I spent week five and six of the One Room Challenge installing the new vanity light and mirror and doing a lot of touch up work with caulking and painting. Seeing as how I’ve never replaced a light fixture, I wasn’t entirely sure how it would go but it wasn’t bad at all! Here is a little reminder of the vanity light and mirror before…. The most important thing about installing a new light fixture…
Can you believe we are already halfway through the One Room Challenge? This week I focused on finishing up painting the cabinets and drawers and installing all the new hardware. First, I used an orbital sander to rough everything up a bit so the primer would adhere to the surfaces. As recommended, I did try to hide the wood grain with joint compound but it didn’t make much of a difference. Apparently, my wood grain…
Week three of the One Room Challenge is over and my main focus was installing board & batten on the lower portion of the walls in the half bath. If you remember last week, I built and installed that wood vanity pictured above. My original plan was to install shiplap throughout the majority of the room. After some thought, I decided board and batten would be the cheaper option since I’m trying to keep the…
Last week, I shared my vision for this half bath. It’s now week two of the One Room Challenge and I installed this new wood vanity top! With all the black and white going on in this bathroom, this stained wood adds some much-needed warmth. Using wood was the least expensive option to replace the old vanity top. I used a project panel from Lowe’s which was very inexpensive. I added a trim piece at…
So back at the beginning of March I took a leap of faith and signed up for the One Room Challenge even though I have never remodeled a room in my life. You only live once, right? For the next 8 weeks, I will be updating our half bath and sharing the entire process. Let’s get into some before pics… This bathroom is pretty much a blank canvas. Yes, I did paint those walls a…
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