New bathroom renovation

Happy days are here.  I’ve been given the green light to ‘tart up’ our downstairs bathroom.  That’s the good news.  The not so good news is that the bathroom looks like a nineties nightmare.  Peach tiles with feature tiles and border tiles to match.  They even stuck a tile to the vanity door, urgh!  I’m sure it was the height of fashion back in 1992, however that ship has sailed and it’s time I put my own stamp on it!  Here are some pictures.

This is what we are dealing with here.  The bathroom has underfloor heating which is working and we would like to keep.  It also has a heated towel rail which is a keeper.

So here’s my plan:

1.  Paint floors, this should be interesting as I’ve never done this before. I want to keep the underfloor heating so the tiles have to stay.
2. Shiplap and/or paint the walls, (obviously no shiplap in wet areas).
3. Remove the row of mirrored cabinets and hope to the heavens that there are no nasty surprises behind them.  I understand they are great for storage but I am yet to meet anyone who requires 5 shaving cabinets in their bathroom.
4. The spa is staying its white and not a problem, however, on a side note, its deep enough to drown in!
5. The shower is staying.
6. The vanity is staying, I will be changing the fronts of the cabinets.  I will also been replacing the taps on the vanity.  Here’s a pic of the ones I have ordered.

That’s my list thus far.  Off to Pinterest I go for some inspiration.  Check these out…

1.  Painting the tiles

http://remingtonavenue.com/2015/08/the-girl-who-painted-her-tile.html

Here’s some eye candy!

Watch this space for my reveal.  Thanks for reading.

Jo xx

Images from Home Beautiful, Amazing Interior Design, Bella Mumma and Houzz.

DIY kids wall art project for the school holidays

School holidays are here so I thought I would share a project my son and I did a couple of days ago.  My son is car crazy and since moving into our new home we have neglected decorating his bedroom.  So, this was the perfect time for him to have his say on how he wanted to decorate his room.

We decided on some vintage car posters.  I love Pinterest.  Just type in free printable vintage car posters and up come thousands of, you guessed it, free printable vintage car posters.

The hard part was my son choosing which ones he wanted.  Once he had picked 8 posters, we printed them off, went to IKEA and picked up 8 picture frames, (only $1.99 each, bargain!!!!!)’ came home put them into frames and hung them up.

That’s all it took.  Have a look at the end result.  

He is so happy with the end result and is also very proud “he did it all himself”.  Love.

Thanks for reading.
Jo xx

How to design our small entrance foyer!

I’ve been putting off doing anything to our entrance foyer, well simply because have no idea what to do.  I would love to have a console table and lovely mirror on the wall but there is not enough room.  This is what my sad little entrance looks like at the moment.

It’s pretty boring.  Yep B O R I N G!  Don’t mind the blue around the glass we haven’t finished painting the exterior of the door yet.  I’m totally in love with light light fitting.

So I hit Pinterest for some ideas, here they are…

Wainscoting – adds interest and texture to a somewhat blah area.  Great article by Remodelaholic.

Faking an entrance foyer – this article is all about making the most of a small space.  There are some great ideas by Good Housekeeping.

Ideas for creating a small entry way by Decorola.

These have given me some inspiration.  Watch this space for an update on my entrance foyer.

Thanks for reading.

Jo xx

Feature image, A beautiful entry designed by @Robert Stilin.

 

 

 

 

Kitchen renovation update

Can you believe I am still waiting on my kitchen handles?  It’s been two weeks!

Anyway that’s my little whinge.  Don’t worry there’s plenty more where that came from but I won’t subject you to it all!

The kitchen has however, received a little love in the way of kitchen island shiplap.  I wanted to lay them horizontally however, due to the fact we already have shiplap in the same area and it runs vertically I decided to match it.  Whether this will haunt me forever – I’ll let you know!

It was a pretty easy task, again off to Bunnings (hooray) and picked up a humongous sheet of pre fab shiplap.  The friendly staff cut it to the size I needed and home I went to install it.

First thing was to make sure the piece was cut to the correct size.  I had two pieces that needed to be installed.

Slapped some commercial strength glue on the back, slid in into the perfect position. I used some spacers so that the lines ran straight, because there’s not one straight wall or floor in this house.  Got it into position and tacked it into place permanently.

I no more gapped around the sides and now I just need to give it a paint.  Still deciding what colour to paint it.  Do I paint it the wall colour or the cupboard colour?  Please let me know what you think.  After I paint it I will attach the skirting and that’s another job DONE!

Full reveal if my handles ever turn up!!!!

Thanks for reading.

Jo xx

Lounge room renovations – Part Two

The last update on our lounge room was making the shaker style doors for our cabinets on either side of the fireplace.  This weekend we fixed them into the cavity and fitted the benchtop.  It doesn’t sound like much, however, I needed to call in the big guns to help me with the heavier items.

I didn’t think there would be much impact by adding the benchtop.  I was wrong, the look amazing and I’m so happy with them.

If you missed the first Blog, click here.

This is what the space looked like before.

Tacking the trim to the door

Finished trim

Plain door hung prior to trim going on

Considering the cabinets were a standard size, we had to fill the gaps on either side of each cabinets.

Then, added additional support to the benchtop by adding a batten.

We cut the timber benchtop we had chosen to the size of each cavity.  This may require a bit of trimming and checking as older houses wall are rarely ever straight.  Once you are satisfied with how the benchtop fits, secure it from inside the cabinet.

And here’s the finished product.

 

All that needs to be completed is the mantle and the skirting.  Another job done – tick.  I love it, what do you think?

Thanks for reading.

Jo xx