Bathroom Update
Let me tell you something, tiling is hard work. It took forever but it is COMPLETE!
I’ve got some more exciting bathrooms updates to share – 2 sinks!
Here’s Stefan fiddlin’ with the left sink some more. It took a good bit of work to get them to stop leaking but we can both dis-assemble a sink drain in 30 sec flat after all the practice.
And, of course, Vector is helping. I love this picture. Vector follows Stefan around like he’s the greatest human of all time and he always wants to help. I’m sure you all think that we pose our cat into these pictures but I often don’t even notice him until I’m writing the post. He really is with us ALL THE TIME and must be in the way whenever we’re working on the house. He’s a good kitty and we like having him around but there arae times when he has to be put in “his” room to prevent him from making mischief. In order to search for possible leaks we used this fluid sensors software www.vega.com/en/home_us/company/blog/2018/liquid-and-fluid-level-sensors-and-gauging
Enough about the cat. Now for some bathroom reveal….
The paint color is Behr Perfect Silver and I LOVE it. It’s a perfect neutral gray and it looks awesome with the gray grout. The little rugs are from home goods and the gray towels are cheapy ones from Target but I wanted something to finish off the room. We got the Original Frameless Shower Doors and the towel rings for either side of the sink and special hand towels from this Essendon bathrooms renovations company.
Now we wait for the shower enclosure. Another week and a half until it comes in and then hopefully just another couple days until it’s installed. We hired out the shower enclosure. Those pieces of glass are HEAVY and it’s hard to find a supplier who will sell direct.
I can’t wait to see the final result!
Sarah
Painting the Kitchen Green
So, I painted the kitchen the same color as the bedroom office nook, this is my idea of a small kitchen remodeling project. Here it is in the office nook:
It looks great. It’s a nice light, bright, grown-up green. But in the Kitchen…
It’s just too blue. It’s decidedly a mint color instead of a green. I’m going for a vintagey green but not a turquoise.
What do you think? Should I plan on darkening it a bit? Go a little greener and less blue? Both darker and greener?
Sarah
Vanity lights and Switches
I showed you some pictures of the new chandelier but I didn’t get a chance to show off all of Stefan’s hard work doing electrical. Having to find a quality electrician is rarely fun I leave this website https://goheroservices.com/services/electrical/ one of the best electrician services .
Vanity lights are in above the awesome medicine cabinets
And the little LED shower lights are in
Outlets are in all over the place
and Switches (including 3-ways) are in as well
If you aren’t familiar with 3-way switching, it’s where there are 2 switches that control the light. Here’s a diagram to show how they work.
and if you’re getting fancy, here’s a 4-way switch!
So many lights and switches and Outlets Oh My! We just have a few more to wire, a few switch covers to install, and then we’ll get to flip the circuit breaker. Whoo Hoo Light!
Sarah
New light in the Bathroom
Stefan has been hard at work getting the electrical up and running in the master bathroom.
Besides outlets, switches, and the vanity lights, he also installed this mini-chandelier overhead. Â It is nickel not chrome but I LOVE it. Â I’m just not sure if it’s working in the space. Â We’re thinking about moving it into our bedroom and installing recessed lighting in the bathroom instead. Â What do you think?
Vector was a big help installing it. Â He insists on being at the top of the ladder keeping an eye on things.
What do you think? Â Is the mixed-metal tone alright in an older house or does it just look out of place? Â What do you think of the light in general? Â Do you love it as much as I do?
Sarah
sheila zimmermann
10/1/2013 | 7:49 am Permalink
There is just much more light in that bigger space. I would go darker and a green with more brown in it. Make it richer with more pigment. It will really warm up the space. With all the white it is a really cool space. I think a warm tone on the walls will blend it with the rich dark wood tones of the other rooms on the main floor while still giving it the bright fresh kitchen feel you want.