Bathroom remodel is complete!!!

And I love how it turned out!!! The hubby and I decided to tackle the bathroom this year. We were tired of our small bathroom and tiny vanity with no space. Since it is the only full bathroom in our house (we have a "bathroom" downstairs in our unfinished basement that consists of a toilet and no walls....we call it the "throne") we wanted it to reflect our modern style that we've been trying to create throughout our home remodeling projects.

Gone is the nasty stick-on vinyl tile that I would trip over on a daily basis because the corners were curling up. Gone is the cheap vanity that did not allow for any room for anything. I've lost count of how many times my straightner or curling iron would fall into the sink or onto the floor because there was no room on the vanity for it.

Here is the before picture. I apologize that the vanity is not in the picture. My hubby ripped it out and took it downstairs and then I realized I didn't get a before picture. Oops!!!

Here is another before picture.

Here is a picture of the old vanity, medicine cabinet and light fixure that we took out of the bathroom. The hubby put it downstairs in our unfinished basement, so I still had a spot to get ready in the mornings.

The bathroom remodeling process took us about 5 weeks. A lot LONGER than I anticipated. One thing I've learned in all the remodeling projects we have done, is that I am terrible at anticipating the time it will take to complete a project. I figured the bathroom would take us a couple weeks tops. Not so much.

But that's okay...I love, love, LOVE my new bathroom now. Here it is:

Another view (please don't mind the tape measurer on the toilet)

I don't know what I'd do without my husband. He did everything in the bathroom. I helped tile and paint, but the rest was all him. And I love him dearly for all his hard work.

Of course we leave no time to sit back and relax. We no sooner got done with this project and we started ripping out walls and cabinets in our kitchen to start that project. Updates on that project to come!!!

House Remodeling

My husband and I are currently remodeling our house. We just finished our bathroom remodel and moved on to the kitchen. No breaks in between for us! Our hopes, when we purchased our home in March 2009, was to flip the house, while living in it. So far here is what we have accomplished in the three years we've lived here:

Spare room, hallway and living room - ripped out the carpet and redid the original hardwood floors (which were painted with Kilz...stupid, stupid, stupid). I love how they turned out. We also repainted the room.

Spare Room - BEFORE

Spare Room - AFTER

Stairs to basement - our stairs were once off the kitchen. They were "L" shaped, narrow and steep. We couldn't get any furniture into our basement, which was really frustrating, not to mention the countless times I almost tumbled down the stairs due to them being so steep. So we decided to relocate the stairs so that we would be able to have a dining room off the kitchen (there was no room for a table in our house and there was no dining room). So we relocated the stairs into the living room (pictures to come...I'm horrible and haven't uploaded them from my camera yet) and had the old stairs off the kitchen removed.

Kitchen Stairs - BEFORE

Kitchen Stairs - BEFORE

Kitchen Stairs - AFTER

Kitchen Stairs - AFTER

Landscaping - we redid all the landscaping outside, both in front of the house and in back. We took all the mulch out (I have a fear of termites and mulch up to the house scares me) and replaced it with river rock. Since we have such hard soil, mostly made of up clay, it is very difficult to grow anything here. So we decided to plant hostas, which have done very well.

Back yard - BEFORE

Back yard - AFTER

Office - replaced the carpet with new, texturized and repainted the walls. (No updated pictures, I'll get on that and post)

Bathroom - we ripped out the vanity, medicine cabinet, toilet and floors (left the tub and shower kit) and replaced with new. I love how it turned out. It looks great (Pictures to come).

Kitchen - this is a remodeling project that is still underway. Pictures of the process to come.