Wednesday, October 17, 2007

Renovation voyeur

Next in line for our house projects is our master bathroom. It is a little sterile: light gray and white tile, white fixtures, white walls, white cabinets, white vanity top. We decided not to do a full remodel (although our linen closet is bigger than our shower), but are working on different things like paint, light fixtures, and a new vanity top. We are busy people and haven't had a chance to work on it.

Actually, we did have a Saturday a few weeks ago when we were going to swap out the vanity tops. Our friend Tim came to help Steve lift the old top off the base. We had disconnected the plumbing so all it needed was a quick hoist upward. It would have been fine except one drainpipe stuck on the way out, which snapped off the PVC line at the wall.

Oops.

So our plumber came out a couple days later and fixed the PVC (I won't go into detail) and gave us pointers for proper vanity top removal. That was weeks ago. The new vanity top is still sitting patiently on the floor of our bedroom, and we are using the hall bathroom. And I'm still trying to decide on a paint color to warm up the space, yet still look good with gray tile & grout. More later when something significant happens...

For those of you who enjoy seeing before & after pictures of our house projects, check out the blog called Renovation Voyeur so you can be a weekend warrior vicariously.