Bathroom Makeover, part 1

Recently I took to updating the house.  First came the kids/guest bathroom.

bathroom

First, let me tell you a little about our house. It is a little over twenty years old, located in sunny Northeast Florida.  It is a typical middle income home, but has a great view of a pond. The house was previously owned by the sweetest old couple. They were in there 80’s. They were the only owners and the subdivision builder built it for them.  They sold the house to move into a retirement center, because they were no longer able to live alone.  We affectionately refer to them as Grandma and Grandpa.  This is in no way meant to be disrespectful for they were the sweetest couple you could of met. BUT, Grandma liked wallpaper.

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September Dishcloth

Can you believe September is here? The kids are back in school and hopefully the weather will start cooling down soon. That means that Christmas is right around the corner. If you have been following me for long you know that I am working on a set of dishcloths for Christmas presents, one to represent each month of the year.  Today, I give you September’s dishcloth.

appleThis is another one of Rhonda White’s free patterns. Here is a link to the pattern (Apple Cloth)Updated to show the current location of this pattern. Here is a link to the pattern (Apple Cloth)

For this cloth I used my favorite size 6 needles and half a skein of Rouge Red by Peaches & Creme. The pattern provided an optional seed stitch border in the notes section so it will match the others in the set.