So you have heard all of this talk about the remodeling of the guest bathroom and I know that you are all on the edge of your seats just waiting to see exactly what we are doing. Okay, so maybe you aren’t just falling all over yourselves about it but just let me think that my life is that interesting okay. I thought that I would give you a little sneak peak of what we working on and what we have gotten done so far. No pictures, those will all come with the great reveal, just my inpiration. My inpiration came from an issue of my new favorite magazine Better Homes and Gardens that I picked up months and months ago while we were still in Germany.  As soon as I found out that we would be coming home I starting scowering the magazines looking for ideas of what I wanted to do with our house once we got home.  I had no faith that our renters well maintained the house and they didn’t, but that is a completely different post.  So I found this picture and promply ripped out the magazine and have been holding on to it forever just waiting to get home. 

This idea was originally going to be for out master bathroom but I decided that this would be an even better look for the guest bathroom. This vanity I found at Lowe’s for just over $400.  Don’t worry I am not a yellow gold kind of gal.  The faucets, still undecided, will be in brushed nickel.  I love silver and white gold but I am not a fan of shiney.  The brushed nickel is perfect and actually is found in every room of the house as we are remodeling.  The door handles, all of the lighting fixtures, even the cabinet handles will all be brushed nickel.   I love the expresso color of this cabint and the classic feel with a bit of a modern twist to it.  The bottom shelf will get some cute little baskets that can be used for storage with out displaying off little girl things that I am sure Riley is already plotting to throw in there. Four of the draws are usable space and really, you can never have too many drawers in the bathroom.  The lights, another great find at Lowe’s for just under $50.  These have been installed.  I also removed the broken heater that was on the ceiling and replaced it with a new light fixture more than doubling the available light in the room.  There have been a few little snags in the road but nothing serious just time consuming for me to figure out.  So far I have done all of the work myself.  I have never tackeled a project like this on my own so it is a learning process for me which also means that it is taking me forever.  It has been almost two weeks since I began work.  So far the bathroom has been gutted, the ceilings and walls painted and the light fixtures installed.  This weekend I will be working on preping the floor and getting my ceramic tile installed.  I am also debating if I want to add in some crown molding.  It is a lot of work but I am so excited to see what the end result is going to be.  I have a really bad feeling that after I have put all of this effort, blood, sweat and tears into this house I am not going to want to sell it, ever.  Don’t worry Johnny.  Marty isn’t going to let me off the hook that easy.  You will still get at least one more house sold from us.

By the way if you are in the Killeen area and need a realtor  Johnny Vacca at ERA Colonial is hands down the best realtor ever!  Seriously.  No exaggerations.  He is amazing.  If you want his number let me know and I will gladly give it to you.

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