We are so excited to be at this point in the renovation where we are starting to see the finishes we've picked out get installed. We are so happy with the tiles, vanity unit so far! To be fair, anything would have been better than the bathroom we had before.
We knew that we wanted more of a custom look to our sink vanity. Even basic vanity units you find online are extortionate and honestly not that attractive. We knew with our design and handy DIY skills we could some how upcycle a chest or cabinet. I thought I would be able to find something antique, but in the end nothing was the right size for our space. We ended up finding this Besta cabinet from Ikea. We decided to mount one of our large format shower tiles on it to jazz it up, and found some brushed brass handles on Etsy for a more custom look.
While we are really happy with how the vanity unit is coming along, as soon as I saw the vanity mounted sink on it, it immediately over powered the unit and also the tap. We bought the sink online and looking at the dimensions, we knew it would fit. The thing is we have to have the sink mounted to the left side of the vanity because of the layout of the room with the toilet in place. Proportionately, the sink is simply too big. Luckily we are able to exchange it for a smaller, round ceramic sink that will suit the space much better.
For the wall colours, we are doing a mix of limewash and matte emulsion paint on the walls (see my post on why we had to use two different types of paint here!). We wanted something neutral so pulled a grey with a hint of beige out of the large format tiles. This coordinates with the grout as well. You can see that you shouldn't judge the colour of the limewash until it is fully dry - it almost looks dirty when it is wet and dries in much more opque and light. We had our painters colour match Mike Wye's Pebble limewash for the gypsum plaster walls.
The next thing we didn't nail on the first try was the shower. We have high ceilings and we didn't pay attention to the length of the shower arm when we ordered our shower pack. It only had a 20cm ceiling mounted arm which meant the shower head will be very high up. I actually thought the drama of it being high would look nice, but by the time the water reaches you it won't be as hot! We were able to exchange it for a 30cm arm, but really struggled to find anything longer than that. In hindsight we should have gotten a wall mounted shower arm, but at this point it was too late as most of the pack was already raggled into the wall, installed, plastered and ready for tiling! We did a test in the shower where we're currently staying in and it should be ok, just another one of those things we didn't know to take into consideration.
Now most of the shower room is just about ready. We're just waiting on the plumber to finish installing the shower pack, toilet and waiting for our replacement sink to arrive. As Gavin likes to say, we're closer than we've ever been!
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