Bathroom #2: Progress

I used to have to hold back from vomiting when I walked into this room..

When we 1st bought the house..

Looking at the bathroom... from the guest bedroom.

and then we lived with it like this for about a yr.. gross right?

the not so usable shower/tub

What is with the plumbing?

And finally after demoing the entire gross mess, digging out the entire concrete floor, about 5 trips from the plumber, and Brady finishing off the room... it is looking somewhat finished!   It's not perfect... but man oh man is it an improvement!!!

The mirror is my favorite part (Pier 1), the light is a painted Restore light.. but I don't think I'll be keeping it.

a spot to display my bottle collection

And the most fantastic shower curtain ever (Bed Bath and Beyond)

TV stand update

Remember this guy?

Well, in case you care to see him in action....

It might just be one of my favorite pieces of furniture.  Brady on the other hand hates the color.  He says I'm girlin up his man space.  And in all honesty, I kind of am guilty of "girling it up".  Sorry Brady.

Finally, I have an excuse to bring out my pair of recycled glass pillar holders.  They deserve a better home than the closet floor where they lived for 1 1/2 years.  And that silver camera is from Z Gallerie.

I stole the letter balls from our bowl upstairs and threw them in an olive bowl.  Who needs a bowl for serving olives anyways?

There is a perfect spot from the Xbox.  I also added a Scottie dog, candle, matches, photo boxes, CUJO, and a model car of Brady's old Corvette... Had to man it up a bit!



ONE STEP AT A TIME

The latest basement project to tackle was the stair case.  I wanted to do something differnt but still keep within our tight buget.  Our stairs were in realllly rough shape and needed to be rebuilt, completley.  So the majority of our budget went to new stairs and treads(is that the right termanoligy?idk)  
I am absolutely in love with the new sanded plywood flooring trend.  Brady wasn't about to take on a project that time consuming, and I don't blaim him.  It would have saved us a bit of money, but with our home being 50+ years old, it would take a lot of measuring and cutting.  In a new home that is 100% perfectly square, this would be a good idea. 

As a comprimise, we decided to pull the plywood trend into our stair case.  We bought MDF stairs and plywood treads.  Brady took 8 hours to cut, paint and install everything.  I love coming home from work to a finished project!  Here's a pic I took on my iphone when he was working on it.

I'll post more pix later, but the whole meaning of this post was to give ya some fun and inexpensive stair case remodel ideas...

Brady hates this.. only because our home is not at all nautical.  But it'd be really cool in the right house.

contemporary staircase design by new york media and blogs Sue De Chiara

I am in love with this idea!  If we had painted the plywood white, I would have eventually tackled a painted runner.

eclectic staircase design

Another nautical staircase.. This one is neat b/c they made the wood stairs look like a runner.. This would be less maintence than a painted runner.  And how cool are the numbered steps?!

traditional staircase design by new orleans architect Bockman Forbes + Glasgow, Architecture + Design

classic black and white

traditional staircase design by minneapolis interior designer Kerry Ciardelli

too kiddie for me, but it'd look pretty rad in the right home

modern staircase design by other metros interior designer gogo gulgun selcuk

I would love this with wine crates

eclectic staircase design by vancouver interior designer Funky Junk Interiors

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rather than boring white, add a light shade of grey

contemporary staircase design by other metros interior designer Joel Snayd

brightly colored stairs

contemporary staircase design by other metros interior designer Praktyczne i Piękne

this is too cool for words.  I would also LOVE ombre painted stairs.. but it would be A LOT of work!

FANTASTIC!!!! basement progress

Last week, Brady finished all the framing and sheet rocking.  Who ever "remodeled" this basement in the past was not a carpenter.  Brady had to work his butt off for a very long time to fix all the STRANGE issues and make it what it is today. 

Rather than waiting for him to find the time to perf-a-tape, we hired it out.  In 5 days, we had a fully taped basement... so worth the $ because it is hard to make perf-a-taping look good. 

In a few days we will be painting.  Since I didn't think our basement would ever get to this point, I have been frantically picking paint colors.  I'm not sure if I've just been staring at sheet rock for too long, but I am really digging that light grey color... Brady on the other hand never wants to see "sheet rock grey" ever again in this house. 

I'll keep ya updated as we progress even further.  For now, enjoy some before and progress shots.

SCURRRRRY!

A LITTLE BETTER.. THAT BLACK WALL IS GOING TO TAKE A LOT OF PRIMER

LOOKING INTO THE BATHROOM IS NOW....

A CLOSET!

DON'T YOU WANT TO LIVE HERE?  I SURE DON'T

SO MUCH BETTER

CREEPY

:)

WHOA.. BAD CARPENTRY

MUCH BETTER!

BababaBATHROOM!

Still needs a bit of work, but it's getting there!

remember when I posted bathroom pix a few months back?  Well, not much has changed.. the blue painters tape is actually still up along the tub surround *that's just crazy*.  At least these pictures are better :)

I did add a new toilet paper holder.  I put the glass hurricane inside of a candle holder..  it works perfectly!  Who knew you could make your toilet paper holder look kinda sexy?  Yes, I am very weird. 

These cool cyllinder glasses are finds from a garage sale.  They have the letter "K" etched in the glass.

Kitchen: Before/After

I know I already posted the kitchen pix, but I didn't post any before pix.. which are by far the most fun! I LOVE looking at peoples before and after shots, so I hope you enjoy.