Wednesday, August 10, 2011

before and {happily ever} after...master bathroom

I showed you the before and {happily ever} after of our master bedroom a few weeks ago, so I thought I should show you the after of our attached master bath!

It's not a very big bathroom - compared to the huge master bath we had in our last house, complete with a shower and garden tub - but it's a great size for us.  In my book, smaller also equates to less for me to clean!

When we first saw the bathroom it looked like this:


It was decked out in a floral wallpaper that coordinated with the bedroom, lots of oak trim and cabinets, linoleum flooring, popcorn on the ceiling, a shower complete with a handle and a hard-to-clean glass door,  and 2 odd "headers" - one above the shower and one above the vanity that had florescent lights inside.

Here is the {happily ever} after...



We did a lot of work in this small bathroom. We:
  • removed all of the wallpaper
  • had the walls re-textured
  • painted the walls the same blue as the master bedroom
  • installed new tile floors (that I grouted myself. Yay!)
  • removed the "light box header" and header over the shower
  • had a new shower installed
  • had the cabinets and trim painted (including the trim on the mirror)
  • scraped the popcorn ceiling and had new texture sprayed
  • replaced the faucet - we kept the same vanity and counter top with the intention of replacing the top at some point in the (distant) future
  • had a new light installed over the sink
There are still a lot of things that I'd like to do in this bathroom, including adding a few decorations and sewing some kind of window treatment, but I love the "after"!

One of my favorite projects in the bathroom involved customizing a regular shower curtain into a darling ruffled one that is the perfect size for our "stall-sized" shower.  I'll have to share that project soon!

What about you...do you have a huge master bathroom, a perfectly-sized room for you, or just wish you had bathroom that your kids didn't follow you into?  Haha!

3 comments:

  1. Great job! We have been restoring my husband's farm house that was passed down to us from his late grandfather and I know how much handwork it takes to remodeling. At least, there is always a rainbow in the end. It always makes me happier walking into an updated space that I accomplished. It looks great!

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  2. Another pretty bathroom! I love the shower curtain! The light in the header is cracking me up.

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  3. Beautiful bathroom. I love it. Great great job. Thanks for sharing.
    Exede

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