Remember back in late winter when I said we were working on getting some cabinets in the bathrooms? Well, I had promised that I would post pics of the work after it was done and then I forgot. Imagine that! So today I'll show you what we've accomplished so far.
When we first bought the farm, this is what you looked at when you ....ahem.....sat on the toilet in the master bathroom. Yes, isn't that lovely? The hot water heater took up the lower portion of the space that was supposed to be a linen closet.
Since the hot water heater had to stay, we came up with a solution to work around it. We simply had a cabinet maker build in a cupboard to surround the hot water heater and disguise it behind closed doors. Ahhh, one problem solved.
For the upper area he made 2 shelves behind the doors and now we have some much needed storage in the bathroom. One thing this little farmhouse is lacking is storage in the form of closets, so, we are carefully trying to rectify that as we work on various rooms in the house.
The old oak cabinets were so low that it seemed they came up just above our knees. After putting in new flooring tile and a toilet we had the cabinet guy build a beautiful cabinet that was much higher and had functioning drawers(the old ones didn't work very well).
After adding a new counter and shiny chrome faucet the remodel was almost complete. We repurposed the mirror that used to be in our dining room and mounted dark oil-rubbed bronze sconces on either side of it for better lighting.
For a small bathroom we got a lot of function out of the few changes we made. And it's a pretty room, too. The tub surround is just fine for now, but someday in the future we will remove the tub and put in a huge, mack-daddy shower with tiled walls.
The guest bath also had a huge space that should have been a closet or storage of some sort, but, alas, it was completely empty. So, I painted the walls and we installed the same tile as the master bath.
Wow! What a difference the new cabinet made! The lower cabinet has a bottom shelf that is a pull out drawer which makes it so easy to access things all the way in the back. Then there are 2 more shelves above the drawer. I decided to put glass fronts on the uppers to keep things open and light.
Now this bath is a lot more cheerful, clean and bright. I'm especially happy to have this bathroom done as it is viewed from right off the kitchen. The old cabinet was also really low in here so we had the cabinet maker build a new one like the one in the master bath. I still need to put some art work in both baths but that will happen eventually.
A new oval mirror and 2 sconces on either side complete the guest bath. I love the solid surface countertops we choose for both baths. They are so easy to clean and look really pretty, too.
Now if I could just get some cabinets in the kitchen!
Debbie
