Drama Queen...

It's summer and it's been a good 3 months where the house has been relatively calm and chaos free. Well, we can't have that, can we?
Time for more remodeling...

total tile cost for this bath: $5.50 !!

gutted powder room

Next up on our project list was to redo our first floor powder room and to finally rip out the carpeting (ewww!) from this and 2 other bathrooms and replace it all with tile. We had enough gray porcelain tile (just barely) left over from the basement bath remodel to complete the floor in the powder room. All the tile cost us a whopping $11 on Craigslist. Not bad for 2 bathrooms. Looks great (see above).





The powder room needed to be completely gutted, so I searched CL for a replacement vanity. Sadly, nothing inspired me.

The floor tile was our only CL score, but we did repurpose a couple of items we already owned. An inexpensive Target framed full length mirror ($14) now serves as our tall vanity mirror. Using that simple item saved us hundreds of dollars that we otherwise would have spent for a custom framed mirror.  LED lights from Home Depot hide behind it and make the whole mirror GLOW when the wall switch is flipped on. We splurged on the tile behind the mirror, but since it was for a small area, we didn't need very much.

We finished off the bathroom with some framed artwork we picked up at a local art fair and some framed Chicago postcards.

And the shutter leaning against a wall is part of a closet door salvaged from our basement remodel. I spray painted it a grape purple and display folded cards over it.

A little drama in a little room.

What I learned from this project:
1. Small room does not equal short time. This project took FOREVER, because we ordered some key items (waiting, waiting...)

2. And many steps were dependent on a certain thing being completed/installed before we could order the next material.

3. So we threw a party when it was finally done...a small party...only as many people who could cram into the powder room at one time were invited...that would be 4.