Master Bath Remodel Weekend 3

I have to admit we're moving a little slow right now with the master bath. We are purposely taking our time but a few other things came up and kept us from doing much this weekend. One of those learn-as-you-go things is that it's helpful to have all of your materials before you get started. I have a really hard time deciding on items because I often cannot visualize an item in a space and since I'm no interior decorator I also constantly question my decisions. There are a ton of factors that go into deciding on materials and that also makes it pretty complicated. Part of the electrical, the next step for us, depends on where we hang mirrors and the size of those mirrors, so we're at a standstill with that until we decide on mirrors.We did some window shopping this weekend but didn't find much of anything.

We were able to accomplish a few things. The husband spent some time leveling the pocket door and put down a self-leveling compound in the tub area.

He also removed the fur down that held the terrible recessed lighting over the vanity.

We purchased the recessed lighting and sheet rock (in the picture above) so we can get started on those aspects. Sunday we spent most of the day working on a project for my office (because my husband is awesome like that) and taking things to my office which is what kept us from doing any work on the bathroom.

And two really exciting things happened - we got all of our faucets this past week and the husband went with a neighbor to pick up the tile Friday night! Yay!

The other part of the house

One of the parts of the house that does not frequent the blog is what we call the back of the house. The floor plan of our house is such that the dining room, office, kitchen, den, and master suite are all located in a really large rectangle at the front of the house. From the den, there is a long straight hallway that leads to the half bath, laundry room, both extra bedrooms (one of which is really a combo of two bedrooms), and the second full bath. We pretty much go down that hall to do laundry and that's it.

Until now of course! As part of the master bath remodel we decided to completely move out of the master suite and into the back of the house. In addition to the master bath remodel, we're planning to replace the carpet in the bedroom, largely because the previous owner's dog used it as a bathroom a lot. Moving out of the bedroom gives us a lot of space to hold materials and do any work that is necessary. Plus, we can keep the bedroom door closed to minimize dust escaping.

The move into the back of the house seemed totally doable. There are three rooms with three closets, plus the extra storage in the bathroom and laundry room. I thought we would easily fit all of our stuff back there. Man was I wrong. It is a tight fit but I made it work. And who cares if the traveling toiletries are in the dresser in the guest bedroom or if we're using a wrinkled curtain panel to hide clothes on a bookshelf? What can I say, we had to be creative! :)

Looking from the couch room into the bedroom.

 

The other corner of the bedroom.

 

The closet

 

Looking from the bedroom into the couch room - we're hiding a picture and golf clubs behind the couch.

Looking into the couch room from the closet, including the window-panel-covered bookcase full of clothes!

Random Ikea cabinets in the couch room - holding towels and other miscellaneous items (keeping it real with our hamper).

Couch room closet.

Guest room closet FULL of clothes and other items!