Projects 2 & 3 - Bathrooms

While the kitchen left much to be desired, we were looking to update the bathrooms, as well.  We have a 2.5 bathroom house. The hallway bath (middle bathroom) is a little outdated, but looked as if it's hardly been used, so we left that one as is.  The master bath and the half bath are what we tackled.  We basically just gutted and replaced everything, but no major renovations like the kitchen.

Half bath before pictures:

Half bath after pictures.

 New tile from Maxsam, http://www.maxsamtile.com/
Vanity, toilet and faucet from Lowe's

The mirror is from Ikea:

http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/70204942/

I can't seem to swing this thing around, so sorry if you're hurting your neck checking out this picture.  The light and bulb hanging from the ceiling above the mirror are from West Elm.  And this bulb better last, because I don't normally spend crazy dough on bulbs, but it was cool looking.

Light:

http://www.westelm.com/products/industrial-pendant-mercury-w683/?pkey=e%7Clight%7C32%7Cbest%7C4294967159%7C1%7C24%7C%252Flight%252Flighting-chandeliers-pendants%7C7&cm_src=PRODUCTSEARCH||Category%7CCategory-_-Lighting%7CChandeliers%20%2B%20Pendants-_-NoMerchRules-_-

Bulb:

http://www.westelm.com/products/plumen-bulb-w685/?pkey=e%7Cbulb%7C5%7Cbest%7C0%7C1%7C24%7C%7C4&cm_src=PRODUCTSEARCH||NoFacet-_-NoFacet-_-NoMerchRules-_-

Jury's still out on this.  I like the corner shelf, but will guests get angry if the toilet paper's not hanging for a quick scroll?

Master bathroom before picture 

(sorry for not taking more, but it wasn't very interesting anyway)

Master bath after:

We opened up the wall by the toilet.

 I'm pretty sure we went with the Grigio Stella color for granite.  Wasn't too happy with the place we got it from...

The sink is Kohler Caxton undermount from Lowes.

The faucet is from Lowe's as well. We had to put it in without the pulley (to close the drain) since it was too close to the backsplash.

The cabinets are Kraftmaid from Lowe's.

The door knobs and pulls are Michael Aram pebble from Lowe's.

Toilet's from Lowe's too.

Originally wanted a yellow theme, but loving the Lacoste orange towels and floor mat we found at Macy's on sale.

Of course the bathroom floor tiles, wall tiles and shower floor tiles are all from Maxsam.  We had two granite shelves built into the wall.

Shower floor tiles

Shower head from Lowe's.  

DELTA Chrome Madison 4-Spray Convertible Shower Massager

We built a medicine cabinet into the wall behind the bathroom door.  It's from Lowe's.  Since the regular mirror (which we still haven't found/bought) will be across, I want to find a decal to cover up the mirror.

Dining room table update

In the last dining room post, I showed you how I measured out the space to ensure the table would fit, as well as the picture I took in the Raymour and Flanigan showroom.

Below is the actual set in my dining room.  We decided not to go with benches, to ensure all of our guests are more comfortable.  That means we can only push 4 chairs all the way in and the other 4 have to stick out a bit, but it's fine. I don't think anyone else notices.

Also, since we are going to be redoing the flooring, we have not yet put in the pretty rocks and glass that goes in the center of the table.

Kitchen Update - December 2012

I have determined that I am a terrible blogger.  In my defense, the kitchen redo ended up being a six month incredibly slow process.  Waiting for the city building permits was a month in itself, while absolutely nothing was done.  None of that matters anymore, because it's basically complete now!  I have been cooking in it and made my first complete meal for myself and 6 others this past weekend, which went well.  Here are the updated pictures (finally!).  Beautiful, right?!


Where the oven and microwave are used to be a doorway.  Where the opening on the right is, that used to be closed off.

A closer look at the backsplash.  They are from Soho Studio (bought at Maxsam Tile in East Brunswick).
Soho:
http://www.sohostudiocorp.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=Hickory-Wood-Plank
Maxsam (ask for Maria):
http://www.maxsamtile.com/

The corner cabinets.  We did glass on the top corners and lazy susans on the bottoms.

The granite goes into the den so we could have a nice workspace to prep food, and seats for visitors while we're cooking.

This is the view from the den into the kitchen into the dining room.

The stools are from Pier 1.
http://www.pier1.com/Lawson-Backless-Counterstool---Black/2576238,default,pd.html

Here is the view into the dining room.  There used to be a wall here, but we wanted to open up the space even more.  Now it's perfect as a buffet to put food on when we are eating in the dining room.

We are still looking to purchase a hightop table for the left side here with two bar stools with backs.