Ugly Truth – 1 (Basement Bathroom)

I believe in keeping it real.

I believe there is enough “so-called-reality” in this world that even though we all love a good after picture, it’s important to realize that to get to the after you have to start with a before.

I never want to portray a false sense of reality.  On any given day, my house is torn up from the floor up.  My sink probably has dirty dishes in it – and my dirty laundry baskets are overflowing (just ask my sister-in-love, she knows).  I have a list a mile long of diy house projects I want to get done, but I refuse to let them get in the way of my life.  I highly doubt someday (I hope to live a long, full life) when I’m very old and too stiff to move that I will look back on my life and wish that I had done more projects in my home.  Nope.  I think it’s more likely that if I don’t spend more of my time with the people I love, I will look back and wish I did.

All that to say, “Even though I’ve lived in this house for over 2 years, I have lots of unfinished-partly-started projects around here.”  I thought I’d get it out in the open and start a little series here on the blog called “UGLY TRUTH” where I’ll clear the air – and literally air out my dirty laundry – so to speak.  😉

SO first up is the basement bathroom.

Ummmmm…….yeah…….it’s looked like this for oh, about, say, 2 years.  Yeah, I put these swatches of paint on the walls and then walked away and literally never looked back until yesterday when I snapped these photos.

The bathroom itself isn’t terrible, but it is kind of sad to have had paint swatches on the walls for 2 YEARS!

But, there’s hope.  Yes, it’s Dutch Boy to the rescue!

They sent me some paint, so I plan to finally tackle this bathroom this weekend.  I can’t wait to show you the color I chose.  It’s nothing like either of those paint swatches.

So what ugly truths are you willing to put out there?  Any skeletons hiding in your diy closet?  It feels good to get it out in the open – the truth really does set you free!