Category Archives: Renovations

Mudroom–Plan A

21 Tuesday Feb 2012

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I think I have finally come up with a plan for my future mudroom!

After looking at hundreds of pictures of mudrooms on Pinterest, Google, and Houzz.com, I think I finally have a plan…or is it Plan A?  Time will tell, but I really like this plan.

I downloaded Google SketchUp (it’s free, and super easy to use), and started playing around with it.  I drew several different plans, and finally came up with one that I think will work:

The benches will have hinged lids for storage, but here’s the part I really like:  Norm (my electrician husband) suggested building a “false bottom” underneath the upper cabinets and installing recessed puck lights.  This room has no windows so, I think the under-cabinet lighting would be a nice accent. 

Time to find another place for that freezer and let the building begin!

What do you think?

I hope everyone is having a great week!

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Dreaming of a Mudroom

18 Saturday Feb 2012

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Now that I can mark the bathroom off my list, I am thinking my next project might be the mudroom in the basement.  We really need a place to hang coats and jackets, since closet space is minimal in this house.  Here are some of my inspiration photos:

 
   
Aren’t they gorgeous!  I don’t think I want to build individual lockers.  They would not really serve a purpose for us.  Also, instead of cubbys for the bench, I would rather have a hinged lid. 
 
While we’re at it, I would also like to build a small broom closet.  I’m thinking of something along these lines–maybe a little larger, though:
 
 
Here is my “canvas”:
 
 
I also want to paint the walls.  I’m leaning toward Behr’s Swiss Coffee, which is our cabinet/trim color. 
 
Anyway, lots to be done.
 
In other news, the cabinet latch for the bathroom cabinet finally arrived from Restoration Hardware!
 
 
I love it.  Isn’t it amazing how the little things can make such an impact?
 
 
 

Master Bathroom – Big Reveal!

12 Sunday Feb 2012

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I am finally calling it a wrap on this bathroom.  There are things I should probably do over, (like a cabinet door–or two), and I will, but right now I am ready to take the lessons learned from this project and move on to something else!

I cannot find my before shots, so I took a picture of our other bathroom, which is almost identical to this one.  The master bathroom, was in worse shape, though.  The floor had a large crack in it from where the house has settled, and the bathtub’s finish had worn off and was beyond repair, but the tile and cabinets were exactly the same.

BEFORE:

This is very similar to what the bathroom looked like “Before”

I have ordered a turn latch to go on the cabinet over the toilet.  Speaking of toilets…who puts one in front of a full length window?!  We badly wanted to move this but it would have been too much of an undertaking.