My last project of the winter break

Back to work/back to school tomorrow.  It's gonna be a shock to the system. 

I wrapped up my last project of the break last night.  I painted Jack's bathroom (which will soon be the playroom bathroom because we're moving Jack downstairs) the same gray color and painted his cabinets black.

Again, you'd be more impressed with me if I had taken "before" pics.

And again, I know this doesn't ooze masculinity but it's going to be the "extra" bathroom soon so I did it the way I wanted to do it.  So there.


The view from the door--
I rehung the cabinet doors by myself this time.  They wouldn't pass inspection if you pulled out a level but I think they're good enough.
I was pretty proud of myself.

Please look at how dumb this counter top is.  I don't understand counters that go over the toilet.  It makes me nuts.  And it makes it REALLY hard to paint back there. 

We have a counter in the downstairs bathroom that does this and the people who used to live here put in such a tall toilet that the lid to the tank won't fit under the countertop.  It's SO loud whenever anyone flushes it.  Dumb.

Ok, enough venting.

**Please excuse the drink.  I should've moved it before I documented my work.

 

This is looking at his closet door.

And there you have it!  I'm so glad to have the updating process started.  New counter tops.  New light fixtures and we'll be set.

Update on the girls' bathroom....

Jason changed the switches and switch plates to white for me.  BIG improvement.

And Sarah chose a few accessories for the room.  One was this picture frame.  We'll put a pic of the girls in it obviously. (And we'll take the plastic wrapping off.)

The other was this mannequin.  Speaking from experience, if you come around the corner too quickly and forget that we now have a dress form sitting on the counter, it'll scare the fire out of you.

 

It certainly was a busy week. I'm looking forward to going back to work so I can take a break and be less productive. 
;) 
just kidding!

Bathroom project

I've been busy the last couple of days.

Jason and I have talked.... and talked... and talked some more... about ALL of the things we'd like to change/redo/update in our home.  Bathrooms are a biggie on my list.  And I don't know about you... but sometimes talking--and not doing--is fun.... but then other times it's maddening.  Stop talking and just do it!

So Sunday afternoon Jason was relaxing, working a crossword puzzle, and-- basically out of nowhere-- I said, "I'm going to redo the girls' bathroom today."

I don't know what it is about me, but I can't relax for long anymore.  I enjoy sitting and doing nothing for a minute or two, but then I feel lazy and need to start a project.  And it's never a useful project, like cleaning my closet.  It's a fun project that involves making a mess.

The last week without work or school has been wonderful, but it's left me with a feeling that I should be doing something.  I can only watch movies and drink hot chocolate so many times.

So I decided to paint the girls' bathroom cabinets white and paint their walls a silvery gray.  (I failed to take before pics, but it used to be a peachy/tan color with milkwash cabinets.)

 

(The shower curtain was brown with monkeys as the curtain rings.  The bath mat was a monkey head. We went with more of a girly fashion curtain with actual feathers on the boas and sparkly rhinestones and pearls. The girls love it. )



I still want to switch out light fixtures and the countertop.  The switch plates will be changed from the horribly dated yellow to white. 

I knocked all of this out in a little more than a day and a half. 

BTW, That note on the mirror says "FLUSH THE POTTY!"  We have them on every mirror of every bathroom the kids use.  And the lid on the toilet says, "FLUSH ME!"  We have a real problem with kids forgetting that VERY important step.  What's even more disturbing is when they forget to flush and there's no toilet paper in the bowl.  Ew.  Back to the bathroom redo....

I'm proud of myself because I've never taken on a project like this.  To be completely honest, I was proud of myself just for taking the cabinet doors off.  I don't usually work with hinges and things.  I figure anything DIY or dealing with cabinets is Jason's forte. 

But I took this one on all by myself-- with one exception... rehanging the cabinets proved to be a little tricky.  I struggled to get them level and needed Jason's help--- other than that, I'm pretty satisfied. 

I need Jason to change out the light fixtures and the countertop, but even now, this looks so much better than it did.  Trust me!

Clearly I have clean up (and touch-ups) left to do.

I feel productive.  I got out of my comfort zone.  I learned something new.  Perfect way to end the year!
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Now for my next project.  Starting a workout routine again.  P90X3  came in the mail. 

Did Day One today and all I can say is "OUCH" and "What have I gotten myself into?"
**gulp**