Well, don't I feel a little rusty? I have been enjoying a wonderful season of family life and dropped clear off the blogisphere. I totally recommend a sabbatical.
Wanted to share some pics of my latest endeavor.
Project: Master Bath.
First, I would like to acknowledge that the design of the walls was not mine... I took it straight from The Lettered Cottage. Because she's genius and, hey, why reinvent the wheel?
That being said, the REASON I wanted to redo the bath was because we were storing everything on our countertops and it was cluttered. Drove me bonkers.
Here's what we had done:
1. Rewired electrical.
Our new medicine cabinets were so tall that we had to have the electrical boxes moved. While the contractors had the walls open, we asked them to put an electrical outlet behind each medicine cabinet so we could plug in razors, etc. *love it*
2. Walls
We had the walls painted a creamy white and a light gray color after they were repaired. We also had the contractor put wood panels BEHIND the drywall so that we could screw our towel bar DIRECTLY into the wood without using anchors. That was our contractor's idea. *love*
3. Cabinets
We had the cabinets painted a color called Cement Gray.
But it's not flat gray, it has some blues in it, somehow.
4. New hardware and faucets.
Delta Dryden faucets. *swoon* LOVE these. I chose them because Dan is a big guy and I didn't want him to have to delicately switch on and off the water. I bought these on buy.com for about HALF the price of other stores.
5. Bling
Spa towelette, anyone?
Marble soap dispenser?
HomeGoods store, of course.
6. Bonsai
For that spa feeling, a beautiful life-giving plant.
7. Wall outlets
These porcelain wall outlets are available at Restor*ation Hard*ware for beaucoup bucks. I found some lookalikes at Lowes for about $5 each. They are beautiful to feel.
We have a few things yet to do, but the bulk of the work is done.
We want to add a few medium wood toned things to the walls to warm up the color and contrast. And add a few knobs to the cabinets.
We hired this job out. It took several men 4 days to do this work. Some days they worked until dinnertime. We were glad to have someone else do it instead of us, since we can't have our bathroom undone for long periods of time.
We love our new bathroom renovation. For a fraction of what a whole new bathroom costs, we got some serious bang for our buck.
Hope you enjoy your home and its organization as well.