Hello again! Last week, I posted about our bathroom makeover and a few things we hope to do to transform the space and make it more welcoming. I also mentioned that I was linking up as a guest participant in the One Room Challenge (ORC) hosted by Linda from Calling It Home. Since we were already in the process of making over the bathroom, I thought it would be fitting to join in with the ORC. Learn more about the challenge here.
Last week, so many of you from the challenge stopped by to say hello and to see state of the bathroom and left encouraging comments. Thank you! We are in week 2 of the challenge and I want to show you what progress we made from when you last saw the before photos. But before I share the progress, I also want to give you an idea of the general feel we are hoping to achieve. So I created a small design board with a couple items that I want to add to the bathroom. Some of these will not be the exact pieces but I am aiming for similar colors and styles.
Remember one of the angles from the room? The next image shows what it looks like when we removed the vanity and mirror. Here goes!
Eeeek…… What is this supposed to be? My husband and the person who was helping us discovered this hidden image and immediately called me in to have a look. Oh, the hidden things you discover when you decide to renovate a home you’ve bought. Looks like very unprofessional work to me. I guess I could see how the wood and pipes are connected making this shape but at least they could have done something to make it look more complete. Maybe they figured it was behind the mirror anyway.
Once we got passed the surprise, we moved on to installing the lights. This is not by any means an expensive set of lights. But it is definitely an upgrade from whatever the previous owners had going on! We purchased it from Home Depot.
BTW: This one is actually for our smaller bathroom (half-bath) with three bulbs. We used the same model for this larger bathroom with four bulbs. I forgot to take a photo before it was installed.
My camera does not give me the best lighting but as you can see, the lights were installed before anything else. Because of course, we needed light in the bathroom plus, the person who was helping us needed lights to finish the job. So at this point, we had pretty lights but interesting looking walls…LOL! Really?!
What a difference already!! These lights really made the bathroom shine brightly. It was like a whole new bathroom. Even the little kids realized the huge difference. These cone shaped lights could either be turned facing upward or downward. We chose to leave it downward for now.
Well that is it for week two. We are talking next about our choice of vanity. Stay tuned!!
What do you think about the “mystery” of the wall and the new lights? Have you encountered any kind of hidden surprises while you renovated a space? If you are coming over from the challenge, how is it going with your project? I would love to hear about it in the comments!
The lights you chose look great! And yea, hidden surprises are no fun – when we redid our floors in the rest of the house, we discovered 4 layers of tile/subfloor/linoleum/subfloor that had to be removed. Demo took 4x as long as it was supposed to! Can’t wait to see how it all comes together – bathroom updates are so much fun because the impact so amazing in a smaller space.
Wow, four layers is a lot to deal with and definitely will increase the length of time it takes to complete. So glad you got it done, though! Good way to look at a bathroom update:)
Oh my goodness, the hidden surprises in our homes! That’s the scary party! At least the light looks fabulous and hopefully gives you momentum!
Ha ha, the light does make all the difference. And we already fixed that surprise!!
Yikes!1 Surprises like that are not fun. The lights look great!
It was a surprise for sure. I know the hubby was when he called me in to see it!
Oh Dear! Don’t you just love finding unexpected things while renovating haha, that’s definitely an interesting one…im not really sure what happened there. Love the lighting you choose and it already brightens and warms up the space. Can’t wait for more!
Lauren | Lovely Decor
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Lauren, it was quite unexpected. But that was the only one discovered and we have already made progress.
Hi Zan…I love surprises like that…NOT! But it seems like every project has some kind of issue. Hopefully that’s the last one you’ll find in this room! At least the light fixture looks good 🙂
The light makes all the difference despite that surprise! There was not many more to be found!!
Lots of surprises when renovating, especially on demolition day. At least it’s moving in a positive direction. Looking good!
True, at least we are making progress and it’s already looking good:)
I adore the direction that your room is headed towards! You did SO much better than I did in my room this week. I would love for you to share this post at Thoughts of Home on Thursday. I think my readers would really enjoy it!
Good luck and see you next week!
Thank you, Laura! And thanks for inviting me to the party! I hope you will be able to make some progress on your room this week:)
Odd, the things we find that make us scratch our heads when renovating “used” houses! Good luck with the rest of the space. Isn’t it amazing what a different lighting can make?
It is amazing what we find indeed! And ya, the lighting really makes a big difference!
Looking forward to the progress of your room transformation.
I know it is going to be amazing!
Thank you for sharing this with us at TOHOT.
Jemma
Thank you Jemma. It is taking me longer to complete some of it but we have made a huge progress!
Having lived through 2 total bathroom renovations lately, I’m not surprised by anything. The contractor I hired did such horrible work. After finishing the first bathroom, I went in to check it over and they had originally hung the mirror in the wrong place. When they moved it, you could see the holes in the wall where it was originally placed. If I had not have said something, they were not planning on filling the holes and painting over those spots. 🙂
No kidding! The things people do when you higher them for jobs. I am so glad you checked and realized that the mirror was in the wrong place and got them to fix it and fix the holes, too.
Renovations can be challenging and fun. So the previous owner just hung the mirror over the hole in the wall! More work for you guys, right. Your bathroom re-do is coming right along. I like your lighting choice, can’t wait to see the rest.
LOL – that is a good way to explain what they did. Hung the mirror over the hole. But we have moved way past this surprise and the light makes all the difference.
I have seriously been on the hunt for new lights, too! I looked at some very similar to yours – love those! I can’t wait to see the vanity!
We found them at Home Depot – all things home remodel..LOL!!
bathrooms are so tough for the ORC! good luck! one week at a time!
Yes, I agree. We have come a long way but I feel a bit stumped at the moment!!
Oh, my, what a surprise! I would be ticked. Good lighting does make a huge difference. 🙂
~Lorelai
Life With Lorelai
The lighting has already made a huge difference. We are totally loving it!