Blogiversery Bathroom Reveal

Lord have mercy, MHICTy's is 18 years old today!

To celebrate I am sharing my decorated bathroom.

Last summer I worked on several big projects around the house even if I didn't have everything pulled together for "perfect".  Ideally for my bathroom I would love to have the floors and the fixtures professionally redone but other more financially pressing things always horn in.  So I am stuck with the modern era peel and stick tiles and the cracked pedestal sink the house came with. 

Also the bathroom is located in a spot where there is no good natural light other than the blaring, blinding setting sun, so these photos are not the best.

But enough apologies, here's the powder room:

Several years ago I found 8 yards of this amazing atomic bark cloth at an estate sale for 10 bucks!  I sewed it up into curtains for the window and shower.

I also used it as the primary inspiration, pulling the mucky green out as the color for the walls.  I did a sponge painting technique on the walls with gold paint to somewhat mirror the gold in the fabric. 

We snagged this vintage pink swan plastic light switch cover from the bathroom wall of a thrift store that was closing down:

The General and Angela are finally up on the wall.  I found the ceramic seahorses in a storage shed, broken in chunks at an estate sale several years back.  I paid a buck and then just glued them back together.

Mr. Husband replaced both light fixtures in the bathroom with vintage ones.  

This is the overhead light shade attached to an inexpensive new light fixture:

I have had these chalkware fish for ages!  I bought them from ebay probably 25 years ago:

There are those mermaid cuties!

There is only one small niche in the bathroom that gets a spot of decent lighting and that's this lower shelf of the storage cabinet.  I included many images of this shelf to help ease the assault on your eyes of all the other horrendously badly lit photos.

I wish I would have taken before/after photos of these chalkware swans.  We bought them for super cheap at an estate sale 4 or 5 years ago.  They had been sloppily painted white with, I don't know, a toothbrush?  I repainted them with black acrylic paint with accents of gold nail polish!

 Also visible is the other vintage light fixture Mr. Husband switched out.

We don't have a lot of flat surfaces in our bathroom so here are the little we have cluttered up with doo dads and what-nots:

The Eisenhowers keep watch to make sure everyone is washing their hands properly: 

Above the door I hung a bunch of vintage hair and beauty helpers.  I don't think the colors work properly here but I went with it anyhow.

On the wall behind the door I am still working on hanging up a barrage of vintage bathroom related ads such as this warning about mildew being murder!

So there is it!  My garish, maximalist tinkle town! 

Here are all the past blogiversaries for your viewing delight:

2021~16 years

Pine Applesauce Dessert and 16 years

2020~ 15 years

MHICTY 15

Tickled Pink

Pretty in Pink Past

Ella the Pink Elephant

Mr. Bubble, Take me away!

2019~14 years

Dining Room Reveal

2018~13 year:

Blogiversary Tupperware Party 2018

2015~10 year:

Decennial Intro, 10 year Blogiversary 2015

Decennial Post II: Sit a Spell, Q&A

Decennial Post III: Apron Craft-a-Long

Decennial Post IV: What's Cooking? Apron and Recipe Swap

Decennial Post V: Writing For Swapatorium

Decennial Post VI: 15 Minutes of Fame

Decennial Post VII: The Lost Episode(post)

Decennial Post VIII: The Theme is Themes

Decennial Post IX: Recipe Card Box

Decennial Post X: 10 Year Blogiversary Gala Event!

2006~First year:

1 year Blogiversary 2006

Or you can click on the handy dandy 'label' of 'blogiversary' below left for them to all file together for you!

Pine-Applesauce Dessert and 16 year blogiversary

 

{Household Magazine April 1954}

The first recipe {see here} I posted on the first day of MhiCty 16 years ago was for "Pine-Applesauce Dessert".  Only I didn't give the recipe (click above image for that) or much less the name of the damn dish.  I was more memorized by the flower garnish made from marshmallows.  I still am!  So I thought it would be fun to have a do-over for this year's post, and include pertinent information...like what it tasted like!

Ta-da!  

This dish has a refreshing taste and is perfect to stave off the searing heat of the summer.  I decided to "healthy" it up by using sugar free on all ingredients other than the marshmallows, making it diet friendly.  

On construction: I am not too pleased with the lack of jelled consistency I got compared to the promise of firmly congealed bars presented in the original recipe.  The applesauce layer on the bottom deflates on the plate even after hours of chilling.  Their layers are precise and even but the reality is more of a slopped together look.  Those original bars look like they were cut with a laser while mine appear hacked out with a throw pillow.  And believe me, I worked to get mine looking presentable.  I layered them with a level (eyeballed really) and cut out the "bars" with a sharp Ginsu knife (a generic Big Lots version).  

The fault is not with me, that I know.  

Maybe jello was made of stronger stuff back in 1954.  Asbestos?  Who knows... but look at those marshmallow flowers!  They turned out perfect!

I have noticed a trend that for dedicated blog writers the "seven year itch" is about at the 15 year mark.  It kinda blows my mind that I have been doing this for so long and I don't have any intentions of quitting.  I am always coming up with things that I want to try, showcase, or comment on.  I started out doing this blog to be part of a community but most of those members jumped ship years ago.  I then shifted to doing this just for my own amusement and if anyone happens to stop by there's always some potted meat canapes and clamato punch they can snack on.  

I have mentioned before that this blog is my happy place where I put my best foot forward.  However when life is at a low I don't have the creativity or the motivation.  I am not good at faking it.  It's interesting to me to look at the number of posts that I do each year because it follows a trend in my real life.  When life is going well I am more creative and productive.  When my life is near rock bottom I just can't do this.  This past year has been bad for everyone in the world.  Even without covid happening it's been very bad for our family.  And right now I am not feeling it for "happy".  I don't want to besmudge MhiCTY with negativity so I will not go into details.  I am just formally putting it out there that posting is going to be sparse over the remainder of the year.

Oddly enough I have been toying around with the idea of starting a separate blog that is kinda the opposite of this one.  No pictures, long ramblings, and tons of bad mood.  It would be a place where I could also write about one of my passions which is stuff, decluttering, and the psychology behind our relationships to possessions.  But again, it would not be dusted, tidy, and shellacked like posts are around here. 

Ehhh... I doubt people want to read my incessant bitching unless it's topped with a shit ton of marshmallow flowers!

Mr. Bubble take me away!

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I hope you all enjoyed MHiCTy's 15 year Pinktastic Blogiversary extended event!

I am going to take a week long soak with Mr. Bubble and a spicy romance book as soon as I can get Bernice out of my tub!
She accidental dumped strawberry and ham ice cream soup all over herself at the party and has been splish splashing in here ever since.


Thank you for joining me during these last 15 years of snark and silliness!

If you find yourself  looking for more blogiversary action, hop on over to these past shindigs:

13 year:
Blogiversary Tupperware Party 2018

10 year:
Decennial Intro, 10 year Blogiversary 2015
Decennial Post II: Sit a Spell, Q&A
Decennial Post III: Apron Craft-a-Long
Decennial Post IV: What's Cooking? Apron and Recipe Swap
Decennial Post V: Writing For Swapatorium
Decennial Post VI: 15 Minutes of Fame
Decennial Post VII: The Lost Episode(post)
Decennial Post VIII: The Theme is Themes
Decennial Post IX: Recipe Card Box
Decennial Post X: 10 Year Blogiversary Gala Event!

First year:
1 year Blogiversary 2006

Ella the Pink Elephant

Yes, you are legitimately seeing a pink elephant...dancing among pink flamingos...and blowing a pink bubble.  It's not a side effect from all those Pink Squirrels you downed at the blogiversary party a couple of days ago.
As part of MHICTy's 15 year blogiversary after-party, I made this fun pink elephant cake, no hang over required!



 A pink bubble gum bubble at the end of her snout instead of the peanut!



For her other features (tusk, ear, eye, tail, and toes) I fashioned them from marshmallow fondant.
Ella the Elephant (or Wanda Mae the Woolly Mammoth)
was obviously delicious because of her copious coconut coat!


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Huh?  You're seeing more pink elephants?  Human wonky looking ones wearing shoes and satin gloves?  You must have been nipping at Gladys' peppermint schnapps.

I kid!  This is Earl and Ethel.  I asked them to mingle at the after party to make Bernice think she's loosing her pink marbles.  Everyone is in on it, so shhhh!!

Pretty in Pink Past

For MHiCTY's 15 year blogiversary (which was yesterday) I decided to do a pink theme since it also coincides with National Pink Day.  I like the color pink in a sarcastically repulsed yet slightly giddy kinda way.  I would never wear it for serious (unless it's vintage) but get a kick out of it nevertheless.  It's a goofy color, but I like goofy so...I like pink?  It's complicated I guess.

For part of the "after-party",  I decided to highlight a few past posts that focus on pinkness!

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A Coiffure Affair Birthday Party

First off, I present my hair styling themed party from 2018.

My cake was a tall beehive pink hair-do!

{For more: A Coiffure Affair Birthday Party}


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Weight Watcher's Sugar Free Cake

A very frou frou pink and weird "cake" I made in 2015.  It consists of fluffed powdered milk, a few slices of bread, and a crap ton of sweet n' low.

{For more: Weight Watcher's Sugar Free Cake}


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Pee-wee Partypalooza

My birthday theme in 2015 was Pee-wee's Playhouse, which I had a pink Magic Screen birthday cake!

{For more: Pee-wee Partypalooza}

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Hostile Thinkies

For a Halloween treat in 2016, I made these Wacky Pack inspired brain twinkies.

{For more: Hostile Thinkies}

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Eggs A La Kang

And for something way back, I present this pink tinted creamed egg dish from 2006!

{For more:Eggs A La Kang}


Pink food is kooky and weird, and very appealing to me.
I have made quite a number of pink dishes in the past. 
Wonderfully hideous looking things involving spam, potted meat, and bologna.
Here are just a few more pink delicacies to amuse and delight...or disturb and repulse :

Mondo sized pink do-nut cake

Pink boob Jello mold

Snozzberry Birthday Cake

Pink Ball Gown Drag Queen Cake

MHICTY Tickled Pink 15 Year Blogiversary Party!

{Better Homes and Gardens 1958}

*~ Welcome, Welcome ~*
Thank you for coming to
My House Is Cuter Than Yours 
15 year blogiversary!
I see you found the house easily!  I gave it a fresh coat of pink paint just for the occasion!

Let me give you a bit of a home tour beforehand...

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The living room has been painted, rugged, and reupholstered in Carnation Kiss Pink!  I made the dye myself by grinding up all the prize carnations Eunice had growing in her perfectly manicured garden!  She was out of town that week and blames the crime on delinquent prom goers who forgot to get their dates corsages.

Next on the tour...The boudoir...

You can put your things here in the Flamingo Fantasy Frilly Frou Frou Flowery room.  Just mind all the ruffles and bows and lace and chiffon and frou... So, um, just put your things down on the floor.  That would be best.

Moving along to the indoor outhouse...

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Damn it Bernice.  You're still in the bathroom?!  You're not going to get that ramshackled home-did perm looking any better than a Brillo pad. I told you not to buy beauty products from the dirt mall.  Please, just put down my pink hair brush and go marinate the cotton candy pop tarts!

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Let's head over to the kitchen, I think I smell the bubble gum and shrimp kabobs burning.  Oh...it was just the pickled pig's feet salad.  That's it's normal aroma.

Well, everything seems to be order here, so let's head down to the rumpus room and get this party started! 

I've got a full bar set up for this special occasion!  It has the works!  Pink Squirrels, Pepto shooters, pink lemonade....garnished with Vienna wienies and pink pearl erasers!
No? Well, maybe later.

Let me introduce you to some of the other guests...

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This is Pattie.  She has a bit of an unhealthy obsession with the color pink.  Her hobbies include dying her pet poodles pink and working for Mary Kay to earn that pink minivan.  Obviously, an expert in her field,  I sought her proficient advice for this affair!

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This is Millie.  She asked if she could bring someone worth talking to, so she brought her dog.  Millie, I am fine with Scrappy, he's a great listener...but I have got a theme going here!  You can either go see Pattie about a fuchsia dye job for him or feed that pooch some Gaines Burgers which will result in decorative pink piles for the yard!

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This is...ah... Martha.  She is putting her pink taffeta dress uniform back in to action after being retired (like 40 years ago!) from her days at the Pink Coral Corral. She still thinks she can work for tips so don't accept anything from her without full well knowing you're gonna have to slip her a nickel.

And this is....Pattie, again.  She brought several selections from her pink infused wardrobe.  I expect she is going to try pulling an impromptu fashion show at some point during the party.  If she did it at her cousin Earl's funeral and got away with it, she'll surely try it here too.
Let's move along before she starts pulling out all of her different shades of pink lipstick.


This is Gladys.  Don't spend too much time near her.  She claims the pink she is sporting is pink eye... That's why she keeps waving that used handkerchief around.  I've got her set up by herself here in the den with a bottle of peppermint schnapps.  She'll stay plastered to that pink arm chair all afternoon.

Let's just clear away from her and grab some grub.

{Better Homes and Gardens Holiday Cook Book 1967}

I set up a beautiful array of pink punch, pastries, and pleasantries!

{Weight Watchers Diet Recipe Cards image source}

There is Shrimp- Salmon Mold.  Heavy on the mold.

{Good House Keeping 10 PM Cook Book 1958}

Lobster Cream Slop.  Heavy on the slop.

{Family Circle Illustrated Library of Cooking 1972}

Tower of Frozen Pepto Bismol.  Heavy on the hurl.

{Betty Crocker Fun with Frosting 1958}

And for dessert we have this grand ombre pink delicate ruffled wide load doll cake.  Heavy on the hips.

Wait!  Drop that baloney croquette!
The Spamettes are about to preform!

I was lucky to book them for this party.  Originally they were going to be bridesmaids for their sister's wedding today but when it got canceled due to a shortage of deviled ham they didn't want the dresses to go to waste and decided to form a girl band!
They only know two songs: Little Pink Houses and Pink Cadillac, but they can perform them in multitudes of ways!  They can sing in German to a mariachi beat, sing in Spanish to a polka beat, and can even rap the songs with a southern drawl!

Presents?!  For me?!
I'm glad to see some of you read the fine print on the invitations.

My first gift is from Martha.

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You made this yourself didn't you!?
Well...What is it?
A hair roller caddie made from an old bleach bottle?
It's the most beautiful piece of trash I've ever seen!  Thanks Martha!

What do we have here from Pattie?

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A knitted pink poodle!  And it has a purpose?

Bernice just tossed her gift at me....

Pink toilet paper!  For the poodle!
You two went in together for this didn't you?  So, so thoughtful!

Well I have a little parting gift for all of you!

A coupon for 5 cents off a bottle of Thrill dish soap!

This has been a fantabulous pinkalicious party!

{Better Homes and Gardens Nov 1956}

But don't put your fuzzy pink bunny slippers away just yet!  For the rest of the week it's going to be an after-party of pink inspired posts!