Finished powder room :o)
worldmom
15 years ago
We're in the middle of a remodel that involves about half of our main floor, and this is the first of our finished rooms. It feels wonderful to have *something* done!
The space our bathroom now occupies was formerly (mostly) a coat closet. Our old powder room and side hallway space are becoming a laundry room with a smaller coat closet, and the old laundry area and mudroom are giving way to our kitchen expansion. It's been a bit like "musical rooms," but it's definitely worth the hassle!
Anyway, here are the details:
Medicine cabinet and light fixture- VanDyke's Restorers (fixture shades are from Rejuvenation)
Toilet and sink - Kohler Bancroft
Nickel faucet - American Standard Claridge
1" hex unglazed floor tile and black pencil tiles- DalTile
Subway and white deco tiles - American Olean (The grout is a silver grey polyurethane, which our tile guy is in love with.) ;o)
Nickel back plate and black porcelain doorknob (yet to be installed) - House of Antique Hardware
And my favorite part - the paint!!! BM Feather Grey on the walls, and Ace "Chalk" on the woodwork.
Future home of TP holder, once a replacement for our defective one arrives:
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Yay! We're finished with the Imperfect Interim Teeney Powder Room
Comments (7)Kendrahrose, Thank you for the kind words! (And everyone else too!) I chose the Antique Heart Pine and we installed it (insane to do in such a tiny space! You can't use a floor nailer!) My thought process is, this bathroom will eventually be adjacent to a kitchen with exactly the same flooring - so it will look like it just ran in there too. I really debated doing 1 inch hex, but it's such a small space, and it's really hard to work in, so tile would have been challenging since it would have been our first tile project. Our house is built in 1884, so simple and classic were top priorities. There are before/progress photos on my other thread that started out as the thread for my basement bathroom project then got hijacked by the powder room as it was supposed to be a quicker finish! (We had some major distractions, so it took about 5 months vs the expected 6-8 weeks). So back to the flooring - it's River Recovered Select Antique Heart Pine, and it's finished with about 6 coats of Waterlox Original Finish with no stain. And eventually, my basement stair landings, and kitchen will have the same wood. This tiny project was the "let's see how much we really like it!" and I love it. I did learn I'll spend the extra $ when we do the kitchen for Clear Select, as the knots bugged me, but we had plenty of wood to cut around the ones that irritated me. I wish I could get a better photo of the room, it really did turn out great. And the running joke around here is I did probably spend a third of the budget on the art work and frames. But honestly, that's what makes the room. You all will just have to come and stand in it (one at a time of course!) to admire it properly! ;-) Always ;-) Hunzi Photo - behold - Mr G's 1950's bathroom from hell - but without the bathtub and the KNEE WALL conveniently located so close to the door/toilet/sink (see the flooring for it's location) What fun it was! The new powder room is in the closet you see in the back right. Here is a link that might be useful: Scroll Down for Before/Progress photos...See MoreAnyone Have Schonbek Polished Silver Finish in Their Powder Room?
Comments (1)Since the light fixtures are 'polished', I would opt for the same in faucets. Imo, chrome is too shiny....See MoreFinishing touches for powder room
Comments (29)Jodie - I love those sconces! Where are they from? How fun and different?? Maybe I will keep them in mind for the dining room. Just to clarify - the wallpaper in the bedroom photo is a different color than the one we selected. AprilNeverEnds - thank you for all the options! I am not sure on width - what makes sense in this space? I love the modern look of the first one, but I should have mentioned I have 4 year old twins that use this powder room more often than I prefer and their cute little fingerprints would constantly be all over the chrome / mirror vanity. I love the clean looks of all the options you picked. The last option is spooky and definitely in theme with this month ;) We want to stay under $600 if possible because this redo is part of a much larger home transformation so saving pennies where we can. As for why recessed and not a flushmount - I prefer a much more sleek clean look overall and I didn't want too much going on with cool sconces and an overhead light fixture. Also - I struggle to make decisions and didn't want one more thing I had to pick out and coordinate with overall design of powder room. We currently have flushmounts throughout our home hallways and I struggled to find something that would coordinate with out entry foyer. In the end we have decided to convert all of those to simple sleek recessed lights....See MoreMirror to Finish Powder Room Redo
Comments (24)Coming back to this after the holidays. We still don't have the sconce up or a mirror. What should come first?? Turns out if I return the sconce we will be out around $90-100 which is annoying but not as bad as $500. I still haven't seen it in person since the contractor ordered it and he has been MIA since 12/24. However, I contacted the showroom directly where it was purchased and the in house designer suggested trying to hang the sconce upside down as long as the shades down fall out. What do you think? Sounds like I would be settling - no? I am also leaning toward a simple clean rectangular beveled mirror or a very simple pivot mirror. What are your thoughts between the 2? Thanks again!...See Moremahatmacat1
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