Where have I been?

Well, it has been a busy couple of weeks. We had loads and loads and loads of snow, topped off by three feet by Christmas morning at my Mom's house just outside of Seattle!





We had a lot of christmas fun, full of lovely decor. My Mom's tree is always my favorite...



But, we didn't do too bad ourselves decorating our little living room.




I was so sad to take it all down, but by New Year's Eve, it had to be done! We had a great time ringing in the new year at a local pub with friends...


And to top it all off, we've almost finished our bathroom...we spent the first couple of days of the year painting and painting...


First, we had to scrape off some of the old flakey paint. Can you believe the colors that have been used over the past 80 years?


Well, we took care of that with a nice clean coat of silver grey paint. I love it!


We have a nice new shower head, and it is at the proper height!


The grey looks so great against the white trim, sink and toilet!



Now, the finishing touches. We have a new fan/light combo which is functional and great


And our gorgeous light fixture will go up here, above the medicine cabinet next week!


As soon as the light is up, I'll post more pictures. Now, on to the dilemma of staying with a neutral grey, white and black palette or going for a pop of color. We still need a shower curtain and perhaps some art above the toilet. There are so many options, I just can't decide!

Snow Days

It has been snowing and snowing and snowing in Seattle. It is like nothing I've seen here before! It snowed another few inches after we took these shots and it is supposed to snow again tomorrow!



We've been house bound for several days and have gotten a lot done. I spent a while yesterday chipping away stray grout in the bathroom and scrubbing down the new tile floor.


And the best part? Our sink is finally here. I absolutely LOVE it! Isn't it pretty?




It is the jewel of the bathroom. :) We're taking a break for the holidays and work should start up again on the 26th. More pictures to come.

Making Progress!

The tile is up and the toilet is in...we're making progress!



I absolutely love the floor and think the wall looks fantastic. And our little toilet makes a huge difference with space!


Up next, the sink, light fixtures, wall paint, new mirror frame and shower hardware. Yippee!

Demo Time

The bathroom is completely demolished...it is so exciting to watch!



Bye bye little old toilet!


Our plaster had to be removed to make way for backer board to tile over...


We opened up the wall under the window in the shower to check for water damage. Amazingly, all is well. No water damage to be seen after 80 years of use!


I can't wait for our new fixtures! Next up...tile.

Let the fun begin!

It is about that time...bathroom renovation time that is! Here are the before pictures of our little gem of a WC...


As you can see...it is pretty small.


There is a charming original tile mosaic floor, but it is chipped and stained and doesn't do much for the style of the room. We'll be replacing it with a gorgeous Carrara marble floor in a basketweave pattern with a black dot like this...


The shower is in desperate need of a retile and refixture job. We're going to reglaze the cast iron tub, and are tiling the shower surround in a white subway tile.


I'm so excited to have our shower head placed at the right level. Right now it hits me right in the middle of the chest and don't even get me started about the four handles we have going on. What is that about?


The toilet is mounted about 6 inches away from the wall which creates a very cramped space. We've purchased a smaller, round toilet that will give us much more room. It will also be remounted so it is a normal distance from the wall...no more wasted space! Now our knees won't hit the tub! :)


Finally, my favorite part...we'll be adding tile wainscoting half way up the wall and replacing our teeny tiny sink with this masterpiece!


Isn't it pretty? I think it is really going to create the biggest visual change to the room. I also had the idea of having our contractor add an outlet to the inside of the medicine cabinet. Now we can put our Sonicare toothbrushes away and not have them out for all to see. Yippee!!

Check back tomorrow for updates on the renovations!