This or That: Vanity backsplash

After last week’s This or That, I still haven’t made a decision whether to hang one large or two smaller mirrors above the bathroom vanity. The vote was pretty much split down the middle, which is right where I am! But this week’s This or That will likely help determine which mirror configuration to go with….

Image via Houzz | Design by Ingrained Wood Studios: The Lab

Image via Houzz | Design by TRG Architects | Photo by Bernard André Photography 

Design by Kelly Berg, Arte Styling

Image via Houzz | Design by Charleene’s Houses, LLC

Do you prefer a vanity backsplash that goes right up to the ceiling, or a more traditional backsplash that goes 6-12” up the wall?

This or That: Mirror mirror on the wall

Thanks for all the wood shelf support last week :-) Unfortunately, hubby isn’t budging on his anti-wood shelf stance. Boo! Men can be so stubborn! But I guess I’ve gotten most of what I want in the room up to this point {hello sparkly girly chandeliers!}, so I suppose I can let him have this one ;-) I’m still at a roadblock with the horizontal vs vertical niches – luckily, I don’t need to make a final decision yet. And now there’s this new idea in the mix – what do you think of the curved surround behind the tub in this bathroom?

Image via Style at Home | Design by Victoria McKenney of Enviable Designs

This week’s This or That is all about mirrors…

 Image via Houzz | Lori Shaffer

 Image via Houzz | Design by Douglas Design Studio | Photo by David Whittaker

 
Image via Desire to Inspire via Nuevo Estilo

Image via HGTV Canada | Design by Sarah Richardson on Sarah 101, Season 4 

Image via Houzz | Design by Visbeen Architects

Image via Houzz | Design by David Howell

Do you prefer the look of of one long mirror that goes right across a double vanity, or a mirror above each sink?

This or That: Horizontal vs. vertical

Our bathroom reno is getting close to starting. Hubby is picking up the building permit today, and then it’s demo time – WOOT! We have the toilet, tub, sinks, faucets, and floor tiles, and the shower tiles, in-floor heating system, and lighting have been ordered. I knew all along that I wanted a bubble-style chandelier. This is the one we chose. Actually, we’re going to hang two – it’s not a big fixture (about 12”D x 28”L):

Modern 4-Light Rain Tear Drops Crystal Chandelier by Evrosvet, available at amazon.com

Thanks to everyone who commented on last week’s floor tile layout debate. It took a bit of persuading, but I convinced hubby to go with… #6! Looks like it gets Squirt’s paw print of approval too :-)

The accent tiles that we were planning to buy are out of stock and won’t be back in stock for at least three months, so we chose a different Bianco Carrara marble mosaic for the strips between the porcelain tiles.

This week is a tough one – the tub filler isn’t wall-mounted, so we need to build a niche in the wall to where the faucet will be installed. Hubby keeps asking me to decide if I want one long horizontal niche behind the tub, or one tall vertical niche in the center of the tub wall, or one small niche for the faucet with two vertical niches on each side. So the question is…

  Image via Houzz

Imagine a faucet centered in this horizontal niche:

Image via Houzz | Design by Rachel Reider Interiors

 
Images via HGTV/Sarah 101 | Design by Sarah Richardson

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Our layout with the vertical niches would be slightly different than both of these options, because as I mentioned, the faucet needs to be installed in a niche. But I hope you get the idea!

The wood shelf in the next picture would actually be my first choice before either a horizontal or vertical niche, but hubby’s not going for it. Booo! However, sometimes when majority rules, he can be swayed :-)

Image via Dawna Jones Deisgn via Houzz 

Would love to hear your thoughts on horizontal vs. vertical. And if you like the wood shelf best, let me know!

This or That x 6: Floor tile layout

I’m still getting comments in my pendant light vs. wall sconce debate. And I’ve gotta tell ya, it’s not going to be an easy decision! Just when I think I’ve decided sconce, I read a new comment and change my mind to pendant. And then back to sconce. And then back to pendant. The final decision may come down to which is easier to install. Whichever way we go, new electrical & junction boxes will have to be wired, and it’ll probably be easier to do that in a wall than in the ceiling. So I have a feeling sconce is going to win out.

This week’s This or That is more like This or That or That or That or That or That. I’ve come up with six different tile layouts for the floor, and I can’t decide which one I like best. I have a few favourites, and I’d love to hear your thoughts on them all. I showed you the final tile section in this post – a dark bluey-grey porcelain 12” x 24” tile with an accent strip in a Bianca Carrara mosaic:

 

These are the six layouts, in no particular order…

#1 

#2 

#3

#4 

#5

#6

Let me know if you have a favourite. You can also let me know if you think they all suck, but I hope they don’t ALL suck!

This or That: Bathroom vanity lighting

Thanks for all the great input on last week’s inaugural This or That feature. I loved reading all your comments about shower benches. There were lots of good points brought up about the pros and cons of a free standing teak bench versus a built in tiled bench. It’s a tough choice, but it looks like hubby is going to build a teak bench.

This week’s installment of This or That is vanity lighting.

Images via Style At Home and Sarah’s House Season 1

 Images via Pinterest and Houzz {I can’t find the original sources}

Do you prefer pendant lights or wall sconces above a bathroom vanity?

This or That: Shower bench

I thought I’d start a weekly feature called “This or That” where you can help me choose between two different things that I’m contemplating for our bathroom makeover. This week it’s shower benches.

Images via Houzz | Designs by The Wood Shop of Avon and Andrea Schumacher

Images via Houzz | Designs by Rossington Architecture and Niki Popodololous

Do you prefer a free standing teak bench or a built-in tiled bench?