Our Bathroom Upgrade

We've been working on our bathroom over the past couple months.  Here is the photo journey of the process.

PHASE ONE:
The original bathroom had very low ceilings and outdated wall paper.  During our initial upstairs renovation, we raised ceilings in the hall, master bedroom and the bathroom.

PHASE TWO:

Once the ceilings were raised, the vanity, toilet and medicine cabinet were all re-installed.  Our bathroom stayed like this for a whole year as we worked on other parts of the house.  During this time, we made a plan.  

I wanted a larger vanity, but unfortunately the space between the toilet and the wall was 29 inches.  Standard widths for vanities in our range are 24 in. and 30 in.  The current vanity was 24 inches.  Custom built vanities cost hundreds of dollars which was beyond what we wanted to spend on this bathroom upgrade.   I started searching craigslist and ebay for a dry sink that was larger than 24 inches and less than 29 inches.  This was a more difficult task than I had expected.  Fortunately, I found a woman selling an Ethan Allen dry sink (not antique) with mirror for $75!! While trying to fix a small water spot, I ended up making the problem worse and had to refinish the cabinet.  Check out the vanity post to see the refinishing process.

PHASE THREE:

  With all materials purchased (PVC wainscoting, wood trim, vanity, vessel sink, faucet, paint...), we were ready for installation.  The Laird installed wainscot up to the vanity and then removed the vanity and medicine cabinets.

Then he finished installing the wainscoting.  Then he installed the new dry sink vanity and hooked up the plumbing for the sink & faucet.

He then installed the head board and base trim.   I painted the window trim and the wood paneled wall near the shower white to match the wainscoting.    This made the room so much brighter!  Next I did a first coat of paint on the upper walls.  The Laird then patched a few rough spots, which then needed a final coat of paint.

After the final coats of paint, the mirror was hung and we now have a mostly done bathroom upgrade (We still have to figure out extra storage options and a toilet roll holder.)!  What an amazing difference this upgrade has made to our little bathroom.

Raising the Roof- well actually just the ceilings!

From the top of the stairs, looking into the master bedroom.
Left door: bathroom
Middle door: hall closet
Right door: bedroom

From the bedroom, looking into the hallway

Our recent home renovation, involved a new
kitchen, new stairs, and raising the ceilings of part of the second floor.  The original ceilings were so low they touched the top of the door trim.  The Laird wasn't going to be able to live in this house in the original state.  We hired a contractor who vaulted the ceilings to the rafters, in the hallway, bathroom and master bedroom.

ORIGINAL PHOTOS-

The hallway had 2 large closets.
The bedroom did not have a closet.
A door was added on this wall.

Notice how short the ceilings are- right above the door trim!!

RENOVATION PHOTOS-

View from stair landing

View of hall from the stair landing.
Left door: bathroom
Second door: bedroom
The old closet door was filled in

View of bedroom looking towards the hallway,
with new closet door added.

View of bedroom
from the doorway

Ceilings were vaulted to the rafters, and spray foam insulation added. New recessed lighting. A new opening to the closet within the bedroom- we do still need to figure out a door.  We still have the old door, but I may build one to match the one I made for lady genevieve's bedroom.

 A view from the bed towards the door.  The original closet opened into the hallway, on the new wall where the picture is hanging.  The closet now opens into our bedroom.  Check out the cool robe rack I recently made (refer to post about the process)!

Our bedroom!
In the beginning, we weren't sure how it would look as we tried to imagine these renovations.  Needless to say, the photos tell it all.  We were amazed at what a different raising the ceilings made.