Bathroom Renovation Phase 1-Progress!

We are truly Weekend Warriors as far as DIY is concerned!  Credit must be given where credit it due however, and today the credit goes to.....Meme!  B's mom took Finn for the whole day today so that we could do the super messy/stinky stuff that we didn't want him to be around. 

This was Prep Day 1 (Saturday)  Removal of the old hideous light & wall-mounted medicine cabinet only to discover that the previous owners/builder didn't bother to install a proper junction box behind the lighting.  Looks like they pretty much just sledgehammered a hole in the drywall to thread the wires through. 

Diligent hubby sanding away:

Finn is helping!

New j-box is in and the walls are painted!

Cabinets are de-drawered and de-doored.  Prelim sanding was done on them, but there's more coming next week on that.

 Walls are all done & look great!

 Close-up on the cabinets, and a final look at the nasty sinnk & vanity top.  Those bad boys are coming out next weekend!

So that's it!  The progress for the weekend.  Next weekend is counters/sink/cabinets, the following weekend is the fun part; accessorizing! 

The Good, The Bad & The Ugly-Phase 1

Ok, here are the photos of our bathroom (Phase 1)  They aren't pretty, but they will be when I'm done with them!

The Good:  The floors

I love the floors in the sink area.  They're beautiful, neutral & easy to clean. 

I wish they had put a base back on the cabinets though when they had installed it....

The Bad:  The Lighting

I have no words.  Actually I do, they are hideous, horrible, annoying, frusterating.  I could go on.  I swear we replace these bulbs ALL.THE.TIME and they still burn out randomly.  Plus this lighting is less than flattering, which is never good.

The Ugly:  The Cabinets

Need I say more?  I hate the hinges, the hardware the color.  This might work in a lot of people's houses (think farmhouse) but in a contemporary style house?  Not so much.

Here are a few other gems, for you to wrap your brain around:

Finally, a sneak peek at the transition between the sink flooring & the main bathroom floor tile.  'Cause I just know you were sitting on the edges of your seat about it ;)

Operation Bathroom Renovation-Phase 1

Tonight I'm going to take pictures (I'll post them tomorrow) of our existing bathroom.  I have a love/hate relationship with this space.  I love the fact that the sink area is seperated from the toilet/bathtub area by a pocket door.  I love the fact that that the pergo runs from the hallway into that sink area.  That's about it for loves though.  The hate list is far more extensive.  I hate the fact that it's brown.  Brown sink, brown toilet, brown bathtub.  It looks like the color of things I've wiped off of my todder's behind.  I hate the counters, the cabinets, the hardware, the mirror, the light fixture, and the fact that the sink is off center.  There's more I'm sure, but it's late & I'm tired.   

Thankfully, I've got it all worked out.  I've got big plans for the bathroom, to turn it from love/hate/hate/hate/hate/hate into just plain old LOVE! 

According to my darling husband (who often accuses me of having a bit of champagne taste that has been known to conflict with our beer budget) this renovation needs to be done in phases.  It's not a bad idea anyways, seeing as though it's our only bathroom, and as a working mom, renovation time is really limited to weekends. 

Oh, and did I mention that we're doing this all ourselves?  This should be interesting...