Phase I. Main Bath.d. (FINAL)

Main Bath:
Located off the Kitchen Nook, a wall was removed to incorporate more space. Without moving plumbing around, doing the grunt work ourselves, and re-using much of our existing fixtures and accessories we saved time & money. All said & done, this room totalled about $300.

Features: 

Cabinet:

We chose this dark wood hacked-out-of-the-box cabinet to visually pull the hardwood from the Kitchen into the space. It houses bath accessories & miscellanious Kitchen bits & bobs. When deciding not to install upper cabinets in the Kitchen, we wanted a "pantry" nearby to house extra small appliances, so incorporated a space in the Bath. Not too shabby, eh?

Final:
Completing a renovation of this scale on a character (oh! what a character!) home is bordering insane on our tiny budget. Late nights, massaging numbers, drywall/plaster dust frosting on everything... our littlebig home is coming together. Totally. Worth It.

EAT. SLEEP. POOP. -REPEAT-
patterned wall paint tutorial

Phase I: Main floor Bath.c. (90% Complete)

90% Complete:
Decor is the last puzzle piece for this room. Exiting-a-zing-a-ling-zing!
Remember that time I confessed being batshit crazy? Totally. Worth. It. Must say, the contractor, cabinet guy, installer guy, countertop guy, electricians, and plumbers are certainly skeptics of the moroccan yellow, but y'all don't have vision if you are amongst that crowd.

Progress:
Porcelain 12x18 floor tiles, low-flow dual-flush toilet, trim & baseboards in + painted, classic lighting, and textured-glass french door. Whew! I dare say that this will be the first "finished" room of the house... which was not according to plan, but we are a o k with this happy hiccup.

Next Up:
Accessories, Furniture, Decor... my favourite tiny touches that home-i-fy the space. I've missed seeing our tchotchke's & doodads packed in storage for 8 months. Vintage-look screen-prints, paint touchups, final hardware touchups, the coolest litterbox ever for my furry babies, and we're ready to scream uncle.

Phase I: Main floor Bath.b.

Dreams:

We're a fun, light, happy family... 

In addition to the fun, light, happy vibes of my dream powder rooms... 3 out of 4 have flowers. There will be a place for flowers in this Bath... oh yes, yes there will be.

Elements of Design:

Flooring:

We've chosen a classic and inexpensive 18 x 12" highgloss white ceramic tile, drawing from the white fixtures we are keeping. Tile will be laid in a subway pattern.

Transition:

There is a sightline from the Kitchen to the Main Bath, pulling the clean white lines and dark expresso hardwood from the Kitchen into play. We plan to reuse some dark wicker baskets, and attain a cabinet in a similar dark wood to bring these elements into the space.

Walls: 

For the main walls I'm drawn to something bright, something bold, and something that compliments the transitional elements from the Kitchen, yet it's own distinct room. Yellow for the win! Ideally yellow & white mingling in a geometric pattern for a crisp & structured style. Our dream wallpaper Imperial Trellis by F.Schumacher & Co. would retail at over $1250 for our little Bathroom... which makes me wince and froth... very scary. So... not finding anything comparable (in style or affordability) I do a little digging on ye ole Google... 

...and then this is the part where you find out that I'm a little batshit crazy... because I am going to stencil and paint by hand our own supercool "wallpaper" thankyouverymuchSchumacher&Co. 

15 hours into this project I realize I'd sure better really LOVE this (with a calculated 45 more hours to go). No jokes. Patience is a virtue... and books on tape a blessing.

The tutorial is from jonesdesigncompany, and the overall effect will be what we are looking for... if not a little Moroccan. Yay me? But at $12 total for a brush and very small can of low VOC Yellow Gold, we are pleased to save some serious coin and not sacrifice style.

Phase I: Main floor Bath.a.

Main floor Bathroom:
Access from a doorway off the Dining Room into a small hallway (also leading to the Bedroom annihilated by our Kitchen renovation), and a teeny tiny pocket-door.

The Bathroom, Bedroom, and Library were additions to the original home in the '40's, and the doorway off the Dining Room would have been an exterior door.

Features:
Previous owners had done a lo-end update including vinyl floor tiles (industrial grade), new pedestal sink and lo-flo toilet, as well as tub & surround. We will be salvaging the sink, tub & surround to relieve our budget, and replacing the toilet with a dual flush.

Functioning window (awning opens at top) inside the shower is kinda cool. The lower portion is frosted for privacy. Before use we stripped the old & applied new caulk creating a fresh seal to prevent any leaks into the wall.

Deconstruction:
The pocket-door wall was removed along with the hallway carpet.

Reconstruction:
Doorway off the Dining Room has been filled-in and creating a new door accessible from the new Kitchen. Walls & ceiling primed/painted flat white.


Celebration:
It is amazing how large this Bathroom feels now! We did not expect the difference to be so vast, and expected a small bathroom still, but the space feels open and spacious!