Master bathroom renovation reveal

Wow, was it really two years ago that I excitedly announced that we were FINALLY renovating our master bathroom? Yep, it really was! Looking back at my first blog post about the project, it’s interesting to see what we had envisioned for the room, and how it actually turned out. If you can remember that far back, this bathroom from Sarah 101 was my inspiration:

Things I love about this bathroom…. the tiles, the niche in the wall, the colour scheme, the overall watery look & feel.

So that was the starting point. We literally tore out everything right down to the studs, except the ceiling.

Hubby moved & added electrical for the two chandeliers and the vanity sconces and repositioned all the plumbing for the new layout.

Before the reveal, I must send a HUGE thank you once again to Brizo for providing the faucets. They gave me free rein to choose whatever faucets I wanted, and it was an easy choice: the beautiful Virage. The shape reminds me of a curling wave.

FYI, body jets are a must!

And another huge thank you to PARA Paints. I was on the PARA Paints Blog Crew when we started the makeover, so PARA provided all the paint. I chose P5207-34 Tribeca Square for the ceiling, P5206-24 Peaks & Valleys for the walls, and PF17 JoJo Whitewash for the trim. Thank you PARA!

I couldn't find quite the right grey for the vanity in my PARA deck, so I chose a grey from another company and had it colour-matched to PARA’s ULTRA Cabinet and Furniture paint. Hubby and I designed the vanity, and he built it (which added a few months to the timeline!) The countertop is Super White Quartzite, which turned out to be a much softer stone than we expected. If you’re considering using Super White Quartzite, reading this discussion is a must.

Blue candles, glass fishing floats, and beautiful pottery made by an artist in Cape Breton are the perfect coastal accents.

The chandeliers and sconces have crystals that look like water drops.

The white shower tiles have a wave-like motif, and the small blue glossy mosaic tiles look like glistening water.

I am so in love with the big gorgeous painting that Andrada Anghel created for me. You can read more about it here.

And how did the room turn out? Pretty fantabulous if I do say so myself! Here are the before & after shots of each corner of the room. The icky brass shower is gone…

…, replaced with a wall-hung toilet tucked into the corner that’s hardly noticeable when you walk into the room.

Bye-bye bidet…

…hello custom-made vanity!

We did update the original vanity about eight years ago – here’s how it looked originally…

…and now replaced with my dream shower, complete with body jets and NO sill to stub my toes on! :-)

The new tub is in the same spot as the old tub…

…but this one doesn’t take up 1/4 of the entire room. And the controls are right on the tub, not on the wall 10 feet away!

View from the doorway.

I even found a TP holder and a towel bar with crystals that match the chandeliers!I’m just waiting for the roman blind to be made and installed, and then we can call this room 100% finished!

In the end, our bathroom really doesn’t look anything at all like the inspiration bathroom. But isn’t that what inspiration is all about – taking something that you love and putting your own spin on it.

So now that the master bathroom reno is done, what’s next on the agenda? Why, another bathroom, of course! Actually, we’re renovating the entire basement, including the addition of a new bathroom. Fun times! ;-)

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If you’d like to read about the entire reno process, here are all the blog posts…

Woot! It’s master bathroom makeover time!
Rub-a-dub-dub, we bought a new tub!
Bathrooms on the brain
When is white not white?
Fit to be tiled
Bathroom tiles: The final verdict
A bump in the bathroom makeover road
My dream has a beautiful Brizo twist!
The final tile verdict
This or That: Shower bench
This or That: Bathroom vanity lighting
This or That x 6: Floor tile layout
This or That: Horizontal vs vertical
This or That: Mirror mirror on the wall
This or That: Vanity backsplash
The bathroom renovation roundup
Bump in the bathroom reno road
The shower tile dilemma solved!
Master bathroom reno progress
Kelly’s Seashore: Commissioned painting by Andrada Anghel

Summer 2013 in pictures

Summer, it was nice knowing you for the short time you were here. You didn’t arrive till the end of June, you were hit and miss in July – cold, hot, rainy, dry – and August went by in a flash.

As short as Summer 2013 was, we did have some good times. It was a blast having our foster puppies Cane & Chloe in the house. Cane just went to his new forever home last Sunday, and Chloe will be going to her new forever home this coming Saturday. They’ve grown a lot in the two months that they’ve been here! Cane & Chloe then and now… they like to hold paws :-)

I have a bazillion pictures of them – these are just a few recent ones…

 

We also had a chance to visit our former foster puppy Joey at his new home in Montreal :-) His name is Cajun now, and he’s all grown up! I think he remembered us – he came running out to the car to greet us, and gave LOTS of kisses :-)

And our foster Gizmo is officially a foster fail – we adopted him a few weeks ago, so now he’s ours forever :-) Seriously, how could I split up a boy, his dog, and their beer? ;-) (No alcohol was consumed by the furry four-legged boy!)

 

And in non-dog related news… in spite of the not-so-great weather, I did manage to fit in some quality cottage time. I’m not a big fan of having the dogs wake me up at 5:30 in the morning, but at least I caught this beautiful sunrise :-)

Sunset is more my thing!

We checked out the BAWI rock balancing festival in August. The things these talented artists can do with rocks & gravity is absolutely amazing!

    

I discovered the joy of BBQ pizza and experimented with some different flavour combinations – like pulled pork and chicken with spinach dip sauce & veggies. Both got a thumbs up :-)

And in decorating news… our master bathroom renovation is ALMOST done. There’s still no vanity, but the shower is in and good to go, and I don’t ever want to use any other shower ever again! The Brizo Virage faucets are absolutely gorgeous, and I don’t know how I lived all this time without body jets. Seriously, they’re TO DIE FOR. I don’t want to give away too much yet, but here’s the shower before the glass was installed…

And just as exciting as the shower is this awesome painting by Andrada Anghel that will hang on the focal wall. I sent Andrada some inspiration pictures, and she created this gorgeous painting for me. She named it Kelly’s Seashore :-)

So yeah, that’s pretty much my summer in a nutshell :-) It was too short. as always – the countdown to Summer 2014 is already on!