Master Bedroom and Bathroom Renovation

Hello all!  Let's chat about my upcoming master bathroom renovation.  We have to start with the master bedroom that I renovated last year. 

This is the bedroom before....

This picture doesn't show the entire room and keep in mind that I had already taken down some art and the tropical curtains before I took this picture. And, you can't see the victorian "Queen Anne"  shaped mirror on the dresser and this picture also already has the new lamps I bought for the renovation.  Before, these matching white and gold lamps, I had just a comically small black lamp on the far side. 

This is the bedroom after.....

I am obsessed with it. It feels like a nice hotel to me and I love being in there. I painted everything. Wasn't sold on the wall color until I added the drapes and they were a perfect match and now I love it. And why didn't anyone tell me about blackout curtains. I love them.  I also love throwing open my curtains every morning and closing them every night.  Such a small thing, but closing and opening curtains bring me such joy.  

I didn't change the big furniture, except the dresser mirror and side tables. I got a new ceiling light and I honestly felt like it was a very brave choice. I second guessed myself right up until it was hung up and turned on (Thanks to Tony and his lovely assistant Beth!) Now I think it the coolest! I bought new lamps, bedding, curtains, pulled off the Queen Anne scrolled brass handles off my dresser and put some more modern handles on the dresser, got some plants, sewed some new gold buttons on my chair pillows. I had to make some wall repairs and replace the door knobs and switch plate covers. It took me a long time to finish and I had my doubts, but really couldn't be more proud of how it turned it out.

I thought for a while of doing a statement wall or wallpapering a single wall or getting more artwork....but the peace I feel in here is healing me and I am going to leave it simple for a while. 

Here are a few other pictures - kind of in the process of some of the separate pieces.  Please notice the whiskey decanter which I have only poured one drink from, but I LOVE IT SO MUCH!  

Now that you have the vibe of the master bedroom, let me share some before pictures of the master bathroom and some pictures of what I have picked out for the new bathroom. 

Please keep in mind that I have never paid anyone to renovate anything. I do most everything myself, but I have worked Bob and Lana to the bone every time they darken my door. And my poor brother-in-law Kevin cannot come to my house without spending some time on a ladder, revamping my garage, digging a trench in my back yard. The list is always long and my sister leads the charge every time they are here to knock things off my list. Beth has signed poor Tony up to hang and repair numerous lights for me. This house has been renovated up to this point by the cheapest girl in the world and the people that love her.  

In fact, the "before" pictures of this bathroom were at one time "after" pictures when Bob and Lana helped me replace all the blue diamond accent tiles in here - paint over the floral wallpaper - rip out the carpet and replace it with a new sticky tile floor, replace the lights, etc. It used to be much worse! 

It is a big step for me to pay someone for this project and I am both terrified and supremely excited!  Also, I am tired and old and can't wait NOT to do the work myself! 

It will be a complete replacement without moving any of the big things - remember I am cheap - and also there is only so much room to work with. Replacing the built in tub with a stand alone tub. Extending and replacing the entire shower area. Replacing the vanity. New mirrors. New lights. White subway tile in the shower and the whole wall behind the tub. New toilet. Putting in a new sliding door. Then my most favorite thing of all....is the floor tile. It is bold. I am a little nervous, but I think it is going to be spectacular. At least I hope it is. It is one of the few things I went over budget on and waited forever for that dang tile to arrive - I better love it. 

If you hate it....don't tell me. 

This is the vanity and mirrors I ordered. 

Vanity Lights. 

Shower floor. 

New Bathroom Door 

I am getting more excited now, just looking at the pictures again.  

Can't wait to see it come together! Demo starts next week! Pray for me that I love my choices!