Choosing Artwork for the Main Bath

So many choices, so little time.  Deciding what type of artwork to put up in the bathroom was a difficult decision.  We had the two freshly painted frames that hold three pictures each that would work perfectly lengthwise along the long wall. I wanted something that would look good with the wall color and shower curtain, and something that had a fun beachy feel.

I went to vintage printable, collected several options and narrowed the choices down to two sets of six:  underwater sea creatures and seaweed silhouettes (that were originally dark blue and I changed them to gray).

But which was better?  I couldn't decide so I create mockups in photoshop of the images in the frames.

Seeing both sets of prints against the Guilford Green wall color didn't help.  I loved them both for different reasons.  The undersea creatures had lots of great colors in them - reds, greens, yellows, blues that tied the bathroom into other rooms in the house.  And they matched the shower curtain.  Plus I love the whimsical images.  But then the seaweed prints were so fun and graphic, and the shapes totally coordinated with the shapes on the Marimekko shower curtain.

Still undecided, I ordered all 12 prints.  (Seriously I have a problem, it's amazing I even got it narrowed down to two sets.)  Once I had the prints in hand, I still couldn't make a decision.  We put up half of each set framed in the room and still I waffled for like an hour.  Mike's solution? A time share where I can use both in different seasons!  So for the spring/summer we will use the underwater sea creatures and then come fall/winter we'll switch to the seaweed prints.  Unless of course I find a new home for them or fall in love with something new...

(And yes I know that it's still winter and I put the spring images up...  I'm being optimistic that the warm weather will return any day now...)