one room challenge week 1: master bathroom

I'm baaack! You may remember during the last One Room Challenge my husband and I took on a DIY gut renovation of our master bathroom (you can see where we started here), but weren’t able to get anywhere close to finishing in time for the reveal. While I originally had another project in mind for this challenge, I decided this would be the perfect opportunity to give us the push we needed to finish. So welcome to our One Room Challenge: Part Two!

Here is the current state of our master bathroom:

Taking out the soffit and creating two knee walls completely opened up the space. After all of the plumbing was completed the shower got framed, the pan liner was placed, shower pan poured, walls and pipes insulated, and concrete board installed. All we have left here is some waterproofing and the tile before we call in our plumber to put the finishing touches in the shower.

We finally got the drywall up, mudded, and painted which allowed us to put up our new sconces. Next up is the mirror, vanity and countertop installation, and then we'll have our plumber out to put in the new faucet.

In this corner we replaced the toilet and took out the cabinet that we'll be replacing with two open shelves for extra storage. 

Here is what we have left on our list:

  • waterproof shower walls

  • finish tiling floor/shower floor

  • tile shower walls and niche

  • paint touch-ups

  • install baseboards and trim

  • install crown moulding

  • install open shelving

  • install vanity

  • install marble countertop

  • plumbing fixtures for shower and vanity

  • shower glass enclosure

  • put up new mirror

  • new roman shade for window

  • artwork and styling

You can catch up on the whole project by looking at week 1, week 2, week 3, and week 4 from the last challenge. I'm also sharing progress on instagram and behind the scenes on snapchat (scg_interiors)! 

I want to give a huge thank you to Linda at Calling it Home, because without these challenges I'm 100% sure that we would never get any of the large projects in our house completed! Make sure to check out both the Wednesday and Thursday participants to see all the other fabulous projects that bloggers are creating!

friday finds

I just love how many stores are totally killing it lately in the ready-made furniture and accessories department. It makes e-designing a breeze since trade items don't have to be used to get a designer look. Here are a few of my favorites that I found recently from Ballard:

An acrylic drapery rod that you don't have to sell your soul to own? Yes! They also make these acrylic and brass shelves that I'm dying to put somewhere.

I'm wondering if Charlie would notice if a pair of these campaign chests mysteriously showed up and replaced our current nightstands?

This antelope rug is a much, much more affordable version of Stark's super popular design. I ordered the runner for our kitchen and I don't even have to cry if I spill something on it!

Yup, this faux bamboo and Carrara marble vanity has me wishing for a powder room.

fresh home updates for 2016

In the last few years everyone went wild for moroccan poufs, bright Hmong pillows, eiffel chairs, and fiddle leaf figs, so today I'm sharing a few suggestions to freshen up these items for 2016. I'll be the first to admit that I have every one of these items in my own home, and if you have them in yours I'm not insisting that you should to switch them out, but if you're anything like me you need to change it up a little every now and then to keep it fresh. 

fresh home updates for 2016