Home Improvement Update

Of course everything's not done.

Stop asking!

But I did want to update on the current state of our Never Ending Home Improvement Project...

First, our Guest Bath.

Here are the Before Pictures:

And here are the AFTER pictures. We replaced the light fixtures, removed the old sink and vanity, added the new sink and faucet and installed the plumbing ourselves (with a little help from Riley), installed the new mirror and shelf, and built two cabinets. And of course there's the floors and baseboards. We are still waiting on the crown moulding, which is waaaay harder to install than I imagined.

The tall cabinet up there was a serious pain in the butt to put together! Never, never, never order furniture from the Home Decorators Collection catalog, like we did. It wasn't worth the good price. It didn't come with any instructions and when they finally sent the instructions they were completely wrong and useless. None of the pieces were labeled properly and there weren't enough screws and bolts. Finally, after ditching the instructions entirely and figuring it out myself, I got it put together... and then two days later the paint started flaking off the knobs!!! WHAT THE HECK!?!?! Anyway. Stay farrrrr away.
I really love our rad sink... from Lowe's. AWESOME. And the faucet, which Riley chose ;)

The cabinet we got from Bed Bath and Beyond. Night and day from the other one. Easy to put together, clear and concise instructions, and it's really cute and sturdy.

I even got a new medicine cabinet. That was a little tricky to install because the opening for the old one was about an inch too short so we had to remove a stud in the wall. Not a big deal when you have the right tools, but of course we didn't. So it took 98 times longer than it should have. But I love how the medicine cabinet ties in everything so nicely :)

Here's the update on the wood floors... my lovely kitchen! Still needs baseboards but I love love love them.

And the entryway...
Next we are doing the downstairs guest bedroom... carpet is gone, we just have to remove the padding and the tack strip.
Here's the wood we still have to install.
And the last room we will be doing - the living room. Right now it's a catch-all for all the other crap from the rooms in progress. Hopefully this weekend we will finish the guest room adn most of this stuff can go in there so this room can get started.

And there you have it! Home Improvement Central!!