Since my last update post (10 days ago) I've been tiling around the shower/tub. It has been really hard...no lie--my arms have been aching with tiredness each night. I bought a tile cutter at Lowes instead of renting one it was cheap like $19. And then I had to buy a diamond tipped bit for my drill to cut the faucet holes...
live and learn, right? I just hope it will be water tight when its all done...some of my grout lines are off...it is what it is!
(Flickr lost my photos so these are only before and afters)
Before It was a almond color with pink wall paper...
I got a pale grey color for the grout...and I painted the tub white, behind the tile is cement board and on the floor under the tub also..
After
The end of the tub had a short shelf, before
I made a taller one with a storage cubby for cleaning supplies.
After
The John area before
After
and the light fixture is up over where the mirror will go...its the oil rubbed bronze color I plan to tie it all together with the vanity so we'll see how that goes. I built the vanity out of scrap material of the beadborad wall panel I put on the walls.
And I found some cool globes from Habitat store for it...it had some cute globes but one got broken in all the make-over-mayhem!
the entire floor had to be ripped out and the subfloor too...
After:
The wall canvas arrived....however I didn't like the size for the big wall in the living room area...that wall needs something longer and this is the longest canvas they make so I did a grouping of 3 canvases, so I hung this one in the dining room,
I ordered a 3 canvas grouping of 2) 18 x 24"s and one 32 x 24" of some of my original artwork, and I like this better...
Meanwhile today my son is here ripping the rest of the old wood off the deck out back...he has promised to help me with a few of the heavier projects...Im thrilled!
Progress, is in progress!
PEACE
Eleanor Roosevelt: You must do the thing you think you can not.
The bathroom looks fabulous! I helped my SIL and daughter do some tiling a couple of years ago, and it wasn't easy! But, oh, boy, the results were amazing. So glad your son is helping you! You've done so much by yourself.
ReplyDeleteIt was a blessing getting some help!
DeleteI like it all of it, even the handle on the little cubbie. The picture is great too. What will you do when you finish this project house?
ReplyDeleteIm gonna leave the handle bronze till I get the vanity done it may tie it all together..lol although its like the lone brown wolf over there...
DeleteAll of it looks great as usual...and help! That's always such a gift. We are resolved to finish our full bath this winter. We totally let it go this summer to do other things...now it's nagging at both of us.
ReplyDeleteyou guys are such a creative team I know it will be amazing!
DeleteProgress progresses! Faster with the help of that handsome worker there! We had a canvass tryptich made for our long wall ... At Costco, from one of my photos... It works! I'd rather think about that than the time I grouted a shower... Yep, I've done that, nope it wasn't fun! Good luck with your project ...it's coming along great!
ReplyDeleteYes he made that rip up look so easy!! I wanted a canvas of about 54 x 30 but they didn't have that size...I could look for one at another printer, I may just do that! I did the grouting yesterday and today I rest!!
DeleteLooking great! And very glad to hear you're getting some help with some of it, not that I have any doubt you could do it all on your own.
ReplyDeleteEverything is better with a helping hand...he did not however promise to help me rebuild...but suggested I rent a big nail gun..LOL I just frowned at him and said ..."really"..Oh and he worked 2 hrs and took a 1.5 hr lunch break..lol
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