March 6, 2014
Master Bathroom Renovation Update
I wanted to share with you today an update on our Master Bathroom renovation. You can read more about where we started and what prompted the reno here.
Not a whole lot has changed from the inspiration board, but I am pondering tweaking one or two things.
As you can see, we have a subfloor now, and the walls have been made smooth. We are ready to paint hopefully soon.
We built this small platform so our barber shop sink will have something to sit on to give it a little more height. My husband had this idea, and I think it is so smart. (have I mentioned lately what a great design partner he is?) He wanted the sink to feel like part of the main bathroom, and I think this platform is just the unity these two spaces needed. The sink will be perpendicular to the main floor, so one will step down and turn to use the sink.
As happy as I am to see this room opened up (I seriously cannot believe how much lighter it feels), I am most excited about the shower transformation. It is fully tiled and grouted, and it looks fabulous.
I've been in Atlanta soaking up some amazing speakers at the Design Bloggers Conference the past few days, and I am on my way home now. In fact, this post is coming to you from the clouds this early morning. I'm missing my husband and babies, of course, so I am ready to get home!
I wanted to share with you two of my favorite articles I recently wrote for P+G Everyday. I think they have lots of useful information, and I like sharing articles with you that I save for myself to refer back to.
First up, knife blocks...I see these in the store, and they are super expensive, right? The thing is, you can save yourself some money by buying a nice set of knives and 
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We took part of my husband's closet to make this area a little bigger, and it has been great to have a good laundry space upstairs since that is where all of the bedrooms are. I have been wanting to decorate it a little more intentionally, and I knew I needed something smashing in there lighting wise. This is an area of my home that can feel dark since it is off a long hallway, and the light I had before was not cutting it.
A few weeks ago, I found this chandelier on Ebay, and I fell in love. I have seen many, many bamboo chandeliers in my life, but I have never seen one like this.
I feel like we may need to mount one of these signs permanently in our front yard. : ) We have hit the three year renovation mark now on our house (hard to believe), and I feel like we may be seeing some light at the end of the tunnel. Our Master Bathroom is the last major construction project on our list for now, and after this is over, it will be more "fun" decorating projects and room makeovers, and less white dust permeating everything everywhere.
Our bathroom, just like every project (especially in a nearly 100 year old house), has had some hiccups. Uneven ceilings and floors, last minute changes, pipes bursting, first floor raining, etc etc etc...I did want to tell you about one little hiccup we had in the shower.
In the original setup of our bathroom, the shower was really teensy, and there was a small linen closet next to it. So the logical plan would be to expand the shower by taking out that closet, right?
There was just one problem...
