Week Six | November 1 | Mid Modern Primary Bathroom
For the Fall 2023 One Room Challenge we are tackling our Primary Family Bath — fun and fabulous with an MCM flair.
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Some before photos as well as some images of the inspiration for this project.
Progress: Wallpaper
A few weeks ago, I posted some of the wallpaper samples I was choosing from on Instagram and asked which you would choose. This one choice came in second, but I am absolutely loving it!
This paper is Mare Teal Waves from A-Street Prints, one of the sponsors for this project, and it is glorious! I love the contrast between the very organic waves and the geometry of both tiles. I needed something to soften the room, and this paper does just that!
This is a tiny room, and that’s a large-scale print, but I think it works very well. I’m so pleased!
Wallpaper!
As I wrote last week, we are nearly caught up to real time on this project. We have been plagued with supply issues and the chronic skilled labor shortage here in Colorado which has meant a project that could have been done in 4 weeks is now entering MONTH 5. We are truly just a few working days from being done, but I am praying we will actually be done by the end of the ORC. Once the plumber is done, the rest we can do on our own, so I’m sure that’s what will happen.
One of the big delays: the sink and mirror. People, this has been a true trial. In January, I bought a fantastic vintage dresser on FBMP. It has been sitting in my living room since then waiting to be refinished and installed as the vanity. I also have a vintage mirror which we had hung in the bathroom a few years ago. It was perfect to go over the dresser. Lots of vintage style!
This dresser with its cool, curved front would make such a great vanity!
I love this fin-shaped mirror, too!
But alas.
You knew that was coming, didn’t you.
A few days after the wallpaper was installed, we realized that the drywall installer moved the location of the light fixture so that it is centered between the shower and the wall — not between the toilet and the wall. Why, you may ask? Who the F@*K knows! And the plumbing for the sink is also not where we specified it to be either. So unless we wanted to rip out the drywall and the wallpaper and relocate the fixtures, we had to choose a different, smaller vanity and a smaller mirror.
I am heartbroken.
But at this point I had to take the course of least resistance. So, the vintage vanity and mirror were out. And now I need to sell them. And I had to come up with a new vanity and mirror solution.
More on that next week.
All shall be well. And all shall be well. And all manner of things shall be well. They just won’t be vintage and cool and what I wanted from the beginning. Le sigh.
Hardware
No matter what vanity I choose, it will be gorgeously dressed because I have knobs from Emtek which will look like jewels. This is a design trick — choose high-quality knobs and even a less-than-optimal vanity will look better! Emtek’s hardware is heavy, substantial, and gorgeous! They were also a sponsor for two my Mudroom Makeover and the Mid Modern Curb Appeal makeover, and their door hardware is exceptional.
With knobs and hooks and all of the gleaming chrome accessories we need, this bathroom will be both beautiful and functional. I’m excited to get it all installed when the time comes!
Gardening News
This isn’t the only project we have happening at our house. I know. Big surprise! Check out the new garden transformation in our front yard. It’s soooo much better, and I already have seedlings growing here, too!
Two more weeks to go! Thanks for all of your love and support as we bring this bathroom across the finish line at long last!
Thanks to my sponsors for this project!
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I am thankful for your support and wholeheartedly recommend the products I used in this bathroom!
To Linda Weinstein, the creator of the One Room Challenge, I offer my most sincere thanks. Thank you for offering this kind of opportunity and for opening it up to anyone. And to Apartment Therapy, the ORC media sponsor: thank you for making this possible! And to all of the other ORC participants: I’ll be sure to stop by to admire your work! It is always fun to do this together!
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Here’s to another great project and all of the DIY energy that the ORC inspires!
Cheers!
Angela
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