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Friday, February 27, 2009

Bathroom re-do

We're getting started re-doing out downstairs half-bath. We're still finalizing some choices, but this is roughly what we're working with:

  • White bead-board-looking cabinet from American Woodmark at Home Depot. Ordering this takes 3+ weeks, but will wind up costing us about the same as the in-stock vanities they had (which we didn't really like and which were the wrong size). The opening for our vanity is 35.5 inches. Vanities come in 33 and 36. The man at Home Depot* was helpful on this area -- he told us to get the 33" and use filler to make it fit perfectly (he says that's what he would have done over decades as a carpenter). I hope we can follow directions.
  • We're still debating sinks/faucets, but this is our latest idea. Classic white sink, chunkier faucet. I think we'll wind up doing brushed-nickel as our metal color/type. We'll have to get a new light, towel holder, etc. too.
  • The walls will be some shade of greyish-green. TBD exactly. Probably from the Eddie Bauer paint collection at Lowe's (we tend to find things in their palette that work for us).
  • For art, we want to feature a few of these postcard-prints that Matt bought years ago and which we both like.
Right now, the bathroom is red. Not just red, but "murder red." It's honestly a great color, just not so great for a small bathroom. The walls are a bit rough - had been wallpapered before - so we're going to have to skim-coat them, we think. The old vanity/marble-y top have seen better days. And, the toilet needs to be replaced -- we've replaced it's internal parts a few times, and it now just flushes on it's own randomly. We're not in love with the tile, but it extends into the kitchen, so we're leaving that for another day.

We'll work on the demo tomorrow, and hopefully the new vanity will be here in a week or two. This means a few weeks without out half-bath, but we're excited about the prospects of having it redone!

I'll post before & after pics later!!

*For those in Austin/Cedar Park - from our experience, the employees at the Home Depot on 183 near Lakeline Mall are far more helpful than those at the Arbor Walk location near Mopac & 183. Both the cabinet guy we talked to this time (Jerry) and the appliance guy last time (can't remember his name, unfortunately) rank among the most helpful employees I've ever seen at any store, period. At the Arbor Walk store, you're lucky to get somebody to stop gossiping with colleagues to acknowledge you.

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