As I mentioned yesterday, while we’re tearing into the master bathroom and kitchen, one space we can check off the list as remodeled is the downstairs bathroom. I love the combinations of finishes and styles in this space, a modern geometric wallpaper paired with a traditional vanity, and touches of brass mixed with oil rubbed…
I’m headed back to Las Vegas this week to work on the fixer house and the next project I’m starting is a remodel of the master bathroom vanity. Right now it’s one of those builder grade specials that has been there since 1989 and a refresh is so happening. This is the kind of project…
When we left Las Vegas a few weeks ago we had made some changes to the downstairs bathroom in the house. Here’s a picture of the space from when we bought the house back in June and before we started any improvements. So.Very.Blah. There have been several changes since then, first we removed the vanity,…
The cliché “better late than never” applies to my hall bathroom and the necessary paint job I’ve been putting off for years. Over the weekend I finally finished painting them and installing the second half of the tile backsplash that’s been sitting in a neat little pile just waiting for me to gather the energy.…
Hello hello, how are you? I thought I’d continue the Solutions for Renters series today and chat about the bathroom – a space that poses challenges equal to kitchens in rentals since most everything is fixed. The cabinets, the fixtures, the tile. Yep, you’re stuck with it. So how do you make the space feel…
I spent the weekend working on the bathroom up in the studio (that little space above our garage) sprucing up the narrow bathroom. There was an old fashioned mirror hanging in there and I wasn’t crazy about it anymore, so I changed the mirror and repainted the walls. I didn’t want to spend a ton…
Slowly ever so slowly we’re a makin’ progress on that hall bathroom! Last week I stained the wood countertops we routed with an ogee edge a couple of weeks ago. The vessel sink and faucet arrived last week so Matt and I got to work taking the next steps to install the countertops and the…
Hello everyone, I’m excited to announce we’ve completed another space remodel as part of our Alma Project! I hinted a few months ago that we’ve adopted a second house in partnership with our local COTS (Committee on the Shelterless) and a team of volunteers has been working on this home to prepare it for the…
One of these days, I have to get Matt to sit down to type his love/hate letter to IKEA. Just to get it off his chest. Like me, he loves the cost savings but many times I’ve asked him if he would make the round trip to IKEA for me and then it ends badly. …
Slowly we’re making progress on the hall bathroom remodel and last week’s job was patching the tile floor. Since we did some demolition a few weeks ago and later reworked the vanity adding a new base with furniture feet, it was necessary to patch the tile on the floor underneath. Thankfully I had a few…
So the hall bathroom remodel continues, and one of the projects we needed to tackle was reworking the existing vanity. As much as I wanted to buy a new one, it didn’t make financial sense since the vanity was in really good condition. It would have been easy to simply paint it, but I had…
Thanks everyone! Both Mia and I love the quick fix on yesterday’s budget bathroom makeover. Be sure to check out all the links over there too, over 100 bathroom remodels from around the blogosphere, so inspiring! I’m so ready to tackle my own hallway bath thanks to all of your ideas! A few questions came…
You know those oak vanities picked out by builders and installed in bathrooms across America over the last two decades? I am not a fan, and I imagine you are not either. Unfortunately, I happen to have one of those very same bathrooms in my own home awaiting a remodel. Patience icky bathroom, patience, you’re…
The appeal of rural living in the countryside continues to play out in interiors, with pastoral kitchens and cottage style surging in popularity as a respite from a modern world consumed by technology. Delft tile is also experiencing a revival in kitchens and bathrooms where the delicate blue and white motifs are popping up again…