The old bathroom was boring! The only storage was in the cabinet under the sink. There were no drawers. The bathtub was extremely tiny. We always referred to it as our "puddle."
On the list for MUST HAVES in the new bath were:
Drawers, Medicine Cabinet, Larger/Deeper tub, and a fresh clean look!
We started out planning to rip out the tub & vanity and then give everything else a facelift. By the end of day one we were down to this:
Needless to say, we quickly decided if we were doing this...we were doing it right...so we scrapped everything and started fresh!
First item up was a new tub:
When we took it for a test drive and the water was deep enough for our littlest to swim....we knew we had purchased the right tub!!
Next came the drywall & new floors. After a lot of research we decided to go with luxury vinyl tile. It was so easy to put down! It's supposed to be super durable, and holds up well to kid traffic. This was a MUST! Over all I'm thrilled with how the new floors turned out:
The next big job was tiling & grouting the shower walls. We definitely had some setbacks with this stage. Both my husband and I made some lapses in judgement that lead to more work than we needed to do, but we finished it!! Overall I like the look. I got a great deal on the tile by buying it off someone who bought way too much for their shower project. I love me a deal! Makes me very happy!
Last big piece of the puzzle was the new vanity. This was probably my favorite part of the remodel! After living with this bathroom for 10 years with no drawers, I was very excited to have some storage!!
Finally it was time for all the cosmetic fun!! Paint, moldings, new door, mirror...this was the fun part for me.
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| We re-purposed the medicine cabinet from our master bathroom. (That remodel still to come.) |
Next it was time for the shower curtain. Now if any of you know me, you'll know that I never seem to come up with ideas for things that are simple. Usually what I have pictured in my head doesn't exhist. And in this case....it was business as usual. So when I realized that no one made a hortizontal striped yellow and white shower curtain, I had to make it myself. (West Elm came close but theirs was more of a mustard yellow than a sunshine yellow.) Problem was every idea I had came out to be very pricey. So, after some digging, I found table cloths online for less than $7.50 each!! (That price includes shipping!) That means that I was able to make this shower curtain for less than $15!!! Whoohooo! I love a deal! It did turn out to be a lot of work, but after about 8 hours of straight sewing...I had the perfect shower curtain!! Worth it...if you ask me!
So, all that was left was the Board & Batton for the walls. I was inspired to do this by a couple of blogs I saw on Pinterest. Here's the link:
Obviously this is where I saw the shower curtain too. However the lady from this blog chose to paint a bed sheet to get the look for her shower curtain. I was concerned about how nice that would look and whether or not it would hold up to frequent washing. (I have a house full of kids all the time so washability is essential!) Anyway, I'm finally finished! The bathroom is complete and here are the pictures of the finished product!!
