This is what our bathroom looked like when we moved in. I know it would have had a much better effect if the before photo was really bad, you know…blurry, dark, my disheveled reflection in the mirror. But this will have to do. I hope it’s ugly enough for you:
And here is what the bathroom looks like after the remodel! Well, not at this very moment…but it COULD look like this:
I never read blogs. Isn’t that naughty of me? Not because they’re irritating at all. Who doesn’t enjoy a fun food blog? Very useful and everything…great recipes. The photography is usually very professional, and sometimes, if you have all the fruits of the spirit and wait patiently for all the ads to load, you can even get a glimpse of half a picture of a beautifully decorated cupcake while a compelling ad for hemorrhoid ointment takes up the other half of the screen. It’s great.
I also admire how the author (usually a lady with very nice fingernails) so skillfully intertwines an unrelated story (like I did here, real casually) about a decaying pet or relative into a post about meatballs. Then she goes on to explain at length what an egg is and why you should use it (but where does it come from?). If you are a food blogger, know Jesus loves you and I would be very nice to you in person. But ain’t nobody got time for that, now. I mean, at least make it funny, man. If I am being forced to read about what you did last weekend, it better involve an explosive poo story at the beach.
For this post I thought I’d do a quick Pinterest search and see what other people have said about their bathroom remodels, you know, learn from the best. Finally, I came across a very nice post with excellent photos, no ads, and really straightforward, pleasant text. Well, well. What have we here?
Why hasn’t this lady mentioned she is IN LOVE with the faucet, OBSESSED with the GORG toilet paper and the plumber, who is, surprisingly, THE BEST? Seems like something’s missing here. And then I realized, ah, it’s a DUDE blogger! Of course it’s a dude blogger. Have you ever read dude texts? I mean, they can hardly get a whole sentence out, let alone adjectives.
I really enjoyed this dude blog. There’s a bit of toilet paper on the floor in one of the photos. What a decent chap. He took the photo, downloaded it to his computer, edited it in Photoshop, uploaded it to his blog, and then shared it on Pinterest, and somehow didn’t have an opportunity to notice he dropped a bit of TP last time he had some alone time in there. I like this guy. He’s a good lad, like the song. At one point he mentions making his own curtains despite not being “much of a sewer.” It was a good post overall, but I’m still unsure what curtains have to do with underground poo pipes…
The bathroom still served the same purpose before the remodel, you know. I’m not complaining. Graeme certainly wasn’t complaining; he’s had much worse in Mexico. One time he had to power through with a curtain for a door while a group of teenage girls giggled on the other side. That particular facility didn’t have a gorg toilet paper holder because there was NO TOILET PAPER.
Instead, handy strips of newspaper (informative and useful) were placed in a plastic bucket in front of the toilet being abused by the unfortunate tourist who definitely shouldn’t have eaten that menudo.
Please forgive me if I am making too many poo jokes. What can I say, I just took a lot of photos of a toilet and potty trained Grace last week.
We decided to remodel the bathroom because there was no storage at all except in the medicine cabinet, whose jagged bottom corner had already injured every member of the family.
I didn’t want to be a bother and I’m a very practical lady, so I went out and bought a cheap medicine cabinet from Home Depot. I was planning on buying a vanity cabinet as well, but when I told my carpenter husband about this plan, he visibly withered.
He asked me to draw my ideal medicine cabinet and got to work building it. He had several of these vanity cabinets in stock, so he brought one in and ordered the sink and faucet.
He usually ships these vanity cabinets with cup pulls, but I wanted a lighter look, so I ordered these pulls on Amazon and the blue and white knob from Hobby Lobby.
The beadboard was definitely not part of my considerate wife plan which involved minimal husband effort. But Graeme was on a roll, and it does add such a nice touch. He also added a tiny shelf for very important candles and vases.
I didn’t want the pegs to stand out, so we (lol, we) attached them to the trim, instead of installing a separate peg rack. I do really like these stained peg racks from our shop and have a few throughout the house, but I wanted a more minimalistic look. Here’s another nice before and after for you:
The final touch were the frames, also husband-made, of course; I am not allowed to buy anything made of wood. I found the prints at an antique store in Oklahoma while I was working on an interior design project and had them shipped to California!
I am a little nervous to show Graeme this post because he thinks my posts should be very useful and straightforward and I’ve already covered all sorts of topics…but hey at least there are no butt cream ads anywhere and we should all be grateful for that.
SOURCE LINKS:
- VANITY CABINET
- MEDICINE CABINET
- CULTURED MARBLE SINK
- FAUCET
- GORG TOILET PAPER HOLDER
- DRAWER PULLS
- BLUE & WHITE KNOB
- ANTIQUE HINGES
- STAINED PEG RACK
- WOVEN KLEENEX BOX
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