Where's My Rubber Ducky?

This is the story of how we got here...

...when we started out here...

You can see more "before" pictures and read about my plan for this room in my last post.

Aaaaand...here's what happened. 

We stole the closet space from the bedroom next door that was jutting into the bathroom.

Once the linoleum flooring was removed we discovered some rotting and decided to go with tile instead of refinishing the floor. Floor and Decor had some great choices of floor tile with a classic vintage vibe. This basketweave one for $2.99 per square foot...

This hexagonal tile for $2.57...

And last but not least, this selection for $2.39. I liked all three choices so I went with the least expensive one. No need to spend unnecessarily. Here is the winner...

And I went with a gray grout color to accentuate the design.

The plumbing needed to be reworked so we took a few inches from the next door bedroom to make a bit more space for the tub and to allow paneling to be installed to match the rest of the room.

When we rebuilt the closet for the master bathroom to use we made it a little less deep and a little less wide to allow more room for a larger vanity.

I found some goodies at Home Depot. This vanity was a bargain considering it came with a cultured marble top and sink.

And when I saw this brushed nickel beauty I knew I had found my vanity light...

The faucet and drain on the old tub had seen better days.

Sandpiper Supply, a plumbing supply store in Savannah, was where I found this Moen line of fixtures. The style, Brantford, was high quality but at one of their lower price points. I thought it had a lot of bang for the buck!

And the star of the show, the clawfoot tub was spruced up so it could show off. The outside was sanded, smoothed out with some Bondo, and then painted with Benjamin Moore's 2044-60 "Crystal Clear". Then I found Mike's Bathtub and Tile Refinishing on Angie's List and had Mike resurface the inside surface of the tub.

And y'all. Just look at this...

Yeh. I love the way it turned out! The shower curtain came from Bed, Bath, and Beyond.

I found an oyster shell mirror on eBay. And we even had room to squeeze in little built-in shelves to hold towels in between the vanity and the closet.

And one other thing...Check out the towel hooks. This was made out of repurposed wood. I found it at a flea market in Nashville.

So happy with this bathroom! 

Now where did I put my rubber ducky? I need a good soak...

A Beach-y Master Bedroom!

Thanks so much to many friends who have asked how our Tybee cottages came through when Hurricane Irma blew in recently! I appreciate your concern and am so grateful to report that both Doc Holiday Cottage and The Sassy Seagull are doing great! We feel so blessed that they were not damaged by flood waters or high winds. 

It's been a little while since I shared what we did to make Sassy Seagull live up to her name. Let's get back to it, okay? 

Today--the Front Master Bedroom! Here's a peek taken while standing in the living room...can't wait to show you more! 

This is what the room looked like before renovations began. Not sure why that square of paneling was left unpainted. 

The walls and trim were painted the same color with Martha Stewart's MSL 8002 "Glass of Milk" in a semi-gloss finish. And I decided to have the painted floors sanded, stained and finished with satin polyurethane.

I wanted a medium brown colored stain--not too red and not too black.

And the winner was Minwax Provincial 211...

I selected a chandelier made with oyster shells to give a beach-y vibe to the room. It is available on several websites but I found the best price on Wayfair. It is gorgeous but only has one 60 watt bulb so it needed to be located in a room where we could supplement with  lighting from lamps.

Finally came furniture and accessories....I went with a metal "iron" bed since I needed to place the king size bed in front of windows and didn't want to block the light any more than necessary. I only used a headboard because adding a footboard would take up space visually and make the room appear smaller.

The bedding and lamps came from Home Goods and the striped orange pillows as well as the fish pillow came from Amazon. 

The chair was a family hand-me-down and the nightstands were flea market finds. Michael's was the source for the chair side table. After these photos were taken I purchased a chest of drawers painted in a greenish blue. 

And that's the front master bedroom at The Sassy Seagull!

From Demo To Delightful!

Last time I showed you the living room/dining room area of the house "before" and just after demolition.  We removed a wall to open the spaces up into one room.  Let me take you through the process that prepared the room for furniture.

The five panel doors were installed for the bunk room (to the left) and one of the master

bedrooms (straight ahead). 

The floors were sanded...

 Then they were stained and the first coat of polyurethane went down...

And this is how it looked after the final coats of poly went down...

My design guru Jane Coslick had been campaigning all along for us to add a window to the front of the house and the left of the front door (from the inside).  She was quite passionate about it and finally I listened to reason. The window was cut in just as primer was going up.  Good call Jane!

Isn't it amazing how much brighter the room looks just with the primer?

And finally we get to the paint.  This is a Martha Stewart color called Glass of Milk MSL 8002.

We used a semi-gloss.

 I ran inside and quickly took a few pictures just before bringing in the furniture.

Thanks for stopping by!  Can't wait to show you how the room is turning out.....next time.  

 

Just Like Magic!

Oooh how I love remodeling when we get to this fun stage that I will show you today!  We were planning to cover the walls with drywall and reuse the old door leading out to the porch.  We bought a new five panel door for the hall that matched the old door.

Drywall was put up, taped, and sanded. Our Allure vinyl flooring went in.  Molding was put up and primed.  And then came paint.  I loved the way Sherwin-Williams Buoyant Blue looked at the Coral Cottage--it played well with others--other colors, that is.

Let me just show you...

 

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And after some measuring and furniture planning we realized that once we put a bed in the room, the only way to get into the bathroom and be able to close the door would be to have a barn door that could slide open and shut sooo...

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 And Three

 

 

 Just like magic!  It's quite a transformation in about 3 weeks time!  But the magic is just beginning.  Oh yeah!

E is for Emergency! Eeeek!

Today I want to show you a series of pictures--each one represents a few more days to a week of work as the workers came in to make Doc Holiday more and more gorgeous...

Against The Grain, a Savannah floor finishing company, came in to redo the floors which had been painted.  They began by sanding...

Then the stain and first coat of polyurethane was applied.  Better already!

We were thrilled with the floors once the final topcoat was applied.

It's so purdy:)  Let's look at another one!

Then the floors were covered and the walls were primed.

Next came the paint!  We used an old Martha Stewart color called Glass of Milk, MSL 8002. 

And how do you like the little nautical lights we found for each bunk?  They were from good ole Home Depot.

This is how everything looked the day I showed up with my U-Haul truck full of goodies.

 

The bunkroom was fabulous but eeeek!  It lacked an important thing--bunkbeds!  I was expecting four children to arrive for a visit in a few days so it's an understatement to say I felt a bit stressed!  Finally I was able to get my contractor to see that it was time to get them built now--a bonafide emergency--If they didn't do it right away they were going to have to take me to the emergency room!

They got them built.  In time.  Deep breath.  I'll show you next time!