Final House Tour

So I have some exciting news... we moved!   Way back in December when the market was really slow we put an offer on a place that is about 30 years old and we got it!   We moved into it at the height of Corona/Covid/Wuhan/China/CV  virus.   What a strange time that was.  No one to help pack or move or clean or unpack.  But we did it and we absolutely love the new digs!  Stay tuned for pics of our new place.  

The great news is although the market was slow when we purchased, it was crazy good when we sold.In just 24 hrs of being on the market, we had a bully offer.    

 So here is the final house tour.

 Kitchen Before

Main Floor Powder Before

Main Floor Powder

Kids' Bathroom Before/After

Kids' Bathroom Before & After

It's been awhile... but I'm back with the kids' bathroom reveal.  We've had a few things happen in the last few months... including a move and a wedding, oh and a little thing called a pandemic.  All these things have kept me busy, and I decided to just take a break from posting. (More on our new home coming soon!)   

After 10 years of living with the baby blue counters & baby blue tile in the kids' bathroom, I decided that they just had to go, and I couldn't be happier with the outcome!  The shower is just white tile but this floor and vanity needed a change.  

Here's a little peek at what we had before. 

And here's what it looks like now...

 To save money I decided to just frame out the existing builder mirror.  I had the contractor cut the wood in a circle and then I glued it on with heavy duty concrete/mirror glue.  I'm so happy with the outcome.  This way we didn't damage the wall and have to replace the mirror.  To tie in the wood tones in the mirror, I added baskets in the same tone to the bottom of the vanity.

I lucked out and bought this vanity on sale for around $500.00 at Home Hardware.  Unfortunately, it was the last one.  What a great find!  It is good quality, well made with soft closing doors.  This is a similar one.

(Warning about IKEA vanities:  I tried this IKEA vanity first and after it was all put together (by my son) I realized that there was no room for the plumbing.  The only way to accommodate the plumbing would be to cut through the drawers.  After it was all put together I decided I didn't really like the cabinet anyway... it looked small and not that well made.  The good news is IKEA took it back all assembled and gave us a full refund). 

As you can see, I went with a timeless penny tile in black and white with dark grout.  I absolutely love it!  I couldn't find this pattern so I ended up buying the white sheets of penny tile and then a few black sheets of penny tile.  I then took out six white tiles in the middle of each sheet, and glued the black ones to the mesh to make the pattern.  It was a bit time consuming (and hard on the fingers) but well worth it in the end.  I'm definitely going to use penny tile in our new place.

(A little note about penny tile: you need an experienced tiler to put this in.  If the pattern starts to go off, it will stand out, and you can't fix it without replacing it.)

(All photos are mine taken with my iPhone.)

Like I said, the shower and tub were just in a plain white so we were able to keep them.  Can't believe what a huge difference changing out the flooring and vanity has made.

 SOURCES

Vanity:   Home Hardware

Wood & Light:   Home Depot

Hooks & Basket:   IKEA

Counter:   Reno Depot

Baskets (Under Vanity):  Pier One

  Knobs: Canadian Tire

Tap & Sink:  Home Depot

Plants:  Metro

Towels & Shower Curtain:  HomeSense

Penny Tile:   Ceramic Factory Outlet

Powder Room Reveal

Hi there!!!  Here's a long overdue post about my main floor powder room.   I did a little post a while back on this but didn't have it styled.   You can check out some of the befores here, along with where the wood, tile & sink are from.  I tried to squish myself into this tiny powder and take as many angles of it as I could.  
It was a little hard but here it is... all prettied up!  

  

These tiles from Laura Ashley are so pretty to look at from down the hall, and they're porcelain so they hold the heat and keep nice and warm.   If patterned tile scares you, but you want it in your home, I recommend that you try it in a small space like this.  It really adds impact and interest. 

You'll notice that I used a dark grout, but you could use a light grout too.  It does break the pattern so if that is an issue for you, painting the grout white in the white sections of the pattern would be a solution.

All of the accessories and the mirror are from HomeSense including the sweet tile that I styled the shelf with.  The light which you can see in the second photo if you scroll up,  is this one, from Home Depot.  The basket (for garbage) is from IKEA.

(All photos are mine taken with my iPhone.)

There it is... simple and sweet.  

I'll be back soon with some updates to my other bathrooms.