Master Bathroom: Project Decisions

As it often happens in homeownerville, things just occur and cause a chain reaction...

That plan you had to re-do the master bedroom, then the master bath, changes when the leak under the master vanity opens an opportunity to you: Wow, maybe I should redo the bathroom NOW...

The Master Bath will be a 2 or 3 phase plan. I do not have the budget to completely redo and expand it like I really want. So I will have to make "changeable" changes...like replacing the vanity top and sink, but not the toilet or the shower. Retiling the shower stall may be a phase 3...along with a total re-plumb...so a pretty shower curtain hiding my ugly utilitarian fiberglass-bottom shower may have to do for now.

All I have really done since the above pre move-in picture of my master is replace the lighting and add a shower curtain.

Here's my plan:

PHASE 1:

 Paint the vanity case a dark espresso

Replace the vanity TOP and sink

Pegasus vanity and sink top at Lowes

Replace faucet

coopcrafts.com mirror framed

Frame existing mirror

Replace exhaust fan

Paint walls

New shower curtain
 Replace shower head




 I think, after this phase, it could look something like this:

Great makeover here

PHASE 2
Remove the medicine cabinet


Replace the window

Demo the shower and replace fiberglass shower with tile

I like this color

via mama at home blog You have to see this entire reno here

PHASE 3
Expand bath into the master closet
Copper replumb
Add a tub, cabinet and 2nd vanity in the expansion

I love the look of the free standing tub

via freshome-- this is so simple, so deep too!

Complete shower reno and add frameless doors

via jenniferadams

Make it a Great Day!

Ann

Ready for a ReDo: Master Challenge

Well, Master Bedroom, your close-up is coming up.

We redid the kitchen first....

Before the backsplash

after backsplash completed

Then painted the downstairs bathroom vanity to make it look nice for company...

Spruced up the living room and dining room...

here's one furniture arrangement....

currently...but it can easily change when the mood strikes.

We were inspired to fix the layout of the Family Room after we painted it....

BEFORE...I had that big blank white wall to deal with

after...

Now here you are. Maybe my pals out there have some suggestions for me? I'd love to hear from you.

My ideas are: maybe wallpaper wall behind the bed? Rattan blinds and curtain panels for the windows? An upholstered headboard? A bench for the foot of the bed..maybe a reading area.

My challenge is to do this for little or no dollars, too. Good news is I have plenty of paint and stuff in my garage.



Vanity area across from the bed



Bench for the foot of the bed? Paint back wall?? Make a headboard...

Works in Progress

Right now I am working on 2 projects...first off I did complete this mirror, which will go over my buffet hutch (more on that piece later)

Before:

After:

This is the detail...

It was easy... I primed (zinsser), painted (Benjamin Moore Black Suede) , first taping and spraying the inset with silver spray paint. Then I sanded and distressed the corners, and coated it all with a satin wipe-on poly.


The "buffet", a mid-century dresser, really, that's been in our household for years now, 3 homes, bedrooms, now started like this:

I would like it to look like this: (black top to tie in the black mirror and other black elements in the room)
(image from Crate&Barrel)

The other is the cane chairs. Hubs is away, and now's the perfect time to put my plan into action... I want to GLUE patches of the new cane onto the tears... I KNOW it sounds nuts, but I will be painting and distressing them anyway. BTW..hubs was appalled the condition these babies were in-- I want to at least get to the primer stage so when he come back he will see they CAN and WILL be saved!

THESE are my inspiration, wish me luck!

Posting to SNS...at Funky Junk

Here it is... pics of The "Before" House

OK, Here are the befores--- hopefully this blog will be more interesting when I begin to post the "durings" and the "afters"... any advice, suggestions or references.... please comment!!!!


I was going to try to post these "in order" as you walked into the home, but I am not good at posting photos I admit! So, here they are... there is also a powder room, kids bath, master and 3 more bedrooms upstairs but I'll get to those later---

Inspiration for master bath:

Den... connects w/ kitchen overlooks backyard....nice beams, dontcha think? and the wall is all windows after those hideous verticals come down.....

cabinets are staying for now..... but I am having them professionally painted an offwhite... counters will be Ikea butcherclock in Oak (hubs choice) or Birch (mine)... Hopefully with the big white double bowl farmhouse sink..... white appliances...... Floors will be Pergo in a dark cherry finish.

Thinking of re-doing cabinetry on this side with open shelves above fridge and a small bar-area with base cab, counter and top glass-front cab to add to counter space...in place of that huge pantrycloset.... and build-in the fridge so the whole right side can be a blackboard!

Nice size peninsula...will have 4 barstools.... will look good with the new counters, yes?

Dining room--- sad now, I know... blinds: gone!(Those are corner windows- very midcentury....) Replace with: rattan shades and muslin curtains? My chandy from Overstock! My newly refinished dining room table? Yes!!!!!

Hmmmm... yes I am working on a plan for this monster. Any insight appreciated.....

Looking from Dining room to formal Living room- faces front of home, will be the first room you see upon entry so I want it to be my showplace.. The light will increase so much once those verticals are gone gone gone!!!!! This is my inspiration room:

Sigh... I love that room... its actually the lobby at my fave little hotel in Santa Ynez Valley in Central Cali....Hadsten House

Stairwell- sigh.. what can I say? I will have to think on this................... but nice double entry doors I love that and the fact there is a proper entry / foyer!!