The Search for a Decent Shower Curtain

Has anyone else had this problem?

I have searched high and low for a somewhat presentable shower curtain. I never thought this would be a difficult thing to find, but after endless hours of browsing the web and comments from my husband like "whoa you are putting way too much time and thought into this", I have to agree with him. Where have all the nice shower curtains gone?

This would be a GREAT business idea - create a company devoted to hip/chic/cool shower curtains ( I hope one of you take the initiative so I can hop onto etsy and enjoy your talented sewing skills during my next bathroom remodel project). We need fabulous shower curtains! Ones that are not themed with college logos (sorry Jack, I will not be having a shrine to the Aggies in all its burgundy glory), ones that (although eerily cool) do not depict a scene from Psycho, just perhaps a shower curtain or two with nice colors and original prints. There are a million fabrics out there that are beautiful and would look lovely as the focal point of my new spa/Steve's toity. I may have to find one of these fabrics and beg Steve's mom to help me sew it (I already owe her big time for some beautiful curtains and kitchen shades which you will see in a future post).

In the mean time here are a few I have found that don't make me totally repulsed.

A shower curtain from Kohls:
Anthropologie had several interesting choices. Steve even liked this one:
Here is another from Crate & Barrel - I love the pattern of the leaves, but I am not sure if it is enough color for the black and white tile:P.S. All you wonderful people out there who are much more stylish then I, please feel free to forward any other ideas that you might have.

Bathroom Delusions

So here we are right in the middle of our bathroom renovation. Please see above for photographic proof. Something we found particularly funny was that all of the contractors we called for bids could not believe that this 6 x 7 foot space was our master bathroom. Sadly it is not only our master bathroom, but also our guest bathroom and hopefully our future kids' bathroom. That is a whole lot of uses for one bathroom! We do have an additional bath downstairs, which would be super helpful except for the fact that the toilet does not really flush and the shower won't completely turn off. Oh and did I mention that there is something funky going on with the outside wall in the basement bath - let's just say that it has mysterious streaks of humidity running down it. Like the good old house lovers that we are, we have decided to blame this on the lack of venting in the room and until we can afford to fix it, that is exactly how I will continue to refer to it. And please don't try to talk me into the reality of the situation - sometimes all we have to cling to are our delusions.