Put them on Craigslist. They will probably be gone before you know it. Or donate them to a Habitat Restore if you have one in your area. I think you can arrange for them to pick up the items.

I think it's smart you realized that the trees outside will be casting a color into your room, and altering the way you see the white. good job. I have no suggestions how to counteract that effect though. I thought (during my cream quest) that I did read some way to do what you are talking about. Was it to pick a white with a pink undertone? I can't remember, it was probably on Maria Killam's blog. You can shoot her an email, she said that answering "white" questions is easy and she doesn't mind. You'll just have to remember that when the leaves are gone, the room will have another "look" to it. Let us know what you find out! Maria's email: info@mariakillam.com

ellendi - Thank you for your kind words. I talked to a interior designer friend of mine after I posted. She said absolutely don't change anything until the floors go in later this week. The grey cast from the cement slab may very well be adding to the undertone of the travertine. Another friend stopped by this evening to take a peek and said that looking directly at the BS, she didn't see any pink. However, when she looked directly at the two areas where the existing paint meets the top of the BS (no wall cabinet above) she did see where the coloring got funky...meaning in addition to the cement cast, the existing paint color, although it never looked out of place before, may very well be causing the travertine to change tone in those two areas - which just so happens are the two areas that have bugged me the most and looked the most off in shading. Because it came from someone else other than the crazy wife, DH actually sounded receptive to repainting the downstairs so it can be better suited color wise with the kitchen, which sounds like to me is more than likely going to have to be painted to better suit the BS. There is hope yet--this option sounds much better than pulling the whole thing out - which I don't know if that would even be an option with the DH. :D blubird- Thank you for sharing your experience. I have previously moistened it with a wet towel and it did take on a darker tone - I just wasn't sure if it was enhancing the pink tones as well. Although I purchased one and it's ready to go, I am going to hold off on using an enhancing sealer until the floor is in and then also possibly until after any painting is done. I am almost positive the paint color needs to be changed so I might as well have those constants in place before I enhance the travertine part of the BS. Which enhancer did you use? I purchased Miracle Sealants Company 'Seal and Enhance.' I checked out the reviews and it seemed like a good product although I am always open to suggestions!

Rust stains are very hard to completely remove. That is a lot of rust! I'd try to clean it first, see if you can really get it completely free of the rust stains. That in itself won't be easy. If you can get it all cleaned up, and if you can determine that the tub itself isn't rusting the next decision to me would be keep it and work around the pink, or replace it with white. ( I am assuming the rust comes from iron in the water, maybe?) Tub refinishing does look really good when they finish it, over time though, there is no way it can be as durable a finish as a factory porcelain over cast iron (or steel) tub. I'd probably replace it if it were me, I don't think it will clean up 100%. We had iron in our well water in our first house, we'd get the occasional rusty stains, not nearly as bad as yours, but they were difficult to clean. But its worth a try. Of course, if your well water has iron, you will probably be dealing with rust stains fairly often.