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After starting this project the last week of October, our guest bathroom is finally finished! If you missed my previous posts for this project, you can check out our renovation progress and finishing touches. When we first moved in, this windowless bathroom was dark (so much brown!), outdated, and didn’t function ideally. The shower was tiny and difficult for an adult to maneuver in, and the vanity left just enough space on either side for little things to fall down and get stuck. We didn’t really have many options for alternative layouts, but we decided to gut the space and...

As with the master bedroom project we were lacking two things when we took on this one - time and money.  We have two bathrooms in our house but only one has a shower.  We were super motivated to get it done in record time as no one wanted to drag it out and go without a shower for very long.  Certainly not in August.  We needed to get it done in one weekend so it was all hands on deck! I love how the vanity turned out Much nicer storage area now The drawers were redone inside and out...

This was another one of our projects that we had very little time to complete and no money.  For the past year I'd been looking at the walls of our main bathroom knowing I should have painted in that room years ago.  Now that it is finished I wonder why, like a lot of things, it took me so long to get in there and get it done.  But that is just how life works sometimes and now that it is complete I'm really happy with the results.  Definitely worth the wait. The majority of this renovation was focused in...

Hello and happy Tuesday! One of the biggest projects we've been working on in our new house has been our main bathroom. As you know from this post, we did some serious work on it!  Today I'm excited to show you our new bathroom fixtures! Since we ripped out the old vanity, we needed new sink faucets. Look at the ones that were there before. #yikes They were so old and needed an upgrade! This is actually a great way to update an older bathroom-- you'd be surprised what you can find at decent price points to make impactful changes...