Sunday, July 21, 2013

Master Bathroom

 
It has been awhile since we actually finished the
upstairs bath.  But, I never posted
any of the pictures.  It took a long time
to finish and was actually a part of
the upstairs new addition.
This is what the bath used to look like.
 
 
It was cute but also
 really, really tiny!!
 
 
The shower was like a cruise ship shower.
It leaked around the bottom of the door.
The floor was old vinyl and pretty banged up.

 
The new addition added twice the space to the bath
but we had to lose the window.
This is the subway tile for the tub/shower and
bead board for the walls.
Mike added a nice ledge around the top
of the bead board, he also did all the tile work.
 
 
Grey stone for the floor.
 
 
The upper wall is a caramel color.
The contractor made the cabinetry, he
did a wonderful job.
 
 
 
 
 
The perfume bottle cabinet.
 
 
 
Old shelf over the toilet.
 
 
Hope you like the bath. 
Mike did a wonderful job taking
an empty room and turning it into
something really special.
People keep asking me
if  I rent him out :)
 
Have a great week.  Valerie
 

 

Friday, July 12, 2013

A Little More Bling for the Stairway Foyer

 

 
This was my inspiration,
 a three thousand dollar chandelier I saw in a magazine. 
Can't afford that!!  I would have to get a job for Mike.
 
 So I checked out our local junk store " Hokey Gees"
 and found an old 1970's chandelier with tons of crystals on it.
Wished I had taken a "before" picture but it was as big on the top
as below the "crown" part.  An ugly rusted gold color.
The picture below is after we took the top piece off.
 
 
We took it all apart and sprayed it with primer.
 
 
It had so many parts I had to take pictures to remember
where everything went.
 
 
Mike remembered we had a crystal piece left over
from another light fixture so we added that.
 
 
Then I went to work painting it to try and
match the inspiration piece.
 
 
Also painted a medallion for the ceiling.

 
Put back on all the crystals.....that took
forever......and this is our
version of the chandelier.
 
Sorry, I haven't posted in a while.  Too busy
travelling and enjoying Bedford.
 
Valerie