One Room Challenge - Wrap-up

You might have guessed by the radio silence that things did not end well for the One Room Challenge. Not even close.

I'm certainly several steps closer to completion, but even at the beginning I knew it was an unrealistic goal. There was just too much life happening - road trips, holidays with family, sick kids. And I'm okay with that. Well, I could have done without the sickness, but we're all back to normal now.

Despite the utter failure of this experiment, I'd be willing to do it again. Just in a room that doesn't require plumbing. Plumbing is the worst.

One Room Challenge - Week One

The bathroom floor is done! And it didn't take 2 years to get it grouted! I used Mapei's Silver grout with the hex tiles. I would have been happy to go a tad darker, but a darker color would have drawn too much attention to my less-than-perfect tile installation. 

Grouting the floor was holding up the rest of the bathroom; the toilet, vanity/sink, and door trim all depended on its completion. I also grouted the walls adjacent to the (eventual) toilet, since that will be difficult to reach once the commode is installed. Grouting is a long - though not difficult - process, so that's it for week one!

One Room Challenge

One of the blogs I follow, My Notting Hill, is participating in a One Room Challenge. Twenty bloggers each pick one room in their homes to transform over the course of six weeks. I thought I'd play along to give myself some motivation to push through the bathroom renovation and finally get something done. So here's what I'm starting with:

This is currently what you see from the hallway. It's where the vanity will go. 

 This is opposite the vanity. I think I will be installing Ikea cabinets here, or perhaps a piece of furniture like a buffet or console.

This is the shower side.

This is the toilet side, though clearly lacking a toilet.

I'll try and update every Sunday on the progress I made the previous week. A lot of the work that needs to be done is obvious, like finishing the tile and installing a toilet and sink. But there is a bit of decorator-y kind of stuff I want to get done, too. We'll see how far I get in 6 weeks!