Do you remember this not so beautiful shot of the kids' bathroom? How could you forget, right? The ugliness has to be seared into your memory for sure. Well, after going to town on the wallpaper, I found my fingers just itchin' to get ahold of those mirrors too.
Let me take you back a few Sundays. Here's what you would have heard had you been fixing yourself breakfast in our home:
***CRASH!!!***
"Oh man, that's seven years, right? Not good. Not good." I said, as I quickly yelled to John to help me out of the predicament my impatience had landed me in.
Fortunately, I'm a quick learner and I was wise enough to wait for John's assistance when it came to the 8ft. long mirror hanging out there on the right side of your screen. I know my limits, friends.
So, here we are now, mirrorless and lightless.
I was stumped for a little while about how I should approach this space. For starters, it only has one sink and it's
awkwardly placed in the corner. Now that I've ripped down all the mirrors, I'm wondering
where I'm going to position a mirror since moving the plumbing isn't an option.
I decided the
best solution would be to
hang a mirror from the ceiling. I made several trips to various stores looking for a mirror John and I could jimmie rig and turn into a hanging mirror, but came up
empty handed. I was on the lookout for something
fairly inexpensive just in case my bright idea
was a flop.
Then, one day
the heavens parted and I ran across the
perfect mirror and guess what?! It was
already made to hang. No jimmie rigging required, just a little black spray paint and swapping out rope with chain. Definitely worth the hunt!
John and his stepdad
worked like madmen this weekend
transforming mirrors,
moving electrical outlets,
adding electrical outlets, you name it, they did it! So
grateful to have handy men in my life.
Bonus points go to the person who noticed we switched out the faucet as well.
I found this faucet in the clearance section at Home Depot. It was marked down half off so I snagged it. Then, not even a week later I was perusing the same section and noticed the same faucet was marked down even more, to the tune of $25 more! I happened to have my receipt in my purse still so I went to the service desk and asked if they'd do a price adjustment and they did. Woo hoo! I scored this faucet for $24.00 when all was said and done. Not bad, if I do say so myself.
I ordered the sconces a few days ago, but will have to wait 4-6 weeks before they arrive. I'm a little scared to proceed with tiling the wall without having the exact lighting specs in hand. Who am I kidding...I'm a little scared to tile the wall period! First timers jitters going on!
