Bathroom Reno Progress

<center> </center> Sometimes I like to jump right in to three or four big projects all at once. I figure that the house is going to be a mess and all covered in construction dust anyway, so why not knock out a few things at the same time? If you follow me on Instagram, you've probably seen my <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" target="_blank">kitchen cabinet upgrade</a>, our <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" target="_blank">new sink</a> and soon-to-be-stripped <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" target="_blank">faucet</a>, and some of our <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" target="_blank">bathroom demo</a>. And hopefully you took a minute to vote on our <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" target="_blank">exterior house color choices</a>. I need to share photos of the front of the house too, which we hired Jason again to help us rework. All the projects are moving at break-neck speed, so we're all feeling a little tired, but excited by the amazing progress on the house in a very short period of time.<br /> <br /> <div style="text-align: center;"> <img alt=" photo IMG_4792.jpg" border="0" src="http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd246/jkomenda/Album%2020/IMG_4792.jpg" style="text-align: start;" /><br /> <br /> <img alt=" photo IMG_4795.jpg" border="0" src="http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd246/jkomenda/Album%2020/IMG_4795.jpg" style="text-align: start;" /><br /> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> We also hired the same guy who took out our well to help with removing the giant bathtub (his company is called Kyle's Moonlighting and Kyle is pretty much the nicest man in the world - totally recommend him for exterior/interior removal services!).</div> <br /> <div style="text-align: center;"> <img alt=" photo IMG_4807.jpg" border="0" src="http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd246/jkomenda/Album%2020/IMG_4807.jpg" style="text-align: start;" /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> Once we got the tub and the vanity out, we called in some plumbers to get the pipes ready for the new tub and for a single sink vanity.</div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <img alt=" photo IMG_5007.jpg" border="0" src="http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd246/jkomenda/Album%2020/IMG_5007.jpg" style="text-align: start;" /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> Next, we're tackling tiles. I'm going with one of the tumbling block patterns <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" target="_blank">I posted before</a> I think. Of the two I posted, I'm leaning toward the lighter version peeking out up above and here below:</div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <img alt=" photo IMG_4996.jpg" border="0" src="http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd246/jkomenda/Album%2020/IMG_4996.jpg" style="text-align: start;" /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> I picked a stone for the sink and I think it will go together beautifully! Can't wait to get going on this install. The floors need to be floated a little though to prep for the tile and to make the bathroom level with the wood floors. (The blue walls are getting a big change this week hopefully too!)</div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <img alt=" photo IMG_4991.jpg" border="0" src="http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd246/jkomenda/Album%2020/IMG_4991.jpg" style="text-align: start;" /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> Oh, I also wanted to share that I found an amazing vintage sputnik a few weeks back at Modern on Melrose, which is a really fun vintage consignment shop on 7th Ave. It's becoming one of my favorite stores to pop in to - their selection is always well curated and the prices range from very fair to amazingly inexpensive. One of my favorite lamps in the studio (the one on my desk) was only $20 there. If you stop by, be sure to check out the salvage yard area in the back! </div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <img alt=" photo IMG_4603.jpg" border="0" src="http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd246/jkomenda/Album%2020/IMG_4603.jpg" style="text-align: start;" /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <img alt=" photo IMG_4222.jpg" border="0" src="http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd246/jkomenda/Album%2020/IMG_4222.jpg" style="text-align: start;" /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> The brass on the sputnik was not in the best shape, but just a little scrubbing with some soapy water cleaned up the grime and not-so-great-patina.</div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <img alt=" photo IMG_4225.jpg" border="0" src="http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd246/jkomenda/Album%2020/IMG_4225.jpg" /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> Aren't those "petals" amazing? </div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <img alt=" photo IMG_4229.jpg" border="0" src="http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd246/jkomenda/Album%2020/IMG_4229.jpg" style="text-align: start;" /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <img alt=" photo cIMG_4233.jpg" border="0" src="http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd246/jkomenda/Album%2020/cIMG_4233.jpg" style="text-align: start;" /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> We're going to take down that pendant and move the electrical box to be centered over the tub and the window for the sputnik. Won't it be so pretty with the wall of subway tile and <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" target="_blank">the pretty clawfoot tub</a>?!</div> <br /> <div style="text-align: center;"> <img alt=" photo IMG_4992.jpg" border="0" src="http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd246/jkomenda/Album%2020/IMG_4992.jpg" /></div> <br /> Sometimes fun decorating purchases help me get through the projects phase a little more efficiently! I'm getting anxious to see how it all comes together. :)

Bathroom Reno Progress

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Extra Tall Baseboards

<center> </center> <div style="text-align: center;"> <img alt=" photo IMG_1010.jpg" border="0" src="http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd246/jkomenda/ALBUM%2019/IMG_1010.jpg" /></div> <br /> <div style="text-align: justify;"> I love tall, chunky baseboards and I'm not ashamed to say it! :) Beefy floor boards = instant character in a room. Custom milled tall baseboards are <i>insanely expensive </i>though<i>. </i>Luckily it's easy to replicate the look by layering a few pieces of much more affordable moulding. Here's how:</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> After we installed the plywood wide plank flooring, I started nailing up the 8" primed pine boards that we used for baseboards in the rest of our house. These boards come in 12' lengths and cost right about $20 each (so about $1.50 per linear foot). I loved the way they looked in the rest of the house, but in here, with the wide planks being basically the exact same width, the chunky floor board looked super dinky.</div> <br /> <div style="text-align: center;"> <img alt=" photo IMG_2646.jpg" border="0" src="http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd246/jkomenda/ALBUM%2019/IMG_2646.jpg" style="text-align: start;" /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> So I used some moulding I already had on hand to create a custom stack of trim. We layered on my door and window casing moulding on top and a simple quarter round trim on the bottom of the pine board.</div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <img alt=" photo IMG_1289copy.jpg" border="0" src="http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd246/jkomenda/ALBUM%2019/IMG_1289copy.jpg" style="text-align: start;" /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> Here's a view of the profile:</div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <img alt=" photo IMG_1318.jpg" border="0" src="http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd246/jkomenda/ALBUM%2019/IMG_1318.jpg" style="text-align: start;" /></div> <br /> Pretty, right? I love that it's simple still.<br /> <br /> <div style="text-align: center;"> <img alt=" photo IMG_2659.jpg" border="0" src="http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd246/jkomenda/ALBUM%2019/IMG_2659.jpg" /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> I used my new favorite finish nailer to install all the trim and it could not have been an easier process. The only tricky part was cutting out the notches for the outlets (of which there are many!), but my Dremel Saw made that just about as straight forward as could be.</div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <img alt=" photo IMG_1278.jpg" border="0" src="http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd246/jkomenda/ALBUM%2019/IMG_1278.jpg" style="text-align: start;" /></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> I used a miter saw for all the corner cuts and then lots and lots of caulking to fill in the gaps and cracks and nail holes before painting:</div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <img alt=" photo IMG_2645.jpg" border="0" src="http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd246/jkomenda/ALBUM%2019/IMG_2645.jpg" style="text-align: start;" /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> I am not the biggest fan of caulk with shiny silicone in it. This stuff though - the straight ALEX caulk (no PLUS) - is the very best for caulking trim work and prepping before painting.</div> <br /> <div style="text-align: center;"> <img alt=" photo IMG_1317.jpg" border="0" src="http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd246/jkomenda/ALBUM%2019/IMG_1317.jpg" /></div> <br /> Once everything was installed, caulked and dried, we painted the moulding the same color as the walls (BM's Chantilly Lace) in semi-gloss in the Advance line. So clean and new looking!!<br /> <br /> <div style="text-align: center;"> <img alt=" photo IMG_1011.jpg" border="0" src="http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd246/jkomenda/ALBUM%2019/IMG_1011.jpg" style="text-align: start;" /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> The casing trim is also about $1.50 or so per linear foot and the quarter round is really, really inexpensive. Maybe $0.30/ft? So all in all, less than $5 per linear foot for 12" high floor boards is a total steal! I really, really love how these baseboards turned out.</div> <br /> <div style="text-align: center;"> <img alt=" photo IMG_1048.jpg" border="0" src="http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd246/jkomenda/ALBUM%2019/IMG_1048.jpg" /></div>

Extra Tall Baseboards

I love tall, chunky baseboards and I'm not ashamed to say it! :) Beefy floor boards = instant character in a room. Custom milled t...

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