Ready for this? I moved into Brian’s house (now our house) over eight months ago. How is that even possible? It’s been almost a year, and yet it feels like just yesterday that I was lugging ridiculously heavy and over-sized boxes up way more stairs than any one person should have to climb. On a side note, why do I only remember going up all those stairs and not down?
One of the first projects Brian tackled in our house was renovating the existing bathroom. Notice I said bathroom – not plural. We have just one bathroom in this house and it needed some serious loving. Let’s do a plus/minus chart to fully demonstrate why the bathroom was the absolute first house project.
The negatives:
- A clawfoot tub acting as the only shower. I’m short, and me getting into that tub every day for a shower was an accident just waiting to happen. Trust me!
- Tiny pedestal sink. I have makeup, people, and lots of skincare products – some I’m not even sure what they are supposed to do anymore. We needed drawers, shelves, something.
- No linen closet or other type of storage. The whole house had two closets when I moved in. That’s it. Storage was a major issue for us.
- Hard-to-keep-clean pure white tiles. Remember, we have two cats and a dog. We’re talking a lot of fur as well as the massive amount of hair that seems to fall off my head every darn day.
The positives:
- The paint color. I’m really reaching here … but honestly, Brian did pick a lovely blue.
We haven’t taken actual photos of the bathroom since the renovation yet. I know, I know, we’re such slackers. That whole we got busy thing is a pathetic excuse. But seriously true! In the meantime you will just have to get by with some sneak peaks of a few changes. Full photos and details coming soon, I promise.
Close-up of the Anthropologie knobs I selected for the new vanity. You have to jazz up a standard (meaning budget-friendly) vanity from Home Depot somehow!
For a more rustic element, Brian selected a piece of driftwood for our towel rack. The oil-rubbed bronze hooks match the rest of the fixtures.
My man Brian is quite the talented remodeler! He designed this classic black and white tile pattern for the new shower. It’s very snazzy, let me tell you. And you just can’t go wrong with a West Elm shower curtain.
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