Powder Room Reno

Hi everyone, 

I hope all is good in your worlds, we are still 

waiting for a diagnosis for Todd's mom, she has been

going through  more testing and is in really good spirits, 

says she feels great and just wants to go home which is really good.

Thanks for your warm well wishes, they mean so much right now.

Of course nothing has been done on any of our

projects on the go so I thought I would show you 

our powder room reno that Todd did a couple of 

years ago when I was away in Calgary for two weeks

 for a serious surgery my mom was having at the time. 

It was such a nice surprise to come home to.

It is located within the footprint of our kitchen

which is not the optimum place but is the only

place on our main  floor it. 

It originally had a very large zinc sink with a hand pump

in it I am told (no toilet). They would pump water up from the

cistern below (a cement holding tank that held collected rainwater before

they had indoor plumbing). Boy I would have loved to have

seen that sink, so cool.

The before included a pull chain light, 

acoustic ceiling tile and really bad wallpaper.

There was no insulation, no heat source 

 and the unheated cistern that was below made

made for a very unpleasant visit in the winter time.

A window from the mudroom looked
right inside the 4' x 5' space.

We gave it a cheap and cheerful makeover for the short term with

tongue and groove wood on the ceiling and upper walls, painting the tile white 

and covering the floor with peel and stick  tile.

The vanity was just a makeshift thing with a discoloured and 

cracked cultured marble counter and I gave it a
skirt to cover it.

You could easily welcome visitors in the back 

door without even leaving!

A full gut, insulation and a heat source

brought it into the 21st century.

We already had the pewter wedding cake chandelier

and installed it here and thought the effect on the 

ceiling was pretty in a small space

(we put it on a dimmer of course)

We added crown moulding, chair rail and Todd 

created a smaller version of our original baseboards.

We chose a 1" porcelain hexagon floor tile which is 

durable and in keeping with the era of our home.

 I always loved the clean lines and 

 storage capacity of this 30" x 19" vanity

from my work and 

when it was being discontinued I

snapped it up for a great price. 

This Moen faucet was on clearance for $50.00 and

and I didn't like that it was  lacking in vintage charm so I resold it for

$50.00

and chose this one instead with cross ball handles.

I looked everywhere for a mother of pearl

shell round mirror for a good price to no avail.

The next best thing was this round mirror 

that I had in my front hall that I purchased from
our grocery store for a mere $30.00. 

The dark wood was pretty but was too heavy for the small space

and so I painted it white and added my 

all time favourite real glass

hexagon shaped knobs

The bump out is for the old waste stack and

Todd framed it out enough to later

add doors for a some narrow storage

if we want to. You can't have enough built in storage

in an old home.

I chose a cream, grey and white colour scheme 

and wasn't sure about it but changed my mind when  I saw

  Sarah Richardson used it for her very own farmhouse bathroom.

(minus the yellow and slate grey).

Now last but not least of all of course, the piece de la resistance, 

la toilette!

I love love love this 6 litter Kohler toilet for it's clean lines 

and vintage feel with it's pull up flush button

on the tank lid. The peekaboo window was removed

which allowed for a large towel bar

and allowed for coat storage on the mudroom side

I wanted to change the bedroom mirror to something 

a little less girly for no or little money 

and recently moved the round mirror

there to see what it would look like.

and couldn't resist when I found this weathered wood 

mirror for just $25.00 at Home Sense.

It has a pretty egg and dart design like the

canopy of the chandelier.

I think it would look better with a 

slight wash over it and I'm already 

thinking of repainting the walls. 

I am going to change the kitchen cabinets

to white from cream in the summer and so

I may go for a pretty blue upper and

white lower or just white everywhere.

I will wait until things settle down before making

any major decisions.

Well  even though they are unbelievably calling for snow flurries today I
am going to get some major spring house cleaning done while Todd is out
doing one last trip to move his parents stuff for them.

Have a great weekend.

hugs

Sandra