Finished - for now

We have finally finished the guest bathroom! 

Kind of.

I had already taken everything off the walls when I took the before picture.

The shower and toilet are on the other side of that wall.

We didn't replace the tub/shower since it is in good shape and we used the mirror that was already in there, however it had to be removed and repositioned because the new vanity is taller than the old one.

 

This is the new view from the hallway!

Removing the wall makes the room look so much bigger and feel less claustrophobic.

The shelf on the wall opposite the mirror was previously on the wall we removed - daddy made it for me years ago and I really wanted to keep it in there. I had three shelves over the toilet before but I only put two back up as I really don't need them for towel storage anymore but since I have no idea what I am going to put there I put a few towels there for now.

I still plan on framing the mirror but there was a bit of an issue when we took the clips off the bottom - the mirror just slid down the wall. (The guy that put it up said we could take them off the next day - we waited two weeks) Fortunately it rested on the backsplash and did not fall off the wall! We managed to push it back up an replace the clips and the mirror guys came back and glued it up again - this time using three different types of adhesive. Out of an abundance of caution, we will be giving it more time to cure before we attempt that again! So it's finished, for now.

I have wanted that wall gone since the day we moved in this house and I am very happy with the results.

Thanks for following along on this house update journey. It's been quite the experience as we have, for the most part, done stuff ourselves - and we lived in a 'project' house for 24 years. 

We won't be doing anything else major for awhile but we do still have DIY things that need to be done - after I recover from this a bit.

I'm still trying to get things all clean and back together. (sheetrock dust gets everywhere!) I worked on my sewing room a little this week (the room where all the 'parts' landed while waiting to be used) but I'm not quite to where I can use my sewing machine yet. Any new crafting stuff has just been kind of piled in there along with anything I have actually used the past few months. (and I went to a retreat while this was in process!)

I have done a bit of stitching and I will show that soon.

I hope you are all staying cool - it's been super hot and humid here in Texas. Way too early for it to be this hot.

While we are waiting...

While we are waiting on after pictures of the not yet finished guest bath,

I have some fun news.

Middle kidlet and his bride are having a baby!

We are just a bit excited!

 

Powder room is finished!

I don't really have good before pictures - this room is tiny and hard to photograph.

This is where we started when we moved in.

The fact that this sink was not centered just didn't work well with my OCD.

The previous owner took the mirror from this bathroom when she moved out. 

This is a mirror I have moved many times. Not crazy about it in there but it worked for 6 years!

Two years ago we painted (almost every wall in the house was this color), changed the mirror and light fixture and added shiplap to the back wall.

Here she is all  finished! 

I tried to get the picture so you could see the shiplap and shelves in the mirror.

So much better!

Guest bath is still in progress. 

Hopefully it will be finished soon!

Before and After

 Finally!

A before

and after!

The before picture was taken from a slightly different angle so the space looks bigger. It's roughly 90" wide.

Still looking for a new rug.

Bathroom cabinets are painted - waiting on countertops.

When Life Gives You Lemons

I have had this lemon tree for several years.

Last year it had one tiny lemon that turned black before it got any bigger than the end of your finger.

This year it produced three lemons. 

They stayed green for ever - I was starting to wonder if they were limes!

They finally started to turn yellow and we collected our harvest.

Hubby sliced one up to use in his tea.

Yesterday I decided to try a new recipe and use the other two lemons.

Well, I don't bake as much as I used to and I never was great but I could at least usually at least get a passing grade. These are the ones I could actually get out of the pan without them falling apart.

And the 'scraps'. You were supposed to dip the tops in the frosting while they were still warm but that didn't work too well for me. I just spooned it over the top, them spooned some over my scraps.

They taste pretty good but they look nothing like the 'Lemon Blossoms' in the picture on Facebook!

When I cut into the last lemon there were seeds that were already starting to sprout!

I'm going to plant them and see if I can get another tree to grow! 

Have a great weekend!

 

Might as well, and while we are at it...

Famous last words?

We say them frequently.

So, while we were having a cabinet built for under the television and the guest bathroom we also had one built for the powder room. 

Another one of those things that has bothered me from day one.

Do you see it? Yes, the sink is short and the faucet barely sticks out far enough to get your hands under it but the real problem

it's not centered!

(It's really hard to get pictures in here!)

Also, she took the mirror that was in this room when she moved out!

I had this one so I just used it until I figured out exactly what I wanted to do in here.

(side note - just about every wall in the house was this same color when we moved in)

Last year we painted and replaced the mirror and light fixture.

We finally have a cabinet in here!

And in here!

Oops. Forgot to allow for the angled wall 

Had to shorten the drawers on the left side

Still have to patch where the former wall was.

Countertops have been ordered

Assorted other goodies are hanging out in my sewing room

The new cabinet for under the tv.

(this one is not built in)

We had been using the bench from the dining table.

Now for paint!

Why not?

 The guest bathroom has been on my list since we first moved into this house.

It's miniature sized.

As you can see, the vanity is separated from the shower/potty by a wall and the space on the other side of the wall is tiny. I took the door off first thing - it didn't help much and I have wanted that wall down pretty much since day one.

The wall sits on top of four tiles. If we had four extra tiles we could replace just those and not have to do the whole floor. We have two. 

The vanity was on the short side so we decided to replace that too.

Since we were tiling the living room we decided to demo the wall so we could have new tile put while we had tile people here. (okay - 'we' didn't demo the wall - the tile guys did so they could get to the floor)

It already looks so much better but now we have to have the walls/ceiling repaired. Before we repair the walls we need to have the switch to the fan/light that was on the no longer there wall moved. Also, when I went in to clean the floor in there I found water on the floor. The hot water line was leaking so before new cabinets arrived we had to have that replaced. 

Are you keeping track? We have had tile guys, an electrician and a plumber. We still need a new vanity (being built off site) sheetrock repair and paint. That mirror has to come down because the new vanity is taller and the mirror was resting on top of the backsplash, which means the light fixture above the mirror has to also be moved up. The plan is to re-use the mirror - assuming it comes off the wall without breaking.