A bathroom for the Princesses

     I have been so busy I haven't had a chance to post the final results of the girl's bathroom. We actually just got back from vacation at the lake - much needed after the house warming party and 2 1/5 months of non stop remodeling. Here it is! The vanity is the dresser I started on when I first bought the house and I just couldn't wait to get to work on it.  It belonged to my parents and my dad's mother before that. The sit down vanity in the 'vanity knook' is from my bedroom at mine and Jonas's old house. 
     I used Valspar oil based porch and floor paint on the floor and a stencil with oil based high gloss bright white, then DuraSheen gloss floor sealer.  I absolutely love the stencils from Royal Design Studio. Their stencils are so durable and beautiful.  The oil based floor paint soaked into the concrete beautifully. This is the first time I had used it on concrete and I couldn't be happier with the results.
     I trimmed out the tub enclosure with some narrow window trim and attached it using pre-drilled holes and tub and tile caulk.  **My first solo trim job! Took me a little longer than I anticipated, but I got it! The outside wall of the enclosure where the trim is attached is practically impossible to nail through and since the tub has a curved shape I had to use more than just adhesive caulk.
       The shelves are original - I thought the polyurethane wood gave the room a more rustic look.

Rustic Chic Master Bath

     Well, after the post about the wagon wheel chandelier David and I decided we would call this decor style "rustic chic" or even "rustic glam".....!!! Lots of repurposed things, vintage flare, wood, wrought or cast iron, grey tones and cool neutrals with a twist of teal, turquoise, bling, sparkle, and fabulous! Since we live in the country - I mean WAY out in the country - but we are not ranchers and we do not have horses or cows. Our style is rustic without the horse/cowboy theme. I'm not sure if someone else has already defined this term or if this term has already been claimed, but from now on this is what I am going to call it. Rustic chic. Yep, perfect. I am finally ready to post about a finished room! Both of the bathrooms are complete - even down to the caulking the trim.

This is the first wood grained stained concrete floor. I just finished doing the entire master bedroom, so I'll be posting about that soon! Here is the post on how I did this.

This is my bathroom! I love it! The vanity is the one I found on a local classifieds site and repainted. It was already repurposed into a bathroom vanity so it needed only paint. We did cut the legs off to make it more comfortable for me to reach - it was pretty tall for a cabinet.  I used a paint roller to roll orange peel texutre after I taped and floated the drywall. The walls are Valspar satin finish in dover grey.

The floor!!!! Was purely an experiment at first. I used Valspar semi transparent concrete stain in driftwood for the base color and emory for the grain color, then a gloss finish sealer for concrete floors.

I am in love with this door! We knew we would have to have a custom cut door for this shower because the entrance is so big. I kind of got a crazy idea to do a barn door style shower door. I asked around and looked on the web and couldn't find very much information about it, only pictures. So I called a local glass installer, Paul Holmes, and asked if he could do it. He said he had never done one, but would like to try it. So I purchased the hardware from amazon. It is just wood barn door style hardware. I think I paid about $135 for it. (the glass hardware is crazy expensive!) We took it to the installer so he could see where he would need to drill holes in the glass once he recieved it in the size we wanted. The handle is also for a wood barn door. We used 1/8 in tempered glass. I am very pleased with how it turned out. Eventually there will also be a sliding barn door into this bathroom as well as the master closet.

This shower is HUGE, y'all! It is 4 ft by 6 ft straight in from the door to the wall, then another 4ft by 8ft back to the left. Three shower heads - one handheld on an adjustable track. This one shares a valve with the rain head on the ceiling. Then a seperate fixed height shower head. Two drains, a bench (specific height built for me) and two built in cubby compartments. I like to just hang out in there sometimes. If you can't find me that's where I'll be.....

These shelves are opposite the vanity. I stained them with rustoleum stain in ebony mixed with minwax weathered oak. The boards are just rough cut cedar from the local hardware store. We used just ripped down 1 by 2 scrap wood for the supports since this will be more decorative than heavy storage.






Wood Grain Stained Concrete!

Yep! Stained Concrete!

     I may have said this before about other projects in this house, but I am saying it again here..... This may be my favorite thing so far!  Shipp did an amazing job with the feather finish - It's amazing the  difference it makes in a room! I posted previously about this miracle stuff - Ardex feather finish.

   So, here is the feather finish (left) and with the base coat (right). Pardon the toilet hole... not sure of the technical term to use, but that's the nicest thing I can come up with (blah!). I used Valspar semi-transparent concrete stain in driftwood, which is what I used in the rest of the house.  I just rolled it on with a paint roller.

   I used Valspar semi-transparent concrete stain in ember for the darker grain top coat. I is kind of a dark cool gray with a hint of deep blue - I love this color! I picked up a graining tool from Lowes. It is a funny looking little piece of magic! I have no idea how this thing makes wood grain, but it is awesome. 

* Important tip - use Valspar mixing glaze to thicken the stain. I used an entire jar which is about 1 pint of glaze with about 1 1/2 cups of stain. I love mixing glaze because you can mix it with any paint to make it more workable for faux finishes.

   You work in small areas, 2-3 feet at a time. Spread a thin layer of glaze/stain mix then drag the tool from one end to the other rocking it slowly from back to front to back. You can add variation to this of coarse, to get the desired look. The glaze allows some working time, so if you don't like that pass, just use your brush and spread it back out and try again.

   I will warn you, this is a very tedious process. The tool is only about 2 3/4 inches wide. You have to use short passes so it does not flood the tool and make a mess. You have to wipe it off in between passes and transitions are difficult. You can blend them with the tooth edge or a cheap throw away brush works OK also. This is a small area so it wasn't too bad, it took me about an hour.

  

   I'm planning to wood grain the entire master bedroom floor because I love it so much and I just can't live without it! I don't care how long it takes!



Sneak Peak!!!

Sadly, I don't have any finished rooms to show you yet....:(  But, we are really close to being done with the master bathroom. I am so excited about it I cant wait until it's done to show it off! I finished taping and floating the drywall last night and will be able to texure the ceiling and walls today and paint tomorrow! Yay! Then grout the shower, then paint the floor... Its so close I can almost touch it. Shipp and David will be starting on the kitchen backsplash and the butcherblock countertops this week! Hopefully I will be able to spend Sunday hanging pictures in the hall and the girls' room. (no work on Saturday, we will be at the CHRIS STAPLETON CONCERT!!!!!) Then I can paint the girls' bathroom floor, I am dying to use the stencil I got for it! Lots of  'after' pictures to come!

 

 

 

 

Oh! The vanity! It needs polyurythane then it will be ready to put the sink back in and instal. I had a terrible time painting this one. The cherry wood kept bleeding through the white paint. I thought we were going to have a pink vanity there for a little while. I had to put on a thick coat of poly (after 3 coats of white chalk paint did not show any improvements) then paint it again and glaze after that. But it turned out great!

 

 

 

 AND, I found some dinning room chairs! They are really pretty and only $60 for all four! I am thinking cream chalk paint and dark wax on the wood and chalk paint and clear wax on the upholstry, maybe in different colors..... I am hoping to find two more captain dinning chairs for the ends.

Paint, Paint, PAINT!!!!

This week has been fairly uneventful. My entire crew is sick! David has pneumonia and Shipp has gastroenteritis. So, I have had all week to catch up on painting..... I have been painting like crazy! I finished the kitchen cabinets and I really like the color.  I used Valspar cabinet enamel semi gloss in canvas tan.  They are going to look amazing with the doors trimmed out and glazed! I hate painting cabinets. It is so tedious! So the kitchen is ready for counter tops, back splash,  cabinet trim and feather finish on the floor. 

My wheels are turning with ideas for this kitchen! I primed the inside of the long run of cabinets (bottom right) thinking I would paint the insides. Then I decided that was going to be entirely too much work and maybe the insides didn't look so bad after all. They will eventually have to be painted, but I can live with it for a while. I may decide to paint them some variation of teal green or gray.... Possibly glass in the doors or maybe take the doors off on top cabinets and display some awesome glassware. I think I counted 50 cabinet knobs. Yeah, 50. That's probably going to happen in stages! 

Bathroom Vanity

 

This dresser has seen many many miles with the Owens family. It has been moved all over Texas all of my life and a lot of my dad's as well. I have always loved it and I am excited to give it a new home in the Crookes house! Here is the transformation:

 

before



during

 I used chalk paint and antiquing glaze

 

 

and several coats of polyurethane on top

 

 



Furniture refinish

This is a laminate covered coffee table I forgot I had. The wicker bottom shelf fell apart so I replaced it with thin veneer and faux tin tile. I used chalk paint and dark wax for frame and stained the top - which was almost a disaster.... don't stain fake wood! It did eventually dry and turned out fine.