Week One | April 5 | Mid Modern Bathrooms Two Ways
For the Spring 2023 One Room Challenge we are working on TWO bathrooms: finishing our Guest/Studio Bathroom and then tackling our Primary Family Bath.
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One year ago yesterday I came home to find water pouring through the ceiling of our downstairs bathroom. The toilet in the upstairs bath had overflowed and the shutoff valve failed, so water ran and ran and ran for more than four hours flooding both bathrooms. Here we are a year later, and the bathrooms aren’t finished yet. In fact, one isn’t even started.
But we are going to fix that!
After battling our insurance company, a contractor who didn’t put our bathroom at the top of their to-do list, and a second flood — caused by the contractor’s negligence — which meant we had to start over again, we are finally ready to finish the downstairs bathroom, and then get to work upstairs.
Some of this project will be completed by the contractor. Some of it will be DIY. But hopefully at the end of the 8 week period, both of these bathrooms will be finished at long last!
The Studio/Guest Bath
Inspiration Board
The Studio/Guest Bath before
Studio/Guest Bath now
Studio/Guest Bath now
As I said before, the Studio/Guest bath is nearly done. We are waiting for one last big installation and the finishing touches — hooks, artwork, a mirror, and towel bars. There are a few punchlist items for the contractor to finish, too. But we are close.
I stripped and refinished this tub. It took hours, but it was absolutely worth it!
Wallpaper from A Street Prints with tile samples from Modwalls. They are all layed out inside the bathtub. I love how the greens work together!
Once that room is done and functional, we will turn our attention to the Primary Family Bath upstairs. We will also be taking this bathroom down to the studs.
Primary Family Bathroom
To date the Primary Family Bath is ugly but functional. It was clearly renovated in the past with the cheapest materials and hasn’t aged well.
For this room I’m taking inspiration from our family’s favorite activity: swimming. This room with be a watery oasis with some Mid Modern character when we are done — not a watery flood zone. And I can’t wait!
So now it is time to get to work! If you are doing the One Room Challenge, let me know, so I can follow your project, too. And if you need some inspiration, check out #orcat on Instagram where you’ll find all of the ORC projects. So many cool transformations under way!
To Linda Weinstein, the creator of the One Room Challenge, I offer my most sincere thanks. Thank you for offering this kind of opportunity and for opening it up to anyone. And to Apartment Therapy, the ORC media sponsor: thank you for making this possible! And to all of the other ORC participants: I’ll be sure to stop by to admire your work! It is always fun to do this together!
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Here’s to a week of work and progress! More next week!
Cheers!
Angela
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