Plugging along with lot's of progress and pretty details

 Last week was truly busy with lots of home projects , I am happy to say I wrapped up the master bath updates as of late Friday night. I finished off the furniture foot detail I had planned for the vanity. What a difference this pretty simple projects makes.

 Before without feet ...

 I also after much searching found some art for the bathroom , this print I found at Winners. It reminded me of our trip to Mexico , stormy beach which we experienced there, believe it or not it conjures up fond memories. This print came with a black frame with a reveal gap around it that I found strange so I simply removed the outer frame. I was happy to find a piece that had the color of my vanitiy in it also , that was a bonus.

 I was asked to explain how I attached the frame to my existing mirror. Well there are lots of tutorials out there but I will explain how I did install this extra wide frame. I decided to use construction adhesive to the mirror to attach the frame. I started with the bottom piece , I placed four long screws just below the mirror to act as support to hold the wood in place while the adhesive dried. I added the tape to hold the wood in place while it dried. After 4 hours the adhesive was set up enough to hold the wood solidly. I added the side pieces and leveled everything . After several more hours I attached the top piece of the frame. I painted everything and trimmed it all before I attached anything as well as the back of the wood, because of the reflection. That was it , pretty simple. I didn't remove the clips and they didn't pose a problem.

 I then moved on to creating furniture detail feet for the vanity.

 Creating these is pretty self explanatory from this photo.

 Wondering what this is? Well it was a pile of boards that I glued and laminated together...to create a wood counter top for my laundry room. I could have just bought a butcher block from Ikea but I thought what if I can make my own? It worked out . I used a belt sander to get an incredibly smooth finish...I then routered a beautiful roman ogee edge. I am going to install a under mount sink and I am planning on routering that cut out too. Exciting !!!! Now that I have learned how to do this the possibilities are endless.

Before the sanding started...

After a lot of sanding...

So now that it's Monday I will work on cutting out the sink hole , finishing the staining and sealing . Then moving onto building a sink cabinet and support for the counter, moving onto tiling the laundry baksplash. We will see how productive this coming week will be , I will keep you posted.

Love for the Master Bath

 It took me a very long time to settle on a colour to paint the walls in the master bathroom. But I did it, 
I chose Pensive Sky by Behr. Lucky me , I bought a gallon of flat Pensive Sky, took it home and I knew right away it was perfect.
I wanted to paint because I decided to finally frame the big old mirror and I figured painting behind it would be easier than painting around it . I'm sure it was.

 I realize how much colour can change and pull together a room but I just kept putting it off, but I am so glad that I painted it , it is transformed... The last thing I have to do is to create a pretty kick plate detail and some day new stone counters nicer sinks and faucets , but that is phase two...everything is on phase 1 right now.

 This is as streamlined as I can get my counter...a girl needs things with in reach. The colour I was looking a colour similar to the glass. Still looking for the perfect art, that can be so hard.

 Still haven't got a TV for above this cabinet so I put up one of these mirrors , I love these mirrors. They were from Homesense many years ago a Christmas gift from my husband.

 My pretty drapes I made and the tile are all pulled together now with the right shade of soft grey greenish barely blue.

 Oh let's revisit how it used to look ... U.G.L.Y...

 And when we moved in the bare bones...gotta love those lights. Ah paper window coverings.

I sometimes forget how far we've come.

Hallway definition with trim

 Well after several days of work I finished up the trimming of this transition in the hall way , we love how it is so much grander than before and how it defines this detail.

 I think I might start looking for some real lanterns , although I like these and I made them , I think I might be open to something more refined.

 It nearly broke my heart to tear out perfectly good upgraded baseboards but I am so glad I did tackle this project.

 I really need to replace those brass door knobs...