Showing posts with label Bathroom. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bathroom. Show all posts

Thursday, 2 February 2012

This magnificant mess






Do you ever feel like you can never get ahead of the mess of children?

Every night I head to bed with the main floor cleaned and organized for the day ahead. ...and a mere 15 minutes into the start of the next day, it looks I've had 30 two year olds rampage my house. I guess my 2 year old is 'efficient' at creating mess. We're out the door most days early in the morning, so I barely have time to brush my teeth, let along do any clean up, until nap time in the afternoon. But it is so satisfying when at 3pm I get to enjoy a clean living room again....and then my daughter wakes up and we start the cycle all over again!...I think I hear her now.


Sunday, 29 January 2012

Bathroom reno

When we visited our home during the Open House, we were struck by the bathroom off the kitchen on the main floor. Although many similar homes lacked a mainfloor bathroom, ours was a bit strange in that it had a shower instead of a typical 2 piece powder room. In the end, this has turned out to be wildly convenient with young kids, since in the morning my husband and I can trade off showering and child watching responsibilities while the kids eat breakfast.

However, gI never liked the design of the bathroom. The walls were an unforgiving shiny bright crimsion red, while the floor was a shiny black marble that looked dirty even after being washed. The shower tiles were a livable white, but were poorly installed and were starting to feel 'soft'.

I will post some 'before' pictures later, but for the time being here are a few 'after' shots. My husband did the majority of the work himself, and I think he did a great job. It feels so fresh and clean!


Art and towel rack (I searched all over the city for towels and in the end found them at the Bay)


Shelf beside the sink (since we have a pedastal sink and don't have a counter for a soap dispenser)

"Feature wall' tiles up close..they are called "Ming Green"
Shower stall with glass door (the one element we hired professionals for).

This is the medicine cabinet ....it is clearly still in need of a re-do.


Thursday, 26 January 2012

Art for the bathroom

(Ignore my reflection in the centre of this photo)




We have recently redone our main floor bathroom (I will post on this in the future). I was in need of some art, but didn't have any cash to put towards it. So I made my own piece. I decided on a pattern of cicles to juxtapose the rectangular shape of the tiles. I think the reason it works so well in the space is because I used some of the extra wall paint (Benjamin Moore Grey Cashmere) as the base, and then just mixed it with some of my own acrylic paints for some contrast. The frame is from Ikea...I think the all in this cost less than $25! Start the car! Start the car!