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December 10, 2010

TGIF; The tarty toile makeover.

 

I asked you a few weeks ago: Who likes toile?

{Note that I asked you…doesn’t it make you want to throw an ax when someone says ‘scuse me, can I ax you sumpin?  No, you can not AX me.} 

*getting off of my grammar high horse now.*

Back to the toile at hand.

One day, out of the blue I decided I wanted to update the guest bath starting with a toile shower curtain. I have never thought about using toile anywhere in our house before…but it was like a design flash of lightning. Minus the burns or power outage.  

(I don’t have a before photo. My bad)

This shower is taller than standard made shower curtains and I can’t sew, so I improvised.

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This is two curtain panels on a shower rod. (from Lowes!)

The toile part stays as is; there is a clear liner behind it that pulls open and closed when peeps are showering.

I purchased a few black towels and I even updated the tissue box and garbage can with black spray paint. I love spray paint!

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I had the hand towels monogramed. You know how hard it is to keep guests from stealing…from now on, I put my name on everything. (The silverware will be tedious!)

Have a great weekend everyone. Enjoy something sweet…or something tart.

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Or Just have some sweet tarts.

But remember, Santa is watching, so refrain from actually being a tart.

I know, I know, it’s a challenge for me this time of year too.

XoXoXoXo

25 comments:

  1. Haha, I never occurred to me to be a tart, now I want to! Thanks a lot! :)

    My friend just had a toile themed wedding and it was really pretty. Your bathroom great! The towels are so classy! I'd be afraid to use them.

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  2. what a wonderful re-do! I love how it turned out! Also, my mouth is watering for an orange now!

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  3. I LOVE Toile! And you did an absolute perfect job! YAY!!!

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  4. UK pals help me- what is toile? Do we have toile here? Do we call it something else? I have never heard of it ( but I am not remotely crafty or practical with a needle so that isn't such a big deal...). Also - do we have a UK name for arugula lettuce? ( sorry Suz- I know that's a bit of a bizarre question in relation to this post but I really want to know).

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  5. : ) I am a tart for certain.
    Trust me.

    The makeover looks fabulousa. Ax my opinion any time you done need decorating help.

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  6. Redo's like this can be so much fun! It looks great! Happy weekend to you and your family. Smiles, hugs, peace, joy, and love to you, XX

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  7. I am in love with toile!! And your bathroom is beautiful. Nice job!! And thanks for the reminder about not being a tart. Workin' on it.

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  8. Your remodeled guest bathroom looks great. You did a great job. Will you get your name on the silverware before Christmas parties start?

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  9. Busy Bee you wear me out! That is beautiful!!!
    Now when you hear me in your house in the middle of the night to steal that Cardinal platter, just ignore me.

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  10. Oh how I love that guest bathroom.. Love your toile 'shower curtain' ---and all of the black accessories. Do you have a chair in that shower for those of us who enjoy sitting and watching the candles burn ???????

    Have a wonderful weekend--and don't be a TART.
    Hugs,
    Betsy

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  11. Very pretty!
    Although I should have visited before you started marking everything with your initials. What's the point now?
    Your Friend, m.

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  12. ON THE OTHER HAND, my dear, I could use a few hand towels with your monogram on them. To match the others in my collection. I am working on the alphabet :)
    (Toile, what a word! Halfway between toilet and toil!)

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  13. You are funny! I love to read what you write and yes, it irritates me, too, when people want to "ax" something - - -

    One of my girlfriends used a gold/clay red toile in her bathroom. The surface of her walls was "messed up" so she did a two-toned sponge-painting on the walls with the gold as the base and the other on top. They may have even done a faux stucco. Toile is elegant in a bathroom!

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  14. Don't even Axe me to think about not visiting now you've done that bathroom with Toile. I told you it was my fave!

    Excuse me Suz, while I reply to the question Jo axed. Lawrence Lewellyn-Bowen would be shaking his frilly shirt cuffs at you for not knowing that Toile de Jouy is the full name. It's French ye knaa ;-)
    Also Jo, Arugula is known as Rocket lettuce at home.

    Sheesh do I have to do everything around here?

    :-)

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  15. I love the new look! Love toile..I feel so fancy when I say it. Isn't it fun to redo a couple of things and feel like everything is fresh and new? Love it!

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  16. I'm wondering where you found plain ol' candy canes. I had to end up buying Jolly Rancher flavored ones because it was that or chocolate mint ones (yuck).

    I like your toile!

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  17. I could make you some towels with busy bees on them...now that would be classy!

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  18. It's BEE-u-ti-ful! You did a fab job with that toile. I LOVE ME SOME TOILE, sister, but I will never "axe you sumpin," or "axe you nuttin," as the case may BEE.
    Seriously, that bathroom rocks. Will you post some spray-painting tips next? I am a little bit afraid of the can, but I would LOVE to cut loose and spray a few things around here. xoxo

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  19. Love the bath makeover with toile! John has a collection of baseball caps and one is MS for Miss. State but he says it stands for Mildred Says!!!
    Enjoy your weekend. Don't AX anyone anything!

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  20. Black and white is my favorite color scheme. It always looks so sophisticated. And b/w toile is the most striking and least commonplace to me.

    Bee-you-tee-ful!

    I'm a tart. And I'm hearty. I'm a hearty tarty girl. Thank goodness I'm not farty.

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  21. Well...
    I was gonna ax ya sumpin but now I aintagonna. You gettin all hianmighty on us hea.

    Mwahaha...tart tart tart :)

    I love the re-do. Just don't light the candle until you turn the water off. Is that how one dries off in this awesome pottery room?

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  22. Beautiful choices in the bathroom! Can't wait to use it! Scout wants to drink out of your toilet. We promise not to steal the towels. LOL at the tart comment....I guess that leaves me out....

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  23. Love it! Now, do you light the candle while you are in the shower or is that just to be pretty? Careful not to burn your nether regions. That was kind of tarty, wasn't it?

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  24. Very well executed, madame martha :-D

    Now, will you come decorate my house? pretty please with a sugarbee on top?

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  25. the bathroom looks great! can't wait to see it for real :)and i am thankful that you monogrammed the towels... and now the silver?! i wonder if that will stop him....

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