Tag Archives: bathroom

Bathroom #1: Sneak Peek

Posted on May 25, 2012 by carrie

First off, thank you to everyone who left such sweet comments on yesterday’s post. I cherished every single one. You make me feel all warm & fuzzy. Which, funnily enough, is exactly how I feel about this bathroom I renovated. … Continue reading →

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Garden Apt. After: Bathroom

Posted on September 9, 2010 by carrie

Greetings Lovers! I think it is high time for some ‘After’ shots, don’t you? Today we’re going to kick off revealing the newly renovated Garden Apartment with the bathroom Before/After. Then we’ll work our way to the front of the … Continue reading →

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Garden Unit: Progress!!

Posted on August 25, 2010 by carrie

The walls are white. The bathroom & kitchen floors are painted. The kitchen is going in. Main floor gets 1 coat of BIN primer + 2 coats of Bittersweet Stem exterior deck & concrete paint. Then baseboards. Then finishing stuff. … Continue reading →

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Caulk: Round 2

Posted on October 7, 2009 by carrie

Emboldened by the caulking success in the bedroom, I turned my attention to the bathroom. Most of the tub & surround were in good shaped but there were a few areas that weren’t. It’s not as neatly done as the … Continue reading →

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A{nother} Clean Bathroom

Posted on August 25, 2009 by carrie

At the beginning of the month, Mom A cleaned the 2nd floor bathroom.  {It’s managed to stay relatively clean but only because we don’t live there yet.} Meanwhile, the 3rd floor bathroom sat looking like this. Neglected. Covered with sawdust from … Continue reading →

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Progress Upstairs

Posted on August 5, 2009 by carrie

Moving past this weekend’s disappointing setbacks, yesterday we focused on our successes downstairs. Lets move up to floors 1-3 today. Saturday was another Family Team effort. Best parents ever. And cousin (Mike). Mom A. cleaned our 2nd floor bathroom. It … Continue reading →

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How to Paint a Medicine Cabinet

Posted on July 31, 2009 by carrie

I have plenty of pictures of the garden apartment basement before. But for some reason, I don’t have one at an angle that includes the medicine cabinet/vanity mirror actually in the wall. My dear mother-in-law removed it for us during … Continue reading →

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Garden Apartment Tile

Posted on July 22, 2009 by carrie

When we began, the garden apartment bathroom looked like this. The floor was covered in uneven, square white tile. At the end of our first Demo Day, we had a clean slate. I’m sure we could learn to tile. Heck, … Continue reading →

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Pie in the Sky Hopes

Posted on July 17, 2009 by carrie

Remember this TO DO list from a few days ago? Yeah. I’m chuckling too. After the fiasco with our lovely risers, I’m remembering the truth I already know. It will always take longer  &/or cost more money than originally expected. With our … Continue reading →

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Jenn & John

Posted on July 9, 2009 by carrie

Our first non-family additions to the Wall of Awesome*!! Jenn & John came up Tuesday night and helped us tackle the 2nd floor bathroom. That fugly wallpaper was already peeling off. They helped it all the way off. YAY! First … Continue reading →

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