I would have been back sooner but I needed to get serious about my own work and get my studio organized (somewhat) so I could meet a big deadline that I had coming up. That deadline is now behind me so I can now think about a few other things. :) Since a LOT has been accomplished in the last two and a half months I'm not even sure where to start. Let's see. How about the main Bathroom ...
We'll start with the bad news. If you remember, we used Pennies for the shower floor. Well, when done laying all the pennies I went to the store and SPECIFICALLY told the Hardware 'EXPERT' what I was doing and that I needed a waterproof sealer to put over the pennies. Long story short ... he sold me the wrong product. What do I know?! Within a week after installation the whole floor started turning white. The finish he sold me was NOT waterproof. Below is Glen having to scrape off the whole finish . . .
You can see the design from the pennies embedded into the scraped off finish below ... :(
The shower now has a Resin finish over the pennies which is what should have been on there in the first place. Major work. Major aggravation. Major want to pop someone in the nose.
You can see the old, small barn door we cleaned, varnished and used between our sinks and the toilet. It's fun. It just adds that bit of whimsy you so often look for.
We opted for what are called 'Farm Sinks' for our bathroom. Part of the bowl sits below the sink and the other half rests on the counter. I had a friend ask if this was to give us more room under the sink in the cabinet. The answer is no as these are nice sized sinks so nothing is gained under the counter. I was going for 'the look.' :)
Toilet in the above photo is just to the left of this door. This is one of our New Barn Doors. We left all of our Pine the Natural color and just sealed with a clear varnish. Over time it will yellow with age. Just behind this painting is the wall for the Shower.
If you remember from a previous post we attached a reclaimed barn door to the wall for our headboard. We sold our actual bedroom set before we left Wenatchee. It was a Craftsman Style set but we knew we were going to want to do something a bit more rustic here. As I type, my son John is outside working on a footboard for the bed ... also out of a reclaimed door. I'm anxious to see it completed. :)
Glens side of the bed. :) Note the old rope handlle on the left used to close the door when it was still being used.
This is my side. The round paintings on the right were a Baby gift to my Mother when I was born. They are prints by Bessie Pease Gutman for those of you that are into Antiques. Hmmm... does that make me an Antique too? :/
These are the doors to our closet ... also a reclaimed door which we cut down the middle. I love how these came out when I varnished them. They swing back and forth like the old Saloon doors. A nice plus when you have your hands full.
Another one of our Barn doors. This one goes from our Bedroom into the Bathroom. Down in the left corner is the edge of a large Pine Dresser we have in our bedroom.
Voila!! Guess what just got done?! Our Footboard!
I love it! I think it finishes the Bed off nicely.
This is the other side of the door from the Bathroom into the back Hallway. Note the Special K. When the door is closed you have full access into a Pantry that is built into the wall between the studs. When open, (as in photo), it covers 3/4 of the Pantry. It's right around the corner from the Kitchen so very accessible. Small means utilizing all available (and sometimes, not so available) space!
On the very left of the photo above you can see some Trim. That is the doorway to the 'Library' aka the second bathroom. We've always had a guestroom and/or hallway in which to display older Family photos and tchotchkes. Now our Guestroom is our 'RV' so no real place for some of these favorite items in there. So, I eleceted to utilize some of the space in this bathroom. I mean, what better place to show off your favorites then where you have a captive audience?! :)
The Wooden boxes on the Wall we found in the Attic of the Garage that was on this property when we bought it. The Gentlemean in the photo is Great Uncle Charlie (on Glens side). The story is he was in a card game, there was gun play, and he wound up running across the Border into Canada for some silly reason. :/ When you look at the photo full on you can see where Glen got his looks. ESPECIALLY the eyes!
We originally had a White Pedestal sink that was suppose to go in this Bathroom but with all the delays and drama for the first 6 months the sink wound up getting cracked somehow while in storage. We didn't realize it until we went to install it. Glen never liked the idea of the Pedestal Sink in there to begin with - he thought it should be a deep sink. (See where I'm going with this? The sink just 'happened' to get cracked) And, as luck would have it, Bob just 'happened' to have this Stainless Steel sink he could put in instead. So, that's what he did, and he built the Cabinet surround while at it. He really did a nice job and I guess I have to admit, it probably is a lot more practical than the Pedestal sink in there. I now have a place to wash my Paint brushes and Glen has a decent sink to use for whatever when he comes in from working outside. Note the Stainless Steel Towel Bar. I'll tell you more about that later.
This is the only door (besides the closet) that is not Barn door Style. There is no room to the left at all and just that short wall that you can see on the right side. No place for a barn door track. This is a Bi-fold that Glen built to fit the space.
Has it ever happened that you have an idea and then someone comes along, takes that idea, runs with it, and then does a better job than you did?! Well, Gina and Bob took the penny idea, and re-did the steps going up to the second floor in their home and I am so envious. (Of course, they did learn something from our mistakes! :) There was carpeting that desperately needed to be replaced so off it came. Bob had to put all new kick-plates in and new stair treads. Gina did all the kick-plates with pennies and then they stained the stair treads to match the bannisters. Below is the fnished product. I thought it turned out great! It certainly lightens the stairwell. One more set of stairs going down to the lower level to go!
I'm going to end for today. I have photos for the rest of the house but this will never get out if I try and fit it all in tonight. I will try and get to the rest sometime within this coming week.
HAVE A GREAT WEEK!!
CHARLEEN
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