So I’ve been missing from the blog this week – sorry about that! But I can promise you it’s been for a good reason.
As some of you may know, when we purchased our home last year it was a foreclosure. Needless to say, it needed alot of TLC and updates. We’ve been on a mission to bring it to it’s full potential ever since.
We took this last week to focus on finishing up some house projects that we’ve been needing to get to for awhile, including landscaping, trim work, light fixtures and touch up painting. The biggest undertaking, however, was bringing our master bathroom from about 30% to 98% completion!
So are you ready to see what our master bath looked like before we got started last year? The below picture was taken by one of our neighbors (and now good friends) before the house was even ours:
(before)
Yikes! I’ll just point out a few of the problems with it that were apparent right off the bat.
The vanity was only 22″ deep and 28″ high, so small and low, not to mention a dated yellow oak finish and cultured marble moulded sinks and counter top.
The forest green walls were dark and depressing for such a small space and made the room feel smaller than it already was.
Come to find out, it was dark green paint over TWO different layers of old wallpaper. Yes. That was fun trying to take off. When it stopped responding to all traditional methods of stripping and started damaging the sheet-rock in the process, we ended up sheet-rocking over with a thin layer to get a fresh, smooth surface.
Here was a picture from a couple months after we started remodeling once the new walls, floors (minus the grout), and 24″ deep by 36″ high cabinets were in:
(during)
Looking better! Now, if you remember from my previous post, Designer House Reveal: The Process, the inspiration for that project actually started with Dwell Studio fabrics I’d original picked out for our master suite. As we hadn’t finished our master project at the time, I used the materials in the show house instead and decided that if the items didn’t sell, I would re-purpose them in our project as originally planned.
So if you followed the Designer House project, you’ll recognize that some of the original items used are now in our master bath, including some of my original art!
Here’s how it looks after our big push this past week:
Quite a transformation so far, right?!
It still needs a few finishing touches including the final light fixtures over each mirror, drapery panels under the valance, and crown moulding. All in good time. Right now I’m just basking in the joy of having working sinks just feet away from my bed! Not to mention thick, coke bottle-like glass sinks. Ooo la la.
So that’s a sneak peek of what we were up to all week. Hopefully it makes up in some small way for my absence. 🙂
Have a wonderful rest of the week and stay inspired!
-K
