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hey y'all! we're on vacation and doing our best to pick up on those laid back cali vibes 😎 (as soon as we leave disney lol) but in the meantime, i've got a guest post from amy of life on hill st. amy is a fellow design lover who is in the midst of a home renovation with two little kids. aka a saint! she actually approached me a month or so ago and her timing couldn't have been better! after i looked at her site, i quickly knew what i wanted to hear more about - her teeny half bath from the hill st house. it's a good one. thank you amy!! ********************************** Hello all! This is Amy from Life On Hill Street and I'm super excited to be guest blogging for Meredith today! She asked me to write a short post about a bathroom renovation I did on my last house. I honestly didn't write enough about it at the time so I'm thrilled to have the opportunity now! A few years ago, my husband and I bought a 150-year-old Dutch Colonial and decided to do a DIY renovation/restoration of the whole thing. One of the coolest projects we did (and the only one we outsourced to the pros) was our half bathroom. Like most old houses, ours didn't come with a bathroom on the first floor. It was pretty much a no-brainer that we would add one, there was just the problem of where to put it. Although we didn't have adjoining neighbors, our house was essentially a tiny, three-story row house and space on the first floor was at a premium. After much consideration and an, "are you sure about that?" comment from our realtor, we decided to rip out the entry hall closet and make it a bathroom. Easier said than done. The closet was 3 1/2' by 3'. After plumbing and framing went it, the entire room was less than 10 square feet! This of course created some design challenges, and the nagging worry that once everything was installed, nobody would be able to fit inside! Luckily, I found this amazing toilet from Toto where the tank system hangs in the wall between 2x4s. And I found a tiny European sink (similar to this one) that was so small I originally thought it was a water fountain! The finishing touches included black and white penny tile on the floor, glossy black bead board half way up the walls and fun Scalamandre zebra wallpaper in Serengeti green. I knew the bathroom would make a statement simply because it was so small, so I thought I would add to the fun by including some memorable paper. I'm always finding wallpapers, patterned tile or dramatic paint colors that I love, but simply couldn't commit to having everywhere. So when I have a small, relatively confined, space I tend to take bigger risks with the design. In the end, we got a lot of compliments on the "tiny" bathroom. Even the inspector came back and took extra pictures to show future renovators what they can do with a closet. Mostly though, we were just happy to have an extra bathroom in a more convenient location. ...ok, and we liked the wallpaper too! To read more about the mini half bathroom project check out this post, or this one! ********************************** thank you again amy, i love what you did with this closet and the design choices!
This post contains affiliate links* Adding a bathroom, no matter how small adds value to any house. Here at the Mountain Cottage, more than adding house value, the World's Smallest Halfbath added much needed storage space in a very small bathroom. It's probably not actually the world's smallest halfbath, but but it is pretty small at only 17 square feet with an angled wall to boot! Even though we knew it was going to be small, we still needed it to function like a big bathroom, as far as storage goes. Plus, planning a tiny half bath is difficult because EVERY inch, no every half inch, counted and affected every other detail in the room. Here's our inspiration photo: Source I can't stress enough that Planning is Key Here's how we planned out the bathroom. Our little half bath is 17 square feet if measured on the floor and the wall that the toilet is on was 39 1/2" high and angled up. Mr. DIY had to build out the wall so that we would meet code for the 6 foot 8 inch ceiling height in front of the toilet. Here's our before photo of the space. We removed the wallpaper in the room and painted and then realized that we needed a bath upstairs so we didn't have to stumble down the stairs in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom. After planning it all out, the first thing we did was rip out the drywall and framing. Here's the new framing. You can see why the toilet wall had to be built out. Mr. DIY reused a lot of the old 2 x 4's. Next came the roughed in plumbing. Mr. DIY had a plumber friend come and help out for a day to get things moving. It's best to get help with electrical and plumbing and then save money by diying the finishing of the projects. And ALWAYS get a permit if your project requires you to do so. The plumbing had to go somewhere to get out of the house, so we took up some space in the downstairs closet. Since you won't see it, Mr. DIY covered up the plumbing with a drop ceiling, which provides access should we need to fix something. Once the plumbing and electrical were finished, the sheetrock went up. This photo was taken from the outside looking through the hole for the medicine cabinet into the bathroom towards where the toilet would eventually go. One thing Mr. DIY had to do was cut out one of the layers of the subfloor, since there were two and the tile would bring up the floor to match the existing vinyl. I can't tell you how excited we were to get to this point. Getting past the messy mudding of the drywall and sanding was such a big relief. After painting the walls and trim, Mr. DIY installed the floor. He used a 24" x 12" tile and cut it in half lengthwise because the bathroom was only 32" wide. Once the tile was grouted, the toilet went in. Yay! Progress! The Pottery Barn Inspired Medicine Cabinet was installed right before the Faux Plank Wall. The countertop at this point was dry fit, but still had to be taken out to be stained. A small exhaust fan and light was installed on the only part of the ceiling that is 8 feet high. You can see on the left wall that the light and faux plank wall are finished. After staining, the countertop was installed with the sink, then the faucet and drains and the front apron. The bathroom is so small, I had to take this photo with my cell phone, with me facing the toilet and the camera turned around. It was the only way I could take a photo of the sink wall without having me show in the mirror! I love how well the countertop turned out. You can see how we made it HERE. We chose a toilet paper holder that we could slip the roll of tp easily... If you have children, you need to have this kind! ...and a coordinating robe hook to put a hand towel on. A simple fabric skirt is attached with velcro to the back side of the countertop apron. Making the apron for the countertop was an adventure in itself because it's curved -- we'll tell you about it another time. Adding a couple of big baskets underneath the counter adds storage to hold tp and other stuff. I will be purchasing some hand towels from Ikea that have a loop on the edge so that it will hang closer to the wall. Here's how the bathroom looks from the bedroom. So glad we chose a pocket door to save space. You remember the before... ...and here's the after. We are almost finished with the closet and the storage shelves on the left side of the bathroom. We are also finished with the Pottery Barn Storage bed. Can't wait to show all of it to you. Hope you enjoyed the tour! UPDATE: see how we built the closet HERE. see how we built the shelves HERE. see the Pottery Barn Storage Bed HERE. Leave me a comment to me know what you think or if we left anything out! Pam Here are the details of the bathroom: Wall and Trim Paint: Benjamin Moore Decorator white in eggshell finish (walls) and semi-gloss(trim) Faux Wall and Countertop Apron Paint- Benjamin Moore Balboa Mist (same as walls in bedroom) Floor Tile: Style Selections Galvano Charcoal Glazed Porcelain from Lowe's Toilet: AquaSource elongated dual flush 2 pc comfort height Faucet: Delta Nura Chrome 1 handle Sink: Kohler Caxton K-2209 in white Toilet Paper Holder: Delta Cassidy Single Post TP Holder Countertop: 1 1/2" maple butcher block from Lumber Liquidators Stain for Countertop: MinWax Provincial with MinWax Wipe on Poly Stain for Medicine Cabinet: Minwax Provincial under Rust-Oleum Driftwood...Wipe on Poly over that Baskets and Soap Dish: HomeGoods Light over sink and Exhaust Fan HERE *Disclosure: we purchased the light over the sink and the exhaust fan from Amazon. If you purchase from these links, Amazon will give me a small commission. Here are the links to the other projects in this bathroom: DIY Pottery Barn Inspired Medicine Cabinet Faux Plank Wall For The World's Smallest Half Bath Custom Wood Countertop For The World's Smallest Half Bath
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A special thanks to Lowe's for sponsoring this post. I am so excited to share my newest DIY project with you! We completely transformed our powder bathroom and I am obsessed. Don't get me wrong...the before wasn't terrible, but I knew it could be better. The whole renovation started off with needing more storage in our powder room. There was nowhere to store extra toilet paper, towels, or bathroom cleaning supplies. It's also the downstairs bathroom my parents use when they stay in our home as they stay in the playroom as our guest bed with the pull-out couch! This vanity from Lowe's is so beautiful and the countertop and cabinet storage is perfect for them for when they visit. The best part of this project is I completed it just hours before they came to visit last week. I told my parents I was going to wait to gut and start this project after their visit because it was going to be such a big one...but I completed it as a surprise so they could see it! Let's take a look at the before photos and some of the process and then you can see more of the gorgeous reveal. I started off taking the board & batten boards off--with Bentley actually. haha! He really wanted to help, and I knew this was going to be one of the only things he could help with. Demo was fun and got me so excited to completely transform the space. After demo was completed, I started wallpapering. Let me tell you...wallpapering might not be on my DIY to-do list for a very, very long time again. It took me a little over eight hours, and after all of that work, I almost ran out of wallpaper, but I was determined to make it work so I didn't have to purchase another roll. Thankfully I didn't have to go all the way to the top because I knew we were installing a dramatic crown molding and the bottom was going to be overlapped by the new beadboard and moldings. The beadboard comes in huge 4'X8' sheets, but if you know your measurements ahead of time, you can ask a Lowe's associate to help you cut it to the sizes you need so you don't need a table saw at home. That's what we did, and it helped save a lot of time and money so we didn't need to rent a large table saw. Once the beadboard was up, I could start to see the space coming together. Most of the dark navy blue was covered, and it started to feel lighter and brighter. Putting up the crown molding was the last step before patching and painting. We got it all up, and I patched and let it dry for about an hour and then began painting. Overall, I did about three coats of Sherwin-Williams Pure White. Pure White is one of my favorite whites to use, and we have used it on a lot of trim and stair risers in our home. Installing the vanity was extremely easy. It came with everything we needed to connect the pipes, and then we added a matte black Moen faucet. The Lowe's delivery team was so great and delivered it right into our home and we even inspected it upon arrival with the delivery team to be sure it was in perfect condition. This vanity also has the optional stone backsplash, which we opted to install for added protection and a finished look. Okay, let's take a look at this gorgeous powder room! 😍 Shop my Lowe's Essentials // The below links are affiliate links. Thanks for supporting ACF! Vanity | Beadboard | Crown Molding | Ornamental Chair Rail Shop the Decor // JavaScript is currently disabled in this browser. Reactivate it to view this content. If you have any questions or would like to see more, head to my Instagram and send me a DM or see daily inspiration.
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