Bathroom BEFORE and AFTER (1 year later)

So, I realized I never posted the pics of the completely finished bathroom. All I can say is Rick and I had a VERY busy year. Better late than never. Here is what the bathroom looked like when I moved in to Rick's Bachelor Pad. Let me warn you these pics could offend some.

Are you scared yet?
Notice the beautiful pink tile, EVERYWHERE!
You can uncover your eyes now. After a month of VERY hard work by my very talented, hard working, strong, amazingly handsome, husband (mostly by himself, with a little help here and there), this is the finished bathroom!

My also talented, beautiful mother made the shower curtain for us. I searched high and low for a ceiling length shower curtain, with no luck. This was not only hard because of the length, but because Rick allows no "girly" patterns or textures in our house. Which means no floral, damask, whimsical, polka dots, pin tucks, pleats, it pretty much means only stripes or solids (Auburn patterns are also allowed). I looked into just buying fabric and having her make one, but that would have cost $150 and I couldn't find the perfect fabric either. SO, I found a Pottery Barn duvet on ebay ($60) I thought was perfect, mailed it to my mom, and she made EXACTLY what I was looking for and still not so "girly".

Rick did all the tile work in the shower and the floor.

I did contribute a little with my painting skills. I think the bathroom turned out absolutely PERFECT!!!! I LOVE THIS ROOM!!! I am so proud of the hard work Rick put into this, all while I complained about having to go to a friends house to shower for 23 days in the middle of winter. This room makes me happy and was well worth it! What do you guys think about my handy dandy husband?

Bathroom uptade: FINISHED......well almost!

Rick put a BIG push on finishing the bathroom before we leave for our trip, and we did! Well all we are waiting on is the shower curtain, and my mom is making that. So here is the pretty much finished product, and as you can see it's the little things that matter.

Like a toilet paper holder.

A mirror on the wall.
The light switch cover.
Towel rack and robe hook.

Oh, and PAINT (we went with a pale grey)! What do yall think of the pain color? And all the fixtures for that matter?

Biggest deal of the bathroom....THE MIRROR

We looked EVERYWHERE for the perfect mirror for the new bathroom, I mean everywhere, with no luck. The problems was that it had to be approximately 30" x 42", and we were looking for brushed nickel, or towards the end white, or some color to match the cabinets. I did find one that was perfect, but it was $589! Rick said absolutely not. Then I found this one at Pottery Barn for $329, and we thought what a deal, right?

In the parking lot of Pottery Barn I said, lets just run to Homegoods and just see what they have. Rick was over it, and just wanted to get the mirror and go. After talking him into it LOOK WHAT WE FOUND!!!!

The above mirror was ONLY $29.99!!! I said, Rick lets make sure to get a good one without any scratches, he said, we got a good one, IT'S $29.99!

We also found this one, and decided to get it too, just in case the brushed nickel one didn't look good with whatever shade of gray I decided to paint the walls. This beauty was only $59.99. So in total with both mirrors we only spent $100. MUCH better than the $350 we would have spent at PB, and we are returning whichever one doesn't work. I WAS SO PROUD of myself! I think Rick was excited too, but he doesn't show too much excitement ever, so I had to share with you guys. YAY ME!!! My mom taught me well. I another bargin story to tell on the shower curtain but that will come later.

Bathroom update after who knows how long...

I haven't posted the latest pics of the bathroom, mostly because the updates were slow and small. So here is what it looks like as of this morning.

This is a temporary mirror we already had, so that little guy is not staying. We are still looking for a large mirror, unfortunately the only one I found was $600, and Rick said NO WAY! So still on the hunt. Before he left for a bachelor party in Orlando last weekend he installed the light, and I LOVE IT!! It was cheap, and EXACTLY what we looked all over for!

Oh, the faucet. Well the guys put the WRONG holes in the marble counter tops, and I was VERY sad about it. So we had to send the original faucet that I loved back because it would not fit, and we had to get this one, that I do not love. We had planned to have a widespread setting, since we had a long sink, and this one was a real pain. It took Rick about 10 hours to install it because the settings were so close together. In the long run, it doesn't matter, and it's done.

Everything is really coming together.

Rick has worked SO HARD on this project, and he has done a FABULOUS job. I am a lucky girl! All we have left is the shower curtain, painting the top half of the walls, and hardware (towel rack, toilet paper holder, etc.). Stay tuned.

Shower curtain question

Is this fabric ok for our shower curtain? The reason I ask is, the bottom half of our walls have white b-board, and this fabric has cream stripes, thoughts? I need to know asap. THANKS!

Bathroom progress 2 months later:

WE HAVE CABINETS!!! Our cabinets and counter tops were installed yesterday, and they look GREAT!!! I was a little nervous about the stain color, since the cabinet maker couldn't show me a sample, but he did great! I wanted them a little darker, but they look awesome, so I am happy. They did put the wrong faucet holes in the marble counter, and I am VERY UNHAPPY about this, so stay tuned on that. Next projects are hardware, lighting, and a mirror. I can now see the light at the end of the tunnel!! WOO HOO!! So what do you guys think? Hmmmm?

Yes or NO?

Tell the truth, what do you guys think of this pain color??? This was just a sample, so it's NOT too late to make a change.

Bathroom progress week 4

Let me start by saying WE ARE SHOWERING!!!! Last Tuesday (23 days into the project), we took our fist showers at home, and I could not be happier!!!! Not to mention that the bathroom LOOKS AMAZING!!! Rick has worked so hard, and it is really starting to show. Rick has tiled the shower and floor, and we have put a primer coat of paint on the walls, and Rick painted the ceiling. Lots of progress this week as you can see. Still a lot of work to go, but the end is definitely in sight.

New shower.

New fixtures.

New floor.

I AM SO EXCITED ABOUT OUR NEW BATHROOM!!!!

Bathroom progress day 18

WE HAVE TILE!!! Rick has been working SO hard to get us showering again, and the hard work is starting to show. Like I said before, most of the work up to now has been behind the scenes, but now look...

The shower is tiled, and he is going to grout today!!!
Here is the inset for shampoo, body wash, etc.
And the bottom border tile.

You have NO CLUE how exciting this is to me!!! It looks GREAT!!! I am so impressed by Rick's talents everyday. He is an AMAZING MAN!!! Now it is time for my work, picking a paint color, I need suggestions, and I am thinking something light since it is a pretty small bathroom. I was thinking a light gray, but someone told me that was a cool color and wouldn't go with our tile, what do you think? I am a coold color kind of girl.

Bathroom progress weeks 2-3

I know these pics aren't very exciting, and don't show much progress, but this is where we are as of today. Rick has had A LOT Of set backs. He worked on the old plumbing for an entire day, only to have to re-do it all! He put up all new sheet rock, and a new ceiling, cement board on the walls around the tub and shower, and did new electrical wiring. None of which look like much, but are all very time consuming. The behind the scenes work is no fun, but as you can see he did start with the first row of tile in the shower (the shower is MY main focus!!!), so now all the hard work Rick is doing will start to show. We are on our 3rd week of not showering at home and WOW it is a challenge. Thank GOD for our friend Katherine letting us bring our shower bag and shower every night. She is a doll for being welcoming. Stay tuned, the next bathroom post will HOPEFULLY show lots of progress.

New ceiling.

First row of tile!!!
New floor.

Bathroom progress Days 1-3:

Rick started Monday morning with the demo on the bathroom, and here is what it looks like after 3 days:

Yes, that is our basement you can see in the middle of the pic above, floor has a few holes right now.

I am SUPER EXCITED about having a new bathroom!! The down side.....we have NO SHOWER!!!!!!!! SO, we are having to go to friends houses and shower, which is a HUGE pain, especially since it is freezing outside. People told me when we remodeled the kitchen that if a couple can make it through remodeling they can make it through anything. I thought, whatev, that was a breeze! Well, now I see why they say that!! I know it is totally worth it, but this is a real challenge. Updates to come, keep us in your prayers.