The Peach Bathroom

Peach Bathroom...Yeah, lets change that.

 

The bathrooms in this house...while functional, leave much to be desired.

 

 

PEACH. While, not my least favorite color-- It does not necessarily complement the neutral chic, calm aesthetic I am aiming for throughout the house.

 

 

While most of the house will be the color on the left, I decided to be bold in my color choice for the bathrooms- Sherwin Williams "Backdrop" (7025)

 

Dark? Yes, but the key is balance, the dark color will not feel overwhelming when the wainscot, cabinets, and shelving is all white.

 

 

Here we are, Peachy Pie.

One of the things that I have always loved about this house is the hexagon floor tile in this bathroom.

It would break my heart if some dummy were to ruin it.

 

Plan: The wainscot, cabinets, built ins will all be stripped, sanded, primed and painted white.

Above the wainscot will be the dark "Backdrop" color.

Edit:

Coat of primer on the built-ins, and wainscot! It already looks so different!
I know it's partially the angle but I think it looks bigger and more open with the white paint.

 

First coat of color! My contractor says -- "Dang this paint is dark, are you sure about this?"

Absolutely.

 

 

 Here it is! All zen and clean. I love that the old hex tiles really stand out now!

Eventually ,the tub will be getting refinished as well (you can't see it right now). So glad this one's done and I had to do none of it! Money gets things done, haha!

The Middle Bedroom

 

Grandma loved her cards and newspaper clippings! I filled two whole storage containers with those items and photos alone...holy cow.

 

 

As I update this post, you'll see the progress of the middle bedroom  that I'll be turning into the guest room.

 

Gotta get some before  pictures...we're talking baby blue walls and forest green commercial carpeting. Yum.
 



 

Before.

Starting to take out the carpet.

 

This is the dirt that was under just one section of carpet. Nasty.

 

 

This room became the 'catch-all' for a while -- thus progress was halted for about 4 months!

 

 

I don't think there were enough knick- knacks ;)

 

 

 After! -- I will get a few more pictures in here. As you can see, a guest room someone would actually want to be a guest in. (SW7021) Simple White wall color and Extra White trim and ceilings.

 

 

 

 

The Pink Bathroom

This was one of my least favorite parts of the house. I never liked the pink bathroom. Maybe, I am weird, but I like my bathrooms to be relaxing. Spa-Like, if you will. I don't think it's quite the place for trendy things. So this is a journey out of the 60s...Pink walls, floral wall paper, pink tile, all that fun stuff.  

 

Here we are, Pinky Pink. This room has less paint to be stripped but there is some wallpaper border to be taken care of.

 

Now...What to do about this pink shower? I purchased Rustoleum Tub and Tile Restoration kit to basically paint this shower, I'll let ya'll know more about the process and how it goes when I get to it.

 

Here are some before pictures!  

 

 

 

 



 

Side Wall- Before

 

Diamonds are a girls best friend? I beg to differ! This scraper here is awesome. Also, pry bars, yes.

 

Sticky Wallpaper Mess

 



Patching holes in cabinets and walls 

 

 

Sanded vanity ready for priming.

 

 

 Scraped Window and a new family of friends!

 



 

NO MORE PINK!

 

Wall Color - SW Backdrop (7025)

 

This is a little better, don't you think?

 

 

I painted the shower! Almost finished with this bathroom.

 

Gross!

 

Everywhere I have lived, I have replaced the showerheads. Still need to caulk along the edge of the tile... but hey...minor details.

New vinyl baseboard. One day I will replace them with wooden baseboards. One day.

 

I could not resist the slight homage to the face that the bathroom used to be pink.

 

Now...Finally! Here is a before for a little perspective.

 

 

 

 

After!

 

The Kitchen

In an effort to get moved in to this house sooner rather than later I called in the big guns... i.e. a contractor to come take care of the kitchen. Sanding, painting, and priming cabinets is not something I want to spend months doing.

 

Here is what the kitchen looked like before...

Cabinets are getting painted and new hardware.

There will be new countertops, sink, and faucet.

The kitchen will no longer be yellow.

 

Should be done in the next couple of weeks!

EDIT: The cabinets are painted!

Now before any of you wood purists out there start to freak out that I painted over wood, these were not in good shape and much better off painted. Also, in restoring a house I chose to go with a look that would have been common in the 1940s when the house was built.

Countertops will be a dark mahogany color, porcelain sink, and bronze faucet.

I'm loving this backsplash choice!



EDIT: Here it is in all of its glory! A finished kitchen. There is still a little finishing that I have to do on the backsplash but you get the idea!

 

 

Eric would be an excellent "Price is Right" showgirl.


You know you're an adult when you buy a $300 kitchen sink with no regrets!

The Master Bedroom

The first project I am taking on is removing carpet, cleaning up the hardwood, and painting the room that I will be using as my bedroom.

 

 

Home Depot seems to be the love of my life right now. A good 2-3 trips/week seem to be about normal.  :/

 

Here is the bedroom 'before', no work done, only furniture removed.

 

Looks promising. Also, I'm now an expert at removing carpet tack strips.

 

Carpet gone! ... Although cleaning and waxing has proven to be quite a process.

 

Carpet in the hallway.

 

Gone!

 

Soon you'll be seeing the results of the painting process... This is about how dressed up I get on Friday nights now. Cute, right?!

 

Don't take chances on your lungs when working with sanders and other various chemicals! Safety first, kids!

EDIT:

Fresh White Ceiling!

 



 

 

Window is primed and baseboards are sanded, patched and sanded again. Finally ready for priming !

 

Fresh White on window and trim...16 individual panes are a pain!

After primer and two coats of Sherwin Williams ProClassic , the trim is finished, doors and closets are painted and finally working on the wall color - Gray!
Sherwin Williams 'Alpaca'

Painting is finished, took about 1.5 coats...would have only taken one if I had done a better job the first time around and not missed so many spots. Floor is waxed, I chose not to refinish them at this point, just clean them up...I don't mind the character. For places with extra "character", there are always area rugs.

Cleaned up these antique pieces that G and G had in another room. I decided they were too pretty to be 'spare' furniture. Cleaned them up with some Murphy's oil spray followed by a couple of coats of furniture oil.





Annnndddd.... Here we are! A complete bedroom. Still needs some sparkly accessories, curtains, and the outlet covers of course, but I am pleased with how it is turning out!

I officially dub this my 'Queen's Chamber'!