Wallpaper Down
I am chronicling my bathroom remodel project on here!
Last night I removed the medicine cabinet, removed the TP holder and towel bars, and took down wallpaper. It was an awful khaki and blue stripe; YUCK. But they put up the cutest border with fish on it. I wanted to keep the fish. So I decided to run a utility knife along the ugly paper just under the fish border, and then peel the wallpaper down from there. It WORKED!!!!! I was proud of myself for that little creative problem solving.
I took a trip to the Home Depot to check prices and sizes on the things I wanted, and I found that the bathroom cabinetry was 10% off. Not a huge discount but when you are talking $350 worth of stuff that actually makes the faucet free, so it's worth it. I selected a 30 inch maple cabinet with two drawers and one door. It is taller than the wall lavatory we have right now so this will be much nicer to use. I also got the matching wall cabinet that goes on the wall over the toilet to store extra TP and towels and things. Since it was the last day of 10% off we decided to just buy them even though I'm not quite ready for them.
I also selected (but didn't buy yet) a one piece counter/sink top that is marbled and the sink is shaped like a seashell (awwwww). The faucet I picked is a simple chrome two-handle model, a little more modern than the ones we had in the other house (with the porcelain handles) but this house is newer, too! And I picked a pretty light fixture. It is actually from the same line as the ones we had in our other bathroom (which I really liked). The old ones were single lights and this is one fixture with 4 lights. The bells are frosted and the fixture itself is chrome. It's very elegant looking.
I will probably have to have the mirror custom cut though. All the ones they show are just not big enough. The wall is a little messed up behind the current mirror. Plus the people that put up the cute fish border didn't do a very good job, and so there is a little muddly spot that I want to cover. I figure rather than invest more time in fixing the wall; I'll just do what I can and then cover it up with a mirror ;-)
This weekend I am hoping to get the painting done so that I can start next week on installing my vanity!
Last night I removed the medicine cabinet, removed the TP holder and towel bars, and took down wallpaper. It was an awful khaki and blue stripe; YUCK. But they put up the cutest border with fish on it. I wanted to keep the fish. So I decided to run a utility knife along the ugly paper just under the fish border, and then peel the wallpaper down from there. It WORKED!!!!! I was proud of myself for that little creative problem solving.
I took a trip to the Home Depot to check prices and sizes on the things I wanted, and I found that the bathroom cabinetry was 10% off. Not a huge discount but when you are talking $350 worth of stuff that actually makes the faucet free, so it's worth it. I selected a 30 inch maple cabinet with two drawers and one door. It is taller than the wall lavatory we have right now so this will be much nicer to use. I also got the matching wall cabinet that goes on the wall over the toilet to store extra TP and towels and things. Since it was the last day of 10% off we decided to just buy them even though I'm not quite ready for them.
I also selected (but didn't buy yet) a one piece counter/sink top that is marbled and the sink is shaped like a seashell (awwwww). The faucet I picked is a simple chrome two-handle model, a little more modern than the ones we had in the other house (with the porcelain handles) but this house is newer, too! And I picked a pretty light fixture. It is actually from the same line as the ones we had in our other bathroom (which I really liked). The old ones were single lights and this is one fixture with 4 lights. The bells are frosted and the fixture itself is chrome. It's very elegant looking.
I will probably have to have the mirror custom cut though. All the ones they show are just not big enough. The wall is a little messed up behind the current mirror. Plus the people that put up the cute fish border didn't do a very good job, and so there is a little muddly spot that I want to cover. I figure rather than invest more time in fixing the wall; I'll just do what I can and then cover it up with a mirror ;-)
This weekend I am hoping to get the painting done so that I can start next week on installing my vanity!
posted by knittykat @ 7:28 AM
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