Aug
29
I tried to get a good picture that really showed how beautiful the glass is, but I couldn't quite get a good one. My camera made the second one extra dark, but it shows the swirls in the glass really well.
Well…now that I have gone through the experience of installing this thing, I can see why we put it off for a year and a half. What I thought was going to be the most difficult part was the easiest (thanks Home Depot Guy!) It seems like no matter how much you prepare before hand (finding studs, measure, measure, measure,) something unforeseen pops up and makes a seemingly straight forward project take all afternoon. Ugh. But it’s up!
See that hook? That’s for the mirror. The mirror we took off to work on the light.
Now it doesn’t fit. Ha!
I need to move the hook down a little bit, but it’s going have to be a well thought out operation because there is an exact space the mirror will fit so the hook will have to go in a specific spot. That means a lot of measuring and math, which taxes my brain. So hopefully I’ll be able to work on that this week. I’ve come this far and I won’t let a few computations and numbers bring me down.
Aug
18
Wow! I have been busy lately, and most of it has been centered around getting the longest-bathroom-remodel-in-history compeleted. I have bursts and lulls (mostly lulls) and I suppose I finally got tired of staring at the undone bits.
So – I am proud to announce that the tiling is officially done! First there was the tub surround, then the floor, and this past week I finished the counter backsplash! I also took the opportunity to varnish the counter for real this time while I had the sink off. I used a marine sealer I got at a boating supply store and it looks so much better.
I need to repaint that white spot on the wall where I hung an ill conceived soap dish. It was good in theory, but reality was a different story.
This weekend we are focusing on the other major task to do in the room – replacing the light. Check it out:
Isn’t that awesome? And yes…we’ve been living with the wires exposed like that for a while now. It’s amazing what you get used to. If it was as easy as just wiring the new fixture in the old fixture’s place it probably would have been done by now (probably) but it’s more complicated than that and will most likely involved cutting a whole in the wall. Which means patching and retexturing and repainting. Sigh.
After the light is in, we will be almost done. It would just be little bits and finishing details:
- Install trim around the floor and next to tub tile.
- Finish patching hole in wall were I removed the ugly toilet paper holder
- Buy new toilet paper holder
- Repaint the cabinet where I splooged it with with grout dye
- Install shelves
- Hang hand towel hook
- Explore new rug options as the ones I have are not working
- Find out what kind of art do you hang in a bathroom and get some
- Buy toilet tank tray
- Buy hand soap dispenser
- Buy a new trash can
- Buy a new plunger and toilet brush that aren’t heinous
- Replace shower curtain
Apr
11
And and Angel’s chorus sings! I will say it again – grouting sucks, however, grouting a floor is a lot easier than grouting a tub surround. I am so happy this project is done, but there is still so much more to do. I think next on the list will be tiling and grouting the backsplash on the sink and I will be DONE with the grouting!
Mar
28
If you have a house of a certain age, you probably have some sort of flooring similar to this lovely stuff that is in our bathroom:
Isn’t that gross? Now that it’s covered up I can’t believe I stared at it for so long. Yuck. This was my weekend project. We bought all of the supplies, and measured and cut the backer board and got that installed first. That went pretty well. There was a minor hiccup in that the backer board screws seemed to be hitting an impenetrable layer and had to be pounded in. Upon further reflection, and some time away, it was discovered that the torque setting on the drill was the culprit. Yesterday I got to work laying the tile:
I still have a small area around the toilet to do, which I am hoping to get done this week and then it’s on to grouting, which, in all honesty I am not all looking forward to. However, grouting a floor might be a lot easier than a tub surround. Let’s hope, anyway!
Nov
27
Now that the tile is up, and the grouting is done I can almost start to think about all of that extra little fun stuff to add to the bathroom. These are my super wishlist items, not very practical (cabinet knobs aside) but that’s why it’s called a wishlist, right?
- This beautiful glass nest from HeatherHeather, for cotton balls perhaps? So pretty, via Sunset magazine.
- Hanging Air Plant Pod by Mudpuppy- I have seen these everywhere and I love love love them. Perfect for my bathroom.
- Tissue holder! From Uncommon Goods
- I think these are the cabinet knobs I am going to get. I have been looking EVERYWHERE for something perfect and I am not finding it. I keep coming back to these Anthropologie knobs, so I think I just need to get them already.
- A Glassybabby votive. These are made locally (well, Seattle) and they are so beautiful. I think pretty much any one of these colors would work just beautifully.
