Week Seven | May 16 | 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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Ah, the penultimate week of the ORC! That festive time when DIY’ers must photograph carefully so as not to give away the whole surprise — or are panicking because their project isn’t even close to being done.
Well, I’m photographing carefully in the Studio/Guest Bath, but as for the Primary Bathroom — well, read on.
My first peony of the year: Claire de Lune
Because we have two rooms in two very different states of work, I’ll divide the updates into two sections each week.
The Studio/Guest Bath
Some before photos as well as some images of the inspiration for this project.
We are down to the punchlist which is long but absolutely doable. One of the easy projects on that list was to swap out the vent cover for HVAC vent.
Before: a standard, contractor-grade vent cover which had probably been in place for decades.
After: a vent cover that is sleeker, clean, and nicer to look at since the vent is almost centered in the room
Before: meh
After: much better
It’s the little things like this that make a big difference! Those details make photography easier, but while we don’t pay overt attention to our vent covers, they are always there. And when they look cleaner, it’s more visually appealing. Honestly, I’m thinking I need to replace one vent cover per month until the whole house has been cleaned up!
This is such an easy swap, too! You just measure your existing opening and order the right size. Then when it comes, take off the old one and insert the new cover. It’s held in place with four discreet screws. It took me all of ten minutes!
Just look at that gorgeous doorstop! Thanks, Emtek!
The remainder of the punch list includes things like installing a gorgeous, magnetic doorstop from Emtek, one of this project’s sponsors. This will protect the wallpaper from being damaged by the doorknob — another little detail that’s so important in the long run, especially in a house with a child and dogs.
Also included: doors for the cabinet under the sink, hanging artwork, and coming up with a tieback for the shower curtain, but by this time next week, all of that will be behind me.
This cupboard has been fantastic for tool storage, but it needs some doors!
And now for the other bathroom…
Primary Family Bathroom
Well, here’s the bad news: the Primary Bathroom has not even started yet. Sigh. It will not be crossing this finish line, but I will keep you posted to be sure. And thankfully every single one of my wonderful sponsors has been gracious and understanding about the delay. Construction is simply an unpredictable process full of surprises and delays — particularly when you aren’t doing the work yourself.
So stayed tuned for that project to be completed sometime in the next decade… we laugh so we don’t cry, right?
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 finishing it all up!
Cheers!
Angela
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