Our latest accomplishment

Well it finally happened - our bathroom is complete (just about). After almost 2 weeks and a dozen trips to Home Depot and Lowes we did it. We gutted a bathroom from ceiling to floor and redesigned it from the ground up.

This project taught me a lot about renovations:

1. Set a budget BEFORE you start - not in the middle
2. Know exactly what you want, make a list and buy it ALL TOGETHER
3. Tile can not be completed in a day
4. Unless you and the person you live with is the same height as you, DO NOT let them hang a mirror without you.
5. Nothing will EVER go as planned.

The demo of the old bathroom went great. DH (Darling Husband) and his friend were able to get everything out (including tile) in just a few hours. The wallpaper trim was a little difficult but not nearly as bad as I expected. Here are some before pictures:

The tile install went well and thanks to my FIL (Father In-Law) it was all completed in one day! (They even got 1/2 the hallway done too).

Painting the walls and the bead board came next. Walls were easy (Behr Premium Cloudy Day). However, the bead board was a different story. Much like our paint color (Cloudy Day), I had to paint the bead board in the garage while it was raining. I had nowhere to put the trim after I painted it so I made make shift "horses" all over the garage - it was truly an obstacle course.

But finally everything was painted and we (meaning DH and FIL) started to install the bead board and put the bathroom back together.

Well once everything was back together (or so we thought), the toilet leaked, the sink leaked, the mirror was hung WAY too high (I'm 5ft tall and could only see my eye) and we had more holes in the wall to patch. So round two, fix the problems and now everything is right. No leaks, no holes and I can see myself in the mirror...YEAH!

Here are some pictures of the final product!

Our biggest splurge was the faucet. DH really wanted a faucet where you could see the water come out and since we aren't going to do this bathroom again for a LONG time, we figured why not? And it was worth the money.

Here are some details about the room:

Paint Colors (both Behr Premium): Wall - Premium Cloudy Day, Bead Board - Polar Bear

Vanity & Mirror: Allen + Roth Wynn Collection

Faucet: Price Pfister Ashfield in Brushed Nickle