Before & After: Master Bathroom

Trying to show off the house via my blog to extended family over the holidays was kind of a pita because of how spastically I blog, and how randomized my picture placement is, so I'll be doing a before and after for each room we've tackled.

Click for our master bathroom redo!

From the realty listing

Embarking on the Bathroom

So it's been roughly a year and a half since we moved into the Little Cape. We've done the living room, office, master bedroom, virtually started from scratch on our tiny half bath and really come a long way on the lawn.

What does that leave? Roughly the kitchen and bathroom. We have nice appliances in the kitchen and some livable linoleum. It's the lesser of the two evils, really.

Our bathroom is small. In total we have about 25 square feet of space, not including the bathtub. Here's a current [really awful] panorama of the bathroom.

All we have done is swap out the toilet. Those blue tiles in the shower are 2.25" squares. That's bordering on insanity. The tile on the floor always looks dirty and I hate the grout. There's a marble window sill and it's got yellow spots that won't budge.

Much like the natural woodwork the house came with, people actually like the tiny blue tile. That said, the woodwork and tile were both high on my radar and we know how that worked out for the woodwork.

We're finally going to get started on our bathroom! I know I'm amped for this project because I'm already having nightmares about buying the wrong patterns and colors.

Here's what we've got:

Pedestal sink being replaced with hanging vanity, going from oil rubbed to chrome

Clear, frameless Kohler sliding tub doors

12 x 24 modern tile on floor and shower walls

I get to tear up the tile I hate on the floor and in the shower, and replace it with these gorgeous 12" by 24" horizontal striped tiles. The glass shower doors will open the room up as will the bright colors, and the smaller floating sink.

I'd like to put a shelf in the bathtub stall. I'd also like to get some lighting going in the soffet above the shower. Maybe move the shower faucet handle up as well. Maybe accent tile? I don't know if we're really going to need it. I'm going to go all the way to the ceiling with the new tile.

Mid Century Chrome Chandelier

Take two photoshoot! I'm doing some digging around, I'd like to uncover who the manufacturer of this chandelier was and when it's from. I've found a few sales listings for similar hanging lights, but they don't have much information, either. I've found fixtures that have four, five and even eight lights. I'm guesing the mid to late 1960's on this. Did it have different manufacturers? Which style of globes did it come with?

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A little Mid-Century Chrome for our Kitchen

I have no problem admitting that, once in a BLUE moon, I overlook an object that is in fact a diamond in the rough. I'm thankful that my husband and my brother could see, in my moment of blindness, a treasure.

I had intended from the beginning to paint and hang a chandelier like this as the second light in my eat-in kitchen:

Pinterest is taking over my life

And I was loving the idea, but until I could devise a kitchen color scheme, it sat down in the basement, with its shiny brass finish, while this travesty hung in the kitchen.

It came from the 90's

A while ago my brother gave me a silver fixture/chandelier. It was in need of a cleanup (it looked super rusty) and it was missing all four globes. I really didn't think it would, well... I couldn't visualize it finished, hanging, shiny.

So today we're at the Home Depot and we grabbed 4 super cheap glass globes. Now I'm feeling a little more stoked about this, because I was happy that the globes were standard and easily replaced.

I got to cleaning up the fixture and surprisingly, it wasn't much rust at all, mostly dirt. Yeah!

Dry it, stick the matching medallion on the ceiling and install*.

So here it is: I missed the boat on this one. It's clean and showy and looks perfect in the kitchen, where eventually, seating will be.

Also, I cannot take a picture that does this chandelier justice. I'll have to try again when the sun is up.

It has a total of five lights: Four that sit horizontally and one that points straight down. You can have on none, either, or all.

*Guy does all the electric wiring and mounting, while I sit in the next room and reassure the dog that nothing is wrong.