Bathroom Vanity Makeover!

While we sadly do not have a "Master Bathroom" in the new house, but there is a bathroom right next to our bedroom.  It isn't very big.  Hopefully someday we can add on an actual master bath.  But for now we're making due.

But the bathroom had this boring, oak vanity that I really didn't care for, as well as a very small cabinet mirror.

Like I said... small bathroom.  I couldn't get a very good angle.

I also didn't like how it has a black counter top with all that wood.  It felt very mismatched.  

So we painted the walls a light gray, the baseboards got a fresh coat of white paint, and the vanity got a makeover.

Priming.

Painted.  I just used a very basic white semi-gloss.  It was extra from when we painted my son's bedroom.

I was lazy and didn't pain the inside of the cabinets...

I wanted to glaze the cabinets but I'd never done it before.  So I watched a bunch of tutorials on YouTube and after I finally found the right kind of glaze (seriously, this was way harder than it should have been.  For future reference, don't bother at Home Depot, Lowes carries it for $9 a bottle) I went at it!

The first one went pretty well!  I was happy with how it turned out.

I used a 1" foam brush and just roughly and quickly brushed it into all the bevels and details.  I left it for a few minutes and then took a damp rag and wiped it back so that it just stayed in all that detail.  It took me probably an hour to do the whole vanity, though some of that time was spent in waiting for the glaze to dry a bit.

All done!  Though not with all the hardware...

Up closer.

We got that awesome mirror for $39 at Lowes as part of their Black Friday sale!  I love it!  

The make over isn't quite done yet (still more hardware to install as well as a new faucet to find and then install), I'm really happy with how it is coming along!

Chugging along!

Sorry it has been a while since I updated!  I kept forgetting my camera over at the house and it feels pointless to update unless I have pictures to share.

So, we've mainly been working on the new addition the last few weeks.  We got everything all framed in and have all the windows put in.  We are waiting on the two doors that still need to be put in.

I wanted to share these awesome windows we got for the kitchen!  They were a miss order the hardware store on the island here had, so we offered them a low price and they accepted!  They look AWESOME when the light comes through them because of the prism shapes of some of those small squares.  Sorry for the non full view, the scaffold was in the way and I couldn't move it on my own.

We also got a new wood stove!  When the old owners found out they were going to lose the house to foreclosure, they took a bunch of stuff, including the wood stove.  With it being winter it is getting pretty cold without blaring the electric floor heaters all the time.  So we went and picked up this bad boy!  It was the second largest stove the store carried and will heat the house wonderfully.

So the plan for this week is to finish up the electrical for the new kitchen, dining room, and family room.  That should be wrapped up tomorrow, and then the insulation is supposed to get done on Thursday and the house will finally feel warm again!  Woohoo!

Downin' trees, pourin' concrete, and puttin' up walls!

So, this is the tree that was the problem:

It was hanging over the house, it was starting to rot out.  So it had to go.

And down it came!  It was a tricky removal considering it was leaning over the house.  We brought in our friend James who does this for a living.  He climbed up about half way up the tree, tied a huge rope around it, and then used this pully system around another tree.  From there, we tied the rope to not one, but two trucks to pull it away from the house.  As you can see, it all went down perfectly!

Next we set up forms to pour the concrete.

Sadly I didn't get any pictures of just the concrete after it was poured but it is 576 new square feet.

The guys started ripping out the roof and the wall that is coming out.

The inside of the house is a bit exposed at the moment, lol.  Thankfully there are 3 sections of the house: the kitchen/living room area (which is the area that is exposed), the west wing with the master bedroom, my office, and the guest bedroom, and the east wing with the kids bedrooms.  There are doors to both wings so we can close everything off very nicely.

They didn't get very far tonight with the framing before it started getting dark, but I can't wait to see it all tomorrow night!

It must come down...

We were in the process of getting the forms set up to pour concrete for the addition Friday.

And then Justin noticed a problem.

A tree.

This tree is a HUGE alder.  From what I hear alders reach maturity quite quickly and then they start to rot out.  And this one is hanging over the house.  And is already starting to rot.

So we called up a friend who takes down trees for a living and he took a look at it.

We will be cutting the tree down tomorrow and then chopping it up for firewood.  And then hopefully we can finish setting up the forms on Tuesday to pour the concrete.