Our first big project of the new house has begun!!! The majority of me starting this blog was to document our projects and before/afters of our space, so it's fun to dive into it.
Not going to lie, knowing we're going to be remodeling the kitchen, living room, family room, laundry room, every bedroom, every bathroom, every everything is pretty overwhelming. Makes me break out just thinking about it. HOWEVER having one of those million projects so close to being done is so exciting!!
This master bath is.. interesting. Like the whole house, pretty outdated. Everything was almond colored and needed a refresh. Here's the only pictures I could find of it pre-project. These pictures were taken right before we closed on the house.
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| Shower (my fishing-loving husband thought we could maybe save the curtain..HA!) |
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| Toilet + Vanity area |
Our plan was to essentially tear everything out and start anew. The vanity seemed like it had been recently replaced, but it didn't go with the look of how we wanted to remodel the bathroom, so we decided to scratch it, too. I've been making an inspo board for each room because it helps me see it all together and get my mind a little un-scattered. Plus it's fun. :)
Here's our master bath inspiration board of what we were imagining:
A LOT different than the original, right!? I struggle with remodeling because I want it to look timeless, but not plain and boring. I don't want it to be too trendy, but I do want it have character. We decided to go with white subway tile for all the shower walls + knee wall, then do a marbled white/gray hexagon tile for the floor and built-in shower shelves. We both liked the mosaic til as an accent behind the vanity + mirror, so we went with that. We were torn between going light and airy with the paint color, or dark and more dramatic with a really dark color. We figured since we had so much white and light colors in the tile, we'd contrast by going dark on the walls. In that decision we ended up changing our flooring from the dark brown/gray to a light gray so it didn't seem too dark. We like the idea of black shower heads and fixtures with gold (or copper?) hardware. That's still a work in progress.
Here are some pictures of what's is starting to look like!!
Goodbye almond colored shower! Hello white subway tile + marbled hexagon tile. Brice had never tiled before and thanks to YouTube videos the internet, he knocked it out. That man seriously amazes me.
We'll be adding a glass door in front and glass above the kneewall.
The toilet will go in this corner with some thick wood shelving up above it.
We switched to light flooring since we went dark on the walls. I love the texture of this light gray and how it almost has a concrete look to it!
We added a little corner bench into it. There will soon be a granite top on it that will match the vanity top.
I just love this dainty hexagon tile. So classic and pretty. We put this on the shower floor + behind the built in shelving in the shower.
Rain shower head + regular shower head will go here.
Built in shower shelving. They will have the granite cut to fit on each shelf, too.
Dark walls + white shower. I love a good contrast.
My favorite part of the bathroom so far.. the accent tile behind where the vanity will be! We angled the corner here to make the vanity area have it's own "spot" and not just feel shoved in a corner like it was before.
We'll have a dark gray (almost black) floating vanity in front of it. Right now we're planning on an oval mirror in front.
I just love the character of this tile!
So that's our progress so far! It's so fun seeing our first project start to come together. Brice amazes me. The best part is just seeing him so excited to design and create each space in our home. I'm so thankful for his talent and creativity. He's one awesome guy and I know I married up, that's for sure.
