River House Diary

After falling in love with the UGG Napa shower curtain , I changed the floor tile color in the upstairs bathroom from Lagoon (deep blue) to beige. I wasn’t crazy about the change, but felt it was the only way that shower curtain would work. Then I got the design concept for the Bonus Room from Zuniga Interiors and it was all about indigo blue and sand with lots of woven textures and geometric shapes. It was perfect and it was designed to complement that lagoon blue penny round floor tile in the adjacent bath. So I flipped back to that color from the beige I was never really wild about in the first place. Plus, Pete and our builder’s interior designer shamed me into changing tile because of a shower curtain! I went looking for a new shower curtain. Googling “lagoon blue shower curtain” resulted in nothing very exciting the first time around, but Googling “indigo shower curtain” netted much different options, including this hand printed, from hand-carved wood blocks, shower curtai...

For once adware worked. You know, when you search for something and then the next several websites you visit that have ads, display ads that match your recent searches. I googled “aqua blue shower curtain” and looked at several garish shower curtains — those kitsch-y, beach-y things. Ugh! This time, however, adware dished up this lovely item from Michael Aram’s Ocean Reef collection. Michael Aram's Ocean Reef shower curtain ; courtesy of Bloomingdale's I ordered it to be sure the color was right and it was; so I ordered towels and a bath mat as well. Shower curtain, tile and wallpaper for Bath 2; personal collection It’s very crazy to be ordering this stuff now when the house doesn’t even have a roof, but when you find the perfect thing, pounce.

I purchased the canister and the tissue box holder for our master bath. Pottery Barn's Shell Rimmed Rattan Accessories ; courtesy of Pottery Barn

We had a mishap with our shower curtain. Don't ask! The replacement is this UGG Napa Collection shower curtain in Agave. It will live in the Bonus Bath in our new home. UGG Napa Yarn-dyed Stripe Shower Curtain in Agave ; courtesy of Bed Bath & Beyond Of course, the change required new towels. UGG Napa Jacquard Bath Towels ; courtesy of Bed Bath & Beyond

I purchased this canister when staging our Oakton house master bath. It came with us to upstate New York and has another move in its future. It’s been around. Pottery Barn's Porcelain Basketweave Accessories ; courtesy of Pottery Barn