Under the Sea

Our powder room/laundry room was next up for a makeover.  Our realtor gave us these hand towels as a housewarming gift (she also gave us $50 in restaurant giftcards, soap dishes, a candle, pajamas and a book for Jilly, and a huge teddy bear that Jillian LOVES- do all realtors do this or were we just spoiled?!)  Anyway, the towels were kind of the inspiration for this room.  Also, that ugly linoleum floor was inspirational in that it looks like sand (maybe? can you see it?)  So we went with a beach theme, which kind of seems more Under the Sea* to me because I feel like I'm under the water when I'm in there and surrounded by the teal walls.  What this all boils down to is I now really really love this room- ugly floor and all.  

The pictures in the brown frame are all from our beach trips this summer and above the toilet is a starfish print we got four years ago on clearance with our very last Bed Bath and Beyond giftcard from our wedding.  One of my very favorite parts of our house is our Harry Potter cupboard under the stairs- right now it houses old baby items but I wouldn't hesitate to make it a bedroom if need's be.  Our washer and dryer are behind the closet doors on the right.

*it's a little known fact that thanks to 6th grade chorus I know every lyric of the song "Under the Sea."  And though the chorus is very simplistic, the verses are extremely difficult.  Case in point- "The newt play the flute, the carp play the harp, the plaice play the bass and they soundin' sharp, the bass play the brass, the chub play the tub, the fluke is the duke of soul, (yeah)"