Showing posts with label the loo. Show all posts
Showing posts with label the loo. Show all posts

Monday, April 26, 2010

the loo part 4: this frame of mine

There were two things i fell in love with when looking for ideas for the apartment.
1. a photo of a bathroom mirror framed by mosaic tile
2. brown & black mosaic tile from selective stone.
when i saw the photo in the magazine it was love at first sight. if only i could have a mirror like that, it would be lovely. i clipped it out and stuck it in my apartment binder. then while shopping for flooring tile i found the most beautiful mosaic tile that i just had to have. it had to go somewhere. but where?!? A TILE FRAME!!!
i really wanted it to happen but everyone was telling me it could get pricey so then it became a "if we have $$ in the end we'll do it" then it got bumped down to "maybe we can do it later, when we do the other bathroom" i was pretty bummed. but i kept thinking about it. i started thinking up ways to get the money to make the frame. i even wondered if i could make it myself. hahaha. i think nolan eventually saw just how much i wanted it we worked it in and here it is!!!
(i have to add though, that the pictures don't do the frame justice. it is so much prettier in person!)






it's the colors of ollie!


this was ollie's first visit to his future new home.
he was pretty scared. i don't blame him...it looks nothing like a home at the moment.

don't forget to check out more ollie adventures on his own blog.

Friday, April 2, 2010

the loo part three: shower area is almost finished!

it's been one month, two weeks, and one day since we closed on this sixthfloorapartment.
and what do we have to show for it??? a shower and toilet.
woop woop!
BEFORE:

AFTER:


Hello toto toilet. i didn't want to take off the protective wrapping in case the workers had to clean up or do last minute stuff in there, but this room is pretty much finished! we just need to add towel bars, toilet paper holders, and paint the room!
i sat on the toilet just to see how cramped the room is.
it still feels like a coffin to me.
oh well. whatcha gonna do?

hello hans grohe showerhead. i think i love you already!


nolan is almost too tall for the showerhead!!!
yikes. he just clears it.

Next up: working on the outer portion of the bathroom area.
-installation of pocket door to separate bathroom from bedroom
-my mirror. i fought for this. i hope it comes out nice.

Thursday, March 18, 2010

the loo part two: tile it up!

our shower is 2 days in the making. i'm super excited to see the outcome.
this is an iphone photo nolan took on day one of the shower install:
Day two: a work in progress
more iphone photos!
boxes & boxes of tile!


cutting the tile


just like i've seen on HGTV!


my built in shelving!
hmm...i wonder where i'm gonna hang my scrubbies and put my clarisonic? i probably should've thought about it before....


alabastrino travertine tile


i wonder why it's all red?


Nolan said it should be done soon. I can't wait till i get to see it in person. I hate being stuck at work.


Tuesday, March 16, 2010

the loo part one: goodbye tub, hello shower

the loo, the thrown room, or as i like to call it, "the coffin." i swear the room is so small and once the door is closed it feels like a jail cell. and why is the toilet so close to the tub? couldn't it shove over a few inches to make things more proportional? no. thank you building codes. and why are the sinks outside and connected to the bedroom? is this an 80's thing?
why isn't it just one room? this unit has so much dead space everywhere it's ridiculous.
so what are our plans for this interesting bathroom?
A SHOWER!
neither of us take actual "baths" so there's no real need for a tub.
and after nolan's ACL surgery last year, i'd much prefer a walk-in shower over anything step-in.
(climbing into a tub w/only one functioning leg is no easy feat)
and i am a happy camper knowing we're getting rid of all that gross tile and nasty tub.
how could people take a bath in there?!? i'd feel dirtier stepping in there than i originally was.
i'm still amazed 3 females lived here before us. it's like they never touched a cleaning product.



all our fixtures...

trying to find a shower door...