So much for planning

Yesterday I made a small note about being almost done with our bathroom, sans the threshold, door and mirror. Today, I’ll expand a bit more on the mirror issue. When we decided to overhaul the bathroom (which originally started from a leaky toilet), we were very planned out. We saw the mirror we liked, the style of faucet and accents, and went in with (somewhat) of a plan. It was a silver/brushed nickle plan, having seen TONS of silver/brushed nickel mirrors everywhere, and while we saw the one we liked a lot, we figured why rush it. We should have known that it never goes according to plan.

This past weekend, upon finishing the sink, we set out to a few stores to find said mirror. First Home Goods…swing and a miss. I love me some Home Goods, because their inventory changes so much and you can always find something new. That being said, the mirror we originally saw and liked was gone. No biggie, onto Bed, Bath and Beyond. We had also seen a similar mirror here:

But they also no longer had it. They had it in a oil rubbed bronze, along with a ton of other mirrors in that style, but not the silver one we liked. Hopefully we can order it from their website still, and that they have it in stock. Side note, we wanted to go with the oil rubbed bronze look, but didn’t see any mirrors in that style, anywhere…

Now, they are everywhere. Doh! Our trip took us to about four other stores before we finally ran out of steam. Still, no mirror. It’s hard when you are so close to finishing a project, and all you need is that ONE thing that you’ve seen a bazillion times, and for whatever reason, cannot find it anymore. The lesson here is that while planning to have a certain style for a room, if you see something that you like and it will be the basis of that room, buy it. Buy it right away, because as soon as you want/need it, it will be gone.