Well, our bathroom remodel is finally over. Actually we are 98% done. The contractors are coming Friday for a few remaining items. It is very different and we love it. We are so glad it is done as we were quite tired of having people in our house every morning while we were trying to get ready, using the office bathroom, and trying to keep Katherine out of the workers way. It is not super easy to do a project with a toddler as they are so curious and workers are not always careful about what they leave out or cleaning up.
Here are the before and after photos. I made them smaller since there are so many but you can click on any photo for a more detailed view.
The before and after of the vanity area. They removed the furdowns and wallpaper then textured and painted. Choosing the color was not easy. I had a color in my mind but finding it in paint was a challenge. We have an unused gallon of paint that was the wrong color. We changed from a single sink to a double sink. I am do glad that we did. Now we have two lights and two mirrors which are much more decorative than what we previously had.
This is a view of the vanity area from the other side. We painted the medicine cabinet white and they are making us a new door. That is one of the remaining items to be done.
The new vanity is a free standing furniture piece rather than a built in vanity. We had to sacrifice a little in storage space to have 2 sinks but like I mentioned, we are enjoying the double sink area a lot.
The bathmat is actually the first thing I bought and what I used to try to find a paint color. The colors are dark brown and blue. If you take a look of Katherine's photo in the banner of the blog you will have a pretty good idea of the style of the bathroom. I just need to frame one of those pictures to complete the decor. It will match perfectly. I also loved the bath accessories in this line but they looked a little more aqua than the walls and the toothbrush holder was pretty functionless. The toothbrush would slide right out!
The toilet area is not finished yet so it looks pretty plain. We have not had the doors or shelves to the cabinet installed yet. Because the furdown was removed we will have about a foot more storage space which will hopefully help out with the vanity storage lost. The toilet paper holder was hung crooked so we are waiting for them to redo that as well.
The dressing room is gone and the craft room is awaiting the furniture. Gone is the floral wallpaper and vanity. We replaced the sconce lights with an overhead light.
I am going to be putting a scrapbook armoire in this room. I am so excited. There is a scrapbook convention in town next weekend and I saw on the website of an armoire company that their floor models are available at a discount. I called and pretty much was able to customize the floor model to be what I wanted to order down to the wood finish and knobs. As a floor model I get money off, free shipping and extra products saving $500. I look forward to being able to craft again without toddler hands trying to play with all of my fun supplies.
As with any home project it takes on a life of its own. We decided that while the contractors were here we would add a few things to their list of things to take care of. It was great to cross off a lot of items on our list. It has been hard for us to pay others to do work since we (and I really mean Sam) are capable of doing most of this work. We have hit a point though where our time is pretty valuable and we were not getting these projects done.
Old and new hall light
Old and new oven.
We also put vent fans in all three bathrooms and a new faucet in Katherine's bathroom. We also had a new bonus of new locks for all of our doors because one day the foreman lost our key and we had no idea if it was on our property or elsewhere.
So, we love our new bathroom. I hope you enjoyed the tour. Come by and take a look next time you are in the area!
It has always bugged us that our small shower has no shelves and we had to use a cheap shelf hung from the shower for all of my bottles. It is in horrible shape, looks bad and has stuff fall off all the time.
Sooooo, we had them make some shelves to be installed in a corner. This was a splurge that I really wanted. The top shelf is large enough for all of my bottles. I have a hook for my washcloth and razor and the bottom shelf (which currently has Katherine's letters on it) is to prop my leg for shaving. No longer will I be falling over while trying to shave.
Here is the outside of the piece. It is cherry stain with brushed nickel hardware. I need to put a plant on top to make it look a little more homey in that area.
Here it is open. You can see there is storage on the doors for all of my tools, shelves for albums, photo boxes and larger tools, and a rolling card for paper and other things.
The bathroom vanity before.
