Re-Do / Re-Use

While we were working on the secondary bathroom, simultaneously, we were also working on the laundry area of the house. This particular area was/is a bit of an awkward space. The area is pretty much all windows, the plumbing is bumped out a fair bit into the space because of the way the house is built, and, as mentioned in a prior post about the secondary bathroom, the wall for the bathroom stuck out so far, that the walkway between the bathroom and the laundry was only about 20 inches wide.  The laundry "room" as it stood the day we moved in. The space doesn't look as narrow as it really was between the pony wall and the wall of the bathroom, but no laundry machines were going to fit through this opening. Initially, we thought we'd incorporate the entire space (laundry and bath) into the primary bedroom, eliminate extra walls, and make the pony wall one that reached the ceiling, but after a small amount of debate, decided to instead keep them separate, for a variety ...

Oh, bathrooms. Not my favorite rooms to work on, but definitely one of my favorites when they are finally complete. We were fortunate enough when we bought this current project house that there were two bathrooms in the house -- well, sort of.  The secondary bathroom had a toilet and a tub/shower combo, but no sink. I couldn't quite figure out why they had built a bathroom without a sink, but I think because it was formerly used as a rental and several individuals resided in the house, it probably seemed a necessary addition at some point in time. Still, not having a sink in a bathroom is one of those things that left me scratching my head. This bathroom was in better shape than the primary one, but still not great. None of the photos really illustrate the condition of the bathroom when we bought the house, but at least it's easy to see the layout in this photo. So, when we were making our plans for renovations, we decided that we would lose the tub/shower combination and inste...

As the updates come less frequently, I promise renovations are actually happening, and although the primary bedroom still isn't finished, it's at least to a somewhat better state, so we thought we'd share some photos. The primary bedroom probably should have been one of our starting points, but it just didn't work out that way. When we first closed on the house, it was probably the room in the best shape... which isn't saying much, but at least it wasn't as bad as the others. Still, it wasn't great - no real baseboards, a weird paint scheme (that wasn't exactly painted with accuracy or to proper completion). The lime green trim with a kind of light blue (dirty) wall, wasn't exactly great. The blinds were also falling apart and quite dirty. But, as with the other rooms, carpet came out nearly immediately. Although difficult to tell in this initial photo, the room is a fairly decent size. We'd initially thought that we'd break through that back...